Minutes of Children and Families Partnership Board Meeting Wednesday 20 July 2016 11:00 – 1:00pm Community Space, Bernard Weatherill House, Mint Walk, Croydon CR0 1EA Present: Cllr Shafi Khan (Chair) Cllr Maria Gatland Agnieszka Gebka, CYPFN (PiP) Bernadette Alves, Consultant in public health David Butler, Head of School Standards Jane Doyle, Director of Universal People Services Maria Nawrocka, Children & Families Partnership Manager Paul Greenhalgh, Executive Director, People Penny Smith-Orr, Faiths Together in Croydon Sam Taylor, Head of Partnerships & Children’s Integrated Commissioning Amanda Tuke, Head of Partnerships & Children’s Integrated Commissioning Sara Milocco, CVA Denise Clements, Transformation Manager, Croydon Council Ian Lewis, Director, Children’s Family Intervention & Children’s Social Care Virginia Marshall, Special Schools Headteacher Stephen Warren, Director of Commissioning, Croydon CCG Wendy Tomlinson, Looked After Children Zoe Barkham, Health and Wellbeing Officer Denise Public Health Principle Ian Johnston, Locum Designated LAC doctor, CUS Emma Hope-Fitch, resident Play Street organiser Apologies: Flemming, Margaret Bird, Bernadette Khan, Karen Stott, Andy Opie, Jo Fletcher, Raquel Tomlinson, Sandra Richards, Shade Alu. 1: Welcome, introductions and apologies: Cllr Khan welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were noted. Round room introductions were made. This was Paul Greenhalgh’s last meeting. Cllr Khan thanked Paul, on behalf of the Board, for his support, leadership and valued contribution to the work of the Partnership. All aspects of the work, whether 0-5, primary or secondary schooling, social care or child sexual exploitation had Paul’s finger prints all over it. He always put children and families at the fore-front of everything he did. Even when there were disagreements he was always professional, neutral and wanted what was best for Croydon. Cllr Shah wished Paul the best for his future on behalf of the whole Partnership.
4. Pupil Survey The first Croydon pupil Survey was undertaken in Spring 2014 and had been repeated in Spring 2016. There were two slightly different surveys: the primary survey was completed by pupils in years 4 and 6 and the secondary survey by years 8 and 10. The council received the borough-wide results and each school received the result for its own pupils compared to the borough data. The purpose of the survey was to: Give pupils a chance to be heard Provide real life data to inform future strategies Engage pupils in public health and policy making processes Raise pupil awareness of public health issues Significantly fewer pupils completed the survey in 2016: in particular very few secondary age boys. It was recognised that to engage schools needed a personal approach and explanation of its value: there had not been the capacity to do this in 2016. Key findings – primary 83% say they like physical activity 615 children said that they look after someone at home, and of these 19% said it stops them doing things they enjoy 88% are very at school 36% feel uncomfortable talking to parents/carers about their worries 39% use the internet for chatting (29% in 2014) 20% have been bullied outside at school during break times in the month before the survey (28% in 2014) Key findings – secondary 87% have not bullied anyone else in the last year 25% feel their school cares whether they are happy or not 52% of them practise a faith 38% said they did not have at least ‘1-2’ times in an average week 18% did not participate in physical activity for an hour or more (on any day the week before the survey) – 11% in 2014 31% are asked for their ideas and opinions in their community (24% in 2014) Members of the Board were concerned that only the schools had the school level results and so there was no opportunity to ensure that schools were addressing any issues, specific to them, that may have been identified. Action 4.1: Circulate survey report to sub group leads to inform their work on the Partnership priorities Action 4.2: Consider how the of children and young people with SEND, who might not be able to complete an on-line survey, could be captured. 5. Reducing Childhood Obesity