URL: https://democratic.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=4207

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: To present the education, skills and overview and scrutiny panel’s report to the cabinet following their review into SEND engagement and communication, to seek approval or to note the panel’s recommendations.

Content: RESOLVED that the Cabinet agrees the education, skills and growth O&S panel’s recommendations as set out in the panel report. It is the role of the SSO to advise the council on any issues or concerns that may arise about the operation of the scrutiny function and the SSO may on occasion be required to make a determination about what the law says and how this should be applied to any particular situation. In carrying out this statutory role, there is a need to have a nuanced and meaningful understanding of the scrutiny function in order to accurately make judgments about its operation when disagreements or other issues arise.   The SSO is responsible for ensuring that the scrutiny function is adequately resourced and that service departments and partners are contributing sufficiently to reviews to ensure that they are effective.   The SSO is also responsible for providing advice to the commission on whether the recommendations within review reports are robust, taking account of resource, legal, climate change, equalities, health and wellbeing and strategic risk implications.   The cabinet could decide: ·       to agree the recommendations as set out in the panel’s report, ·       to agree the recommendations in part, ·       to ask that further work be undertaken, recognising that this would delay the panel’s next piece of work, ·        to note the panel report.   None.

Date of Decision: May 19, 2026