Meeting documents
Cabinet
Wednesday, 13th July, 2005
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Bath & North East Somerset Council |
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MEETING: |
Council Executive |
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DATE: |
On 13 July 2005 |
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TITLE: |
Four Monthly Performance Report for Education Service |
EXECUTIVE FORWARD PLAN REFERENCE: |
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EWP |
01068 |
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WARD: |
All |
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AN OPEN PUBLIC ITEM |
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List of attachments to this report: Four Monthly Performance Report for Education Service dated May 2005 |
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1 THE ISSUE
1.1 This report invites the Executive to note the progress of the Education Service from February-May 2005.
2 RECOMMENDATION
The Council Executive is asked to agree that:
2.1 The Council Executive is asked to agree that:
The Executive notes and approves the progress and achievements of
the Education Service, particularly the progress towards the
Corporate priorities of improving the learning environment and,
through the reduction in 'NEETs' (not in education, employment or
training), improving life chances for the vulnerable.
3 FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
3.1 The report does not, in itself, propose any new expenditure.
4 THE REPORT
4.1 This section will vary
with the issues but should contain all the background information
required to enable the Executive member to make a decision.
The Education Director reports under the appropriate headings
progress made and work still to be done to achieve goals.
Performance Indicators are also reported, many of which, in
Education, track a national annual cycle.
A number of achievement indicators are red against our national
targets; this can give a rather false impression of performance
where we are consistently in the top 20% of all local authorities
and have been praised by the Minister for improving more than most
authorities. Our high performance results in even higher targets. I
have therefore provided a local indicator in the 'Comment' box for
the first ten targets (Examination Results) to give a truer
indication of where we believe targets are actually red or amber,
or where improvement against the national background would lead us
to consider a target green even though a national target is not
reached.
5 RISK MANAGEMENT
A risk assessment related to the issue and recommendations has been undertaken, in compliance with the Council's decision making risk management guidance.
6 RATIONALE
6.1 This report to the Executive forms part of the Council's performance management system.
7 OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED
7.1 Not applicable
8 CONSULTATION
8.1 Executive councillor, Chief Executive, Other
8.2 The report is formed by all Team Leaders within Education reporting to their Head of Service, who in turn report to the Director.
9 REASONS FOR URGENCY
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Contact person |
Mike Young - 01225 394200 |
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Background papers |
Four Monthly Performance Report for Education Service from February-May 2005. |