The Attainment and Wellbeing Scrutiny Inquiry Panel spoke to over 60 children and young people in schools in February and March this year. Picture: Members of the Panel with the consultation results Pupils over the four focus groups were asked: What do pupils need to do well in school? What would […]
Corporate Improvement & Budget Scrutiny Performance Panel
April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Panel met on 17th April 2013 to look at the Council’s Performance over the 3rd quarter of 2012 (Oct – Dec). Richard Rowlands, Business Performance Manager for the local authority, attended the meeting, to take the panel members through the performance tables and answer any related questions. The performance figures were discussed and areas […]
Improving the experiences of looked after children scrutiny inquiry draws to a close
April 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
The scrutiny inquiry panel set up to examine how services for looked after children in Swansea can be improved has just completed its evidence gathering. The key question the inquiry sought to answer was: how can the local authority improve the experience of looked after children in Swansea when they access services from the Council and partners. The […]
How will the Council reduce the numbers of looked after children?
April 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Child & Family Services Performance Panel met last week to examine recent performance in Child & Family Services. In particular, the panel focused on the high numbers of children in the care of the authority (looked after children) and how the authority will sustainably and safely reduce the numbers of children entering the care […]
New Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A new scrutiny performance panel to look at schools performance in Swansea will meet for the first time next week. The purpose of the Panel will be to provide ongoing challenge to schools performance to ensure that pupils are receiving high quality education, and to ensure that the authority is meeting its objectives in relation […]
Looking at performance
April 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Corporate Improvement and Budget Scrutiny Panel will meet again next week to look at the Council’s Performance over the 3rd quarter of 2012 (Oct-Dec). Some of the results that will be looked at include: How well we deliver services in the Contact Centre Sickness absence School attendance Flytipping Library visits Stability of placement of […]