The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met on Wednesday 10 June 2026. The committee reviewed Surrey's Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) sufficiency forecasts, noting significant ...
Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee
Recent meetings
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The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met on Thursday 12 March 2026 to discuss a range of important issues concerning children and families in Surrey. Key topics included the provision and oversight of Alternative Provision ...
The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee of Surrey Council are scheduled to discuss a serious case review regarding the death of 'Sarah', and the annual report of the Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership [^2].
The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met to discuss budget proposals for 2026-27, the short breaks budget, and other performance and strategic issues. The committee agreed to recommendations that the consultation on short b...
The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met on Thursday 16 October 2025 to discuss a range of critical issues affecting young people and families in Surrey. Key decisions and discussions included a comprehensive review of earl...
The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met to discuss several key issues, including progress in additional needs and disabilities support, the service's response to a recent Ofsted inspection, and performance overview reports...
The Surrey County Council Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met to consider the [Intensive Family Support Service](https://mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/documents/s101468/8.1.-Report+Intensive+Family+Support+Service+13032025+Chi...
The committee discussed Surrey County Council’s response to their recommendations from previous meetings regarding children not in school, and its draft budget for 2025-26. The committee agreed a recommendation that frontline roles should be protected from ...
the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee of Surrey Council
The meeting considered two significant topics, Preparing for Adulthood, and the Cabinet's response to the Committee's report into the Additional Needs and Disabilities service. Ofsted reports on Surrey's Children's Homes, published since the last meeting, w...
Surrey Council's Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee met to discuss a report from the Additional Needs and Disabilities: Parent/Carer Experience Task Group. The Committee unanimously endorsed the recommendations in the report....
About
The Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee scrutinises services related to children's well-being, education, and cultural offerings within Surrey. It examines areas such as safeguarding, early help, corporate parenting, and special educational needs. The committee also oversees adult learning, apprenticeships, libraries, arts, heritage, and the voluntary sector. Its role is to review and make recommendations on these key public services.
Members
Catherine Powell
· Chairman
Chris Townsend
· Vice-Chairman
Jeremy Webster
· Vice-Chairman
Ashley Tilling
· Member
Bernie Muir
· Member
Fiona White
· Member
John O'Reilly
· Member
Jonathan Essex
· Member
Liz Townsend
· Member
Rachael Lake BEM
· Member
Robert Hughes
· Member