Minutes:
The Commissioner for Education and Children joined the SACRE meeting to discuss the support of SACRE and what the Local Authority could do to take a more proactive approach in helping SACRE achieve it’s goals.
During the discussion the Chair explained to the Commissioner that SACRE has no direct link to the Local Authority and Officers do not attend the meetings which makes it difficult in understanding what remit SACRE has to work in.
The Commissioner showed a keen interest in helping SACRE forge the links needed with the Local Authority and said that an officer would have direct responsibility in the future for liaising with SACRE. Furthermore, the Commissioner for Education and Children showed a desire to attend future meetings of SACRE and expressed her wish to hold further meetings with the Chair so that she could get a better understanding as to what she could do to help with the development of SACRE.
Resolved – That the
Commissioner for Education and Children meet with the
Chair and the Clerk of SACRE to discuss in further detail how
the plans and objectives of the Panel can be met with the
support
of the Local Authority.