Sheffield City Council Education, Children and Families Policy Committee 1 September 2026

EDUCATION, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES POLICY COMMITTEE AGENDA 1 SEPTEMBER 2026 Order of Business Welcome and Housekeeping The Chair to welcome attendees to the meeting and outline basic housekeeping and fire safety arrangements. 1. Apologies for Absence 2. Exclusion of Press and Public To identify items where resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public 3. Declarations of Interest Members to declare any interests they have in the business to be considered at the meeting 4. Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee held on 26 June 2026. 5. Public Petitions, Questions and Statements (NOTE: There is a time limit of up to 30 minutes for the above item of business. Please see Document 5 for details on Public Petitions, Questions and Statements). 6. Members' Questions To receive any questions from Members on issues which are not already the subject of an item of business on the Committee agenda – Council Procedure Rule 16.8. (NOTE: a period of up to 10 minutes shall be allocated for Members’ supplementary questions). 7. Work Programme Report of General Counsel Formal Decisions 8. DCS Update Report Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services 9. 26/27 Q4 & Q1 Budget Monitoring Report Report of Director, Finance and Commercial Services 10. Community Parenting Strategy Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services 11. Looked after children, placement sufficiency strategy Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services 12. Annual report updates: LADO, IRO, Fostering Service, Private Fostering & Virtual Schools Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services 13. Sufficiency of Learning Places Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services 14. Smart Phone Free Task and Finish group update Report of Strategic Director, Children's Services NOTE: The next meeting of Education, Children and Families Policy Committee will be held on Tuesday 3 November 2026 at 2.00 pm PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE MEETING The Education, Children and Families Policy Committee discusses and takes decisions on: • Education, including o Schools (including sufficiency of school places) o Mainstream and specialist education (early years, children and young people) o Special Educational Needs and Disabilities o Learning and Skills policy, programmes and interventions (children and young people) • Children and Families o Children and family support and social work o Fostering and adoption o Children in care, care leavers and corporate parenting o Residential services o Youth justice o Children’s wellbeing o Child safeguarding o Early childhood services Meetings are chaired by the Committee’s Chair, Councillor Dale --- Meeting attendance Councillor Dawn Dale Chair Expected Councillor Rob Bannister Deputy Chair Expected Councillor Toby Mallinson Group Spokesperson Expected Councillor Ann Whitaker Group Spokesperson Expected Councillor Sue Alston Committee Member Expected Councillor Luke Goddard Committee Member Expected Councillor Tessa Lupton Committee Member Expected Rachel Marshall Secretary Expected