Ms Sam Gower
Council: Richmond upon Thames
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
5 meetings
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, 6 February 2025 7.00 pm
Decisions from Meetings
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Declarations of Interest
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 18 September 2025 7.00 pm - September 18, 2025
...to approve the recommendations, noting that there were no declarations of interest.
Recommendations Approved
Q1 Quarterly Monitoring Report
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 18 September 2025 7.00 pm - September 18, 2025
...to note the projected overspend on the General Fund revenue services, the forecast overspend on the Dedicated Schools Grant, and the latest position on the Capital Programme.
Recommendations Approved
End of Year (Q4) 2024/25 performance report and refresh of Richmond Corporate Plan
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 12, 2025
...to note progress on Richmond Corporate Plan (RCP) actions for 2024/25, note performance against RCP key indicators for 2024/25, and agree to the proposed RCP actions and key indicators for 2025/26, while also determining that no specific area of performance required recommendation for the Policy and Performance Review Board's workplan.
Recommendations Approved
Independent review of children's and young people's mental health services - update
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 12, 2025
...to NOTE the progress made in establishing a single provider model for children and young people's mental health services, transitioning Tier 2 services from Achieving for Children to South West London St. George's NHS Mental Health Trust.
Recommendations Approved
Committee Work Programme
From: Education and Children's Services Committee - Thursday, 12 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 12, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 5
Average per Month: 0.5
Decisions Recorded: 53