Councillor Alice Bridges-Westcott

Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 18 September 2025 7.00 pm

The Education and Children's Services Committee met to discuss safeguarding, budget monitoring, special educational needs, children in care, and complaints. The committee approved the Kingston and Richmond Safeguarding Children Partnership annual report, noted the overspend on the dedicated schools grant, and celebrated the 'outstanding' rating given to the council's children's services by Ofsted.

Council - Tuesday, 8 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Richmond upon Thames Council met to discuss several topics, including the approval of minutes, announcements, declarations of interest, petitions, public questions, member's questions, reports of the council's committees, a debate on opposition priority business, reports on joint arrangements and external organisations, reports of the Head of Paid Service, and notices of motion. The council adopted the Richmond upon Thames Climate and Nature Strategy 2025-2030, and rejected a motion to abolish the committee system of governance. A motion on parking charges for large vehicles was also rejected, and a motion on the impact of fair funding review was approved.

Audit, Standards and Statutory Accounts Committee - Tuesday, 1 July 2025 7.00 pm

The Audit, Standards and Statutory Accounts Committee convened to discuss the council's governance, risk management, and audit activities. The committee approved the minutes from the previous meeting, reviewed the annual governance statement, and discussed risk management and internal audit findings related to the change programme. The committee also agreed to move the date of the next meeting to November 24th.

Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm

Annual Council, Council - Tuesday, 13 May 2025 7.00 pm