(An opportunity for Panel Members to ask questions of the relevant Director/ Assistant Director, relating to pertinent, topical issues affecting their Directorate – maximum of 10 minutes allocated).
Minutes:
A member’s question regarding Langley Hall Primary Academy’s Ofsted inspection, and the response from Cambridge Education, was circulated. The following points arose from discussion of the matter:
· Members of the Panel should still take an interest in academy schools, despite their independence from local authority control. The Director of Children’s Services (DCS) was currently seeking assurances from the Regional Schools Commissioner on Langley Hall Primary in light of Ofsted’s findings.
· The Slough Children’s Services Trust (SCST) had offered training and audit to Langley Hall Primary, but was unsure if the institution had taken up this. In the written response, Cambridge Education clarified that the school had not accepted the offer of an autumn term visit to prepare for an Ofsted inspection.