Cabinet are requested to consider and approve the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) Annual Review 2007 (Appendix 1) and the Annual Performance Assessment (APA) Self-Assessment submission (Appendix 2). 

That, subject to any amendments the Director of Children’s Services may wish to make in the light of any further performance data received, the following documents be approved by Cabinet as the Council’s Annual Performance Assessment submission to Ofsted.

(a)   Children and Young People’s Plan Review 2007; and

(b)   Annual Performance Assessment Self Assessment document.

The Annual Review of the CYPP is a statutory requirement.  The revised APA and inspection arrangements from 2007 require submission of the CYPP Review document which includes the Delivery (Action) Plan for 2007/08 and the Council’s self-evaluation of its contribution to maintaining and improving the five Every Child Matters outcomes for children and young people.  The self-evaluation is informed by the review of progress against the CYPP and an analysis of performance data.  The Joint Area Review Performance Improvement Action Plan and the GOWM Herefordshire Improvement Board Action Plan are also required to be submitted.  They are not attached to this report as they have previously been considered by Cabinet.

There are no Alternative Options.