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DECISION

1.    
To accept
the report noting the questions on home education, de-registration, use of
units, school meals, monitoring arrangements, youth clubs and safeguarding.

2.    
To note
the importance of giving a high-profile for safeguarding in documentation for
the purpose of providing comfort to the public, and that the matter is
prioritised by the authority.

3.    
To ask
the Cabinet Member for Education to:

• consider carrying out an exercise to find out why so many children are
not taking advantage of free school meals.

• consider whether there are ways of effectively informing governors
about how to question at meetings of school governing bodies.

• ensure that all steps are taken to avoid de-registration in our
schools.