Issue - decisions
PUPIL REFERRAL UNIT SCRUTINY REVIEW FINAL REPORT
The Executive resolved as
follows:
To agree the recommendations of
the Scrutiny Review of the Pupil Referral Unit final report action plan as outlined below and work towards
their implementation:
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That the Resilient Communities Scrutiny Committee
supports the Blackpool Challenge Board in its objective to provide
a consistent approach to exclusion across all schools and reduce
the number of referrals to the Pupil Referral Unit through the
introduction of the Behaviour and Attendance Partnership and
Inclusion Board. In order to measure
performance against this objective, the Resilient Communities
Scrutiny Committee to receive regular updates on the number of
exclusions and admissions to the Pupil Referral Unit with a view to making further recommendations if
sufficient progress is not demonstrated.
2.
That the Blackpool Challenge Board be
requested to adopt as an action ‘to assess the feasibility of
introducing an appropriate educational diversity module within
every school in Blackpool in order to provide consistent early
intervention and help address the causes of any behavioural
problems before they escalate’. That the Blackpool Challenge
Board reports to the Resilient Communities Scrutiny Committee
regarding the implementation of this recommendation in June
2016.
3.
That the Inclusion Board be requested to
consider the concerns of the Panel regarding the reintegration of
students back into mainstream education from the Pupil Referral
Unit and consider introducing a mechanism to effectively review the
needs of children to be reintegrated and the wraparound of support
to prevent future breakdown of reintegration. That the Inclusion
Board reports to the Resilient Communities Scrutiny Committee
regarding the implementation of this recommendation in June
2016.
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That the Panel supports the proposed bid for
external funding to the Department for Education Transformational
Fund to provide wrap around social care and early help around
clusters of schools to help address student behaviour and
resilience. If the bid is successful it would result in a social
worker being placed to work with a cluster of linked schools. If
the bid is unsuccessful, the Panel supports the Director of People
in her aim to provide a more joined up approach to service
provision by introducing improved links between the Family in Need
Service and Pupil Welfare Team. The Director of People to report
to the Resilient Communities Scrutiny
Committee regarding the progress made in relation to the bid in
June 2016.