Clive Jones

Children’s & Education Select Committee Committee Member

Children’s & Education Select Committee - Thursday, 26 March 2026 - 2.00 pm

Children’s & Education Select Committee Committee Member

Children’s & Education Select Committee - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 2.00 pm

The Children's & Education Select Committee of Buckinghamshire Council met on Thursday 29 January 2026 to discuss the SEND Improvement Programme, the Placement and Homes Strategy for Children & Young People, and the School Attendance review. Key decisions included the agreement to revisit a 2015 report on child sexual exploitation and its recommendations, and the commitment to provide further information on the cost breakdown of new children's homes.

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Children’s & Education Select Committee - Thursday, 6th November, 2025 2.00 pm

This article provides a summary of the items scheduled for discussion at the Children's & Education Select Committee meeting. The agenda included discussion of placement sufficiency, updates on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, and a review of elective home education. The committee was also scheduled to discuss and agree on the items for the next meeting.

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Children’s & Education Select Committee - Thursday, 4th September, 2025 2.00 pm

The Children's & Education Select Committee of Buckinghamshire Council scheduled a meeting to discuss performance monitoring, receive an update on the Ofsted Improvement Plan, and discuss the committee's work programme. The meeting was scheduled to take place at The Oculus, Buckinghamshire Council, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury HP19 8FF. The meeting may have been filmed for live or subsequent broadcast on the council's website.

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Children’s & Education Select Committee - Thursday, 19th June, 2025 2.00 pm

The Buckinghamshire Council Children's & Education Select Committee met to discuss several key issues, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the outcome of a recent Ofsted inspection, and national reforms to children's services. The committee agreed to review both the SEND improvement plan and the Ofsted improvement plan at their next meeting, and also agreed to schedule a separate meeting to discuss the work programme in more detail. Councillor Wendy Matthews was appointed as Vice-Chair for the council year.