CHILDREN SUB-COMMITTEE

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the Children Sub-Committee is to support the Council and its partners in delivering Wirral’s Strategy for children, young people and families to ensure:

• Children are ready for school;
• Young people are ready for work and adulthood
• Vulnerable children thrive and reach their full potential
• Children and young people feel safe and are safe
• Children and young people’s views and voices are evidenced in and integral to all of the above objectives.

WIRRAL PLAN PLEDGES

The work of the Children Sub-Committee will focus in particular on the delivery of the following Wirral Plan Pledges:

• Children are ready for school;
• Young people are ready for work and adulthood;
• Vulnerable children reach their full potential

·  Reduce child and family poverty

TERMS OF REFERENCE

The Children Sub-Committee will provide oversight, support and challenge to the activities of Wirral Council and its partners in relation to the following areas:

• Children’s attainment in school, focusing in particular on the attainment of the most vulnerable children, evidenced by the gap in attainment narrowing;
• The quality and performance of educational provision overall in Wirral, as judged by Ofsted;
• The quality and effectiveness of pre-birth to five year old support and provision for children and parents, leading to children having the best start in life, evidenced by their readiness for school;
• The quality and effectiveness of specialist children social care and partner provision to support the most vulnerable children, leading to children being safe and achieving their full potential;
• Targeted early help effectively supports more children to thrive and live safely in their families and communities
• Monitoring Local Authority performance against its statutory duties

PROPOSED WORKING PRACTICES OF THE

CHILDREN SUB-COMMITTEE