Report to follow.

In response to member questions, it was clarified:

·         (Rachael Wardell) Information will be provided to members following the meeting regarding the costs of using the Whatley Avenue building as a temporary site for Harris Wimbledon;

·         (Jane McSherry) The Whatley Avenue site will only be used temporarily until the High Path permanent site is available. There will be no split site provision; once the High Path site is open, Whatley Avenue will be closed and returned to the stock of buildings held by Merton Council and managed by the Environment & Regeneration Department;

·         (Rachael Wardell) Information will be provided to members following the meeting on the views of the 5% of families who weren’t positive about outcomes having been improved as a result of engaging with children’s centres;

·         (Rachael Wardell) Both St Marks and Raynes Park secondary schools have places available for the forthcoming academic year (2018/2019). However, cumulatively these do not exceed the number of applications and places secured at Harris Wimbledon. Without the new school, a good number of applications would have needed to have been fulfilled out of the borough. St Marks is an improving school and received more applications this year than it did in the last academic year;

·         (Rachael Wardell) Concerned about the current lack of data on Children’s Services resulting from the implementation of the new Mosaic system. Noted that this is the longest time for which she has not had access to data. It is hoped that this will be forthcoming by the middle of July. The process of providing data for returns to Government is being used to provide the Department with some confidence. This situation is being addressed through support from the provider company and improved report writing capacity in-house. However, once data starts to become available again, the Department will need to ensure that this is correct in the system. It is increasingly likely that the longer the system is not being used the greater the disincentive to input to the system. As a result, it is likely that when the system is first run, performance will have deteriorated. It is important that all users understand the importance of updating; and

·         (Mark Gwynne, Interim Head of Policy, Planning & Performance) Returns that are happening now are helping with understanding of what information is missing from Mosaic. As a result, work is underway to help users understand where data has to be inputted. Training will also be provided from September to October including for super-users who will support the training of other officers.

Resolved: Members resolved that they should be notified by the Director of the Children Schools & Families Department should the Mosaic system not be online and working effectively by mid-July 2018 as outlined at the meeting.