New data published by the Department for Education (DfE) has revealed that in Barnet 97.90% of Education, Health and Care Plans (excluding exceptions) are issued within the statutory timescale of 20 weeks. In fact, completion rates in Barnet have not dipped below 97% since 2017.
Commenting on the news, Cllr Pauline Coakley Webb, Cabinet Member for Family Friendly Barnet, said:
Barnet Council and its Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) introduced pioneering plans for a new Religious Education (RE) syllabus at a special event at Queen Elizabeth's Boys School in High Barnet, Wednesday 14 June.
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There may be situations where you can no longer live at home with your family. This could be for a number of reasons - illness, a family breakdown or break-up, or parents or carers who are unable to provide you with the right sort of care and protection.
Initially, we see if there are friends or relatives who could look after you. If this is not possible or appropriate, then we will find you accommodation and you will become 'looked after' by Barnet Council.
Barnet Council announces today that the borough’s first LGBTQ+ celebration Pride in the Park will launch later this year.
The event at Victoria Park, Finchley, will be held on Sunday 20 August and is being coordinated by a partnership led by Barnet’s LGBTQ+ community group Inkluder CiC. The news comes as the council raises the Rainbow flag above Hendon Town Hall today to mark the start of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
Barnet councillors have unanimously approved the council’s first ever dedicated Volunteering Strategy (2023-26) *.
The strategy sets out proposals for supporting the thousands of volunteers across the borough, while developing volunteering in Barnet over the next three years.
Barnet Council has worked with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to secure £1.46m in funding to expand a two-year programme to tackle violence against women and girls living in the borough to more boroughs across the capital.
This comes following the success of the council’s pioneering pilot scheme, and nine boroughs will now access this funding and begin rolling out their own programmes.
The website now includes a range of accessibility and language support tools aimed at helping residents who may have a disability, learning difficulty, visual impairment, or if they speak English as a second language.
Barnet councillors agreed to change the council’s constitution and formally move from a committee system of governance to a cabinet and scrutiny system at the Annual General Meeting last night, Tuesday 23 May.
The move is integral to the Council administration’s commitment to ensure decision-making is more transparent, efficient, and accountable. It is also part of a package of new constitutional measures to help increase public participation in local democracy.