Agenda and decisions

Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 4 November 2025 2.00 pm

Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield. View directions

Contact: Damien Buckley (Tel: 0116 305 0183) Email: damien.buckley@leics.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
	Webcast. A webcast of the meeting can be viewed here.
1.	Minutes of the meeting held on 2 September 2025. PDF 123 KB View the background to item 1.
2.	Question Time. PDF 111 KB
3.	Questions asked by members under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5).
4.	To advise of any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent elsewhere on the agenda.
5.	Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.
6.	Declarations of the Party Whip in accordance with Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 16.
7.	Presentation of Petitions under Standing Order 36.
8.	Children and Family Services Department. PDF 293 KB Additional documents: Appendix A - CFS Department Structure 2025 , item 8. PDF 112 KB Decision: RESOLVED: (a) That the overview of the work of the Children and Family Services Department, be noted. (b) That the Director of Children and Family Services be requested to provide the Committee with a report which would include the corporate parenting responsibility of the Council, including elected members, at a future meeting. (c) That the Director of Children and Family Services be requested to provide members with resources relating to corporate parenting responsibilities, following the meeting.
9.	Inclusion in Leicestershire Schools. PDF 214 KB Decision: RESOLVED: (a) That the overview of the functions of the Inclusion Service, be noted. (b) That the Director of Children and Family Services be requested to provide the Committee with a report on the Oakfield Short Stay School, at the meeting on 3 March 2026.
10.	Leicestershire's Response to Tackling Child Criminal Exploitation. PDF 196 KB Decision: RESOLVED: That the overview of the work and progress of the Child Exploitation, Missing and Modern Slavery Hub, be noted.
11.	Leicestershire Adoption Agency Statutory Report 2024-2025. PDF 156 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Leicestershire Adoption Service Annual Report 2024-25 , item 11. PDF 1 MB Decision: RESOLVED: That the annual report of Leicestershire’s Adoption Agency for the period March 2024 to March 2025, be noted.
12.	Fostering Annual Report 2024-25. PDF 126 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Fostering Annual Report 2024-25 , item 12. PDF 841 KB Decision: RESOLVED: That the annual report outlining the activity of the Fostering Service for the period 2024 -2025, be noted.
13.	Annual Report of the Virtual School 2024-2025. PDF 153 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Virtual School Annual Report 2024-25 , item 13. PDF 3 MB Decision: RESOLVED: That the overview of the work of, and data relating to, the Virtual School (VS) for the academic year 2024-2025, be noted.
14.	Date of future meetings. Meetings of the Committee in 2026 are scheduled to take place at 14:00 on the following days: 20 January 2026 3 March 2026 2 June 2026 1 September 2026 3 November 2026
15.	Any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent.