Agenda and minutes
Education Panel - Wednesday 25 February 2015 2.00 pm

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Andrew Dismore AM, for whom Murad Qureshi AM attended as a substitute Member.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact:  Bathsheba Mall; [email protected], 020 7983 4306

The Panel is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  The Panel received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the tables at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Panel is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Panel held on 26 November 2014 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting of the Education Panel held on 26 November 2014 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact: Bathsheba Mall; [email protected]; 020 7983 4306

The Panel is recommended to note the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Panel.

4.1  The Panel received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the completed and outstanding actions arising from previous

meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact: Richard Derecki; [email protected]; 020 7983 4899

The Panel is recommended to note the report, put questions to the invited experts and note the discussion.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat, as background to putting questions on the performance of London schools and future global challenges to the following invited guests:

·  John Kennedy, Senior HM Inspector, OFSTED;

·  Munira Mirza, Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture; and

·  Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills OECD, Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development, by video conference.

5.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.  During the course of the discussion, the Deputy Mayor for Education and Culture offered to revisit the feasibility of expanding the sample size of schools in London, in the light of the likely costs referred to by the OECD.

5.3  The presentation by Andreas Schleicher is attached at Appendix 2.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact: Bathsheba Mall; [email protected]; 020 7983 4306

The Panel is recommended to note the response from the Mayor to the Panel’s report London Learners, London Lives.

6.1  The Panel received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

That the response from the Mayor to the Panel’s report London Learners, London Lives, be noted.

The next meeting of the Panel is to be confirmed.

7.1  The next meeting of the Panel was to be confirmed.

8.1  There was no other business.

9.1  The meeting ended at 3.59pm.