Ruth Ebaretonbofa-Morah
Council: Richmond upon Thames
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
8 meetings · Page 1 of 2
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 13 November 2025 7.00 pm
The Education and Children's Services Committee convened to discuss school place planning, childcare sufficiency, and financial performance. The committee noted the annual update on school place planning, highlighting concerns about falling primary school rolls and the financial impact on schools, and also approved the childcare sufficiency assessment, while raising questions about affordability and access for disadvantaged families. Councillors also reviewed and approved several reports from Achieving for Children (AfC), and discussed budget overspends in social care and the dedicated schools grant.
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.
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 27 March 2025 7.00 pm
Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 December 2024 7.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
74 decisions · Page 14 of 15
Q1 Quarterly Monitoring report
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 7.00 pm - September 12, 2024
...to note the projected overspend on General Fund revenue services, the forecast overspend on the Dedicated Schools Grant leading to a cumulative surplus, and the latest position on the Capital Programme.
Recommendations Approved
Managing Falling Rolls in Primary Schools
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 7.00 pm - September 12, 2024
The report sets out the current position with regards to falling primary school pupil numbers in Richmond and outlines potential options to be considered to address the situation. The purpose of the report is to get a steer from the Committee about what options are considered to be appropriate at this time.
Recommendations Approved
Petitions
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 7.00 pm - September 12, 2024
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of Interest
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 7.00 pm - September 12, 2024
Recommendations Approved
Apologies
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 September 2024 7.00 pm - September 12, 2024
...to note the apology received from Councillor O'Carroll and approve the recommendations presented at the meeting.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 8
Average per Month: 0.4
Decisions Recorded: 74