THAT the following be noted:

(a)       outcome of the DfE review (as detailed at Appendix 1) conducted on 15 and 16 December 2014;

(b)         outcome of the HSCB LGA peer diagnostic (as detailed at Appendix 2) conducted between 17-19 November 2014; and

(c)         progress to date on the Ofsted action plan (as detailed at Appendix 3).