Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission
The Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission focuses on all services provided by The Learning Trust, as well as children's social services and any other issue relating to young people in the borough.
Children & Young People scrutiny committees are expected to co-opt faith representatives and parent governor representatives, in addition to Councillors on the Commission. To fully represent Hackney's demographics, we have also invited co-optees from the 'Free Church Group of Churches Together in England', and the Orthodox Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as Hackney School Governors Association and the Hackney Youth Parliament.
Commission Details (including co-optees): membership, meetings, and contacts
You can view the Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission's full work programme for the year on the agenda for each meeting of the Commission.
Current Review - Support for Young Carers
The Commission is is nearing the end of a review of how the council supports young carers and how outcomes (including education and health) for these young people can be improved. This started in September 2011 and has involved meeting young carers and their parents, visiting local support services and inviting expert organisations to provide submissions. The Commission will approve the recommendations and final report of this review at the January meeting.
Find out more about the scrutiny review of support for young carers.
Previous reviews by this Commission
- Services for Disabled Children 10/11
- Achievement at Key Stage Two 10/11
- Raising Aspirations 09/10
- Youth Provision 09/10
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 09/10 (PDF, 238KB)
- 0-5 Services Report 08/09 (PDF, 893KB)
- Youth and Crime Report 07/08 (PDF)
- NEETs Report 06/07 (174KB)
- Safeguarding Review 06/07 (PDF, 103KB)
- Academies Report 05/06 (PDF, 333KB)
- SEN Review 05/06 (PDF, 360KB)
One-off items (in 2011/12)
As well as an in-depth review of Support for Young Carers, this year The Commission will receive briefings on the following:
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Behaviour and school exclusions in Hackney (annual update)
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Independent Muslim schools in Hackney
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Child Poverty and Wellbeing review
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Achievement of Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot pupils and Caribbean-heritage pupils in Hackney (annual update)
The Commission will also receive regular updates on:
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The Learning Trust's transition back to the Council in 2012 (scheduled for October 2011, January 2012, April 2012)
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The new Young Hackney service (scheduled for July 2011, November 2011, February 2012)
Children's Centre Advisory visits
The Children and Young People Commission was approached by the Learning Trust in 2010 with a suggestion that Councillors carry out 'advisory visits' to Children's Centres in the borough. The Commission, in collaboration with the Learning Trust, agreed the structure of these visits and the areas that Commission Members would look at during the visits. The visits are intended to strengthen the relationship between Children's Centres and Commission Members and broaden their knowledge of this vital service outside of a formal review process.
The first visit was held in June 2011. Cllr Icoz and Cllr Bramble visited Daubeney Children's Centre and the report of their visit can be found below. They were impressed with the facilities they saw and the staff they spoke to.
The Members requested further information about how many children use Daubeney Children's Centre in an average week and the school holiday week that they visited the Centre. They also asked for more information about the progress that has been made in attracting more families through outreach work, as recommended by a previous review carried out by the Commission into 0-5 Services in 08/09 (PDF, 893KB). Further information was provided by the Learning Trust in response to the points raised by the councillors: Information requested about Daubeney Children's Centre.
Page updated: 22 Dec 2011
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