Agenda item 10- SEND Inspection Update and Agenda item 11 - Education Strategy are deferred to Cabinet on 27 March 2025

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive declarations of interests in respect of Table A, Table B or Other Interests from members of the committee in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 23 January 2025.

The deadline for submission of questions for this meeting is:

5pm on Friday 28^th February 2025.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk. Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive questions from members of the public.

To receive questions from councillors.

No scrutiny reports have been received. 

To report the forecast position for 2024/25 at Quarter 3 (December 2024).

To review performance for Quarter 3 (Q3) 2024/25 and to report the performance position across all Directorates for this period.

To explore the development of a council owned housing development company. 

To share the feedback report from Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) following the SEND inspection of Herefordshire Local Area Partnership conducted in December 2024.

To endorse the Education Strategy 2024/29.