Decision details

Resolved:-

1)   that the Cabinet, as the decision maker for the Council, in its capacity as sole Member (shareholder) of Sandwell Children’s Trust (SCT) a private company limited by guarantee and employer of SCT for the delivery of services pursuant to a Service Delivery Contract (SDC) made between the Council and SCT dated 1 April 2018:

a) formally receives the Contract Review Report

b) notes the progress made to date by Sandwell Children’s Trust in delivering services as set out in the Contract between the Council and the move from being judged as inadequate to requires improvement to be good.

c) agrees the recommendations detailed in the contract review:

i) does not recommend to the Secretary of State that the break clause is invoked

ii) authorises the Director of Children and Education, in consultation with the Chief Executive of the Council and the Cabinet Member for Children and Education, to agree with Sandwell Children’s Trust revised contractual key performance indicators, to commence on 1st April 2023

iii) The requirement to achieve a judgement of ‘Good’ as per the ILACS framework be revised from within four years of contract commencement (March 2022) to the next standard ILACS inspection by Ofsted (within three years of the previous inspection).