Councillor Sophie Conway

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Monday 13 January 2025 7.00 pm

The meeting discussed the welfare of children in temporary accommodation, the Young Futures Programme, and the Race and SEND Inclusion Charter, and confirmed that a letter had been sent to the Secretary of State for Education to set out concerns about the lack of regulation for unregistered educational settings. The commission also discussed the scope for a review of behaviour policies in Hackney schools.

Council

Extraordinary, Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 6.00 pm, NEW

This meeting of the full council was an extraordinary meeting called to discuss two appointments.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Wednesday 11 December 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting of Hackney Council's Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission was scheduled to include updates on a range of financial and safeguarding matters affecting children's services in Hackney. It also included a review of the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership's annual report and a scheduled update on unregistered educational settings in Hackney.

Council

Council - Wednesday 27 November 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting was the third ordinary meeting of the 2024/2025 Municipal Year. It included discussion of a petition, scheduled questions from members of the public and Councillors, a report on the work of the Standards Committee, and consideration of motions on the hostile environment, rough sleeping, drug harm reduction and the two-child benefit cap. It also included the appointment of Councillors to outside bodies and the review of political balance on the Council's committees.

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission

Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission - Tuesday 26 November 2024 7.00 pm

The meeting reviewed the Hackney Education department’s proposals for a second round of school closures and mergers in the borough, following on from 4 Hackney primary school closures in August 2024. No decision was made at the meeting, which was to hear evidence and inform any recommendations made by the Commission to the Cabinet.