Criteria for Educational Trust Awards
North Lanarkshire Council · 15 March 2023
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Lanarkshire Educational Trust Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes ☐ No Ref SP/LP Date 15/03/23 Lanarkshire Educational Trust – Review of Criteria From Stephen Penman, Chief Officer – Strategic Communication and Engagement E-mail penmanste@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07947997750 1. Background At a meeting in November 2019 and arising out of discussion in relation to the level of grant awards for individual and group applications under Category 27 (Educational Experiments) of the Trust Scheme, it was suggested that the eligibility criteria and the level of grant awards be reviewed. Due to the impact of and response to Covid 19 a review did not take place at that time and therefore no proposals around updated criteria have been considered. At its meeting on 28 November 2022, members of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Committee agreed to consider a review of criteria to better reflect the equalities agenda and specifically to make provisions for those with a physical disability. It is proposed that a full review of the criteria is undertaken with the outcome and any proposed changes approved at the next scheduled meeting of the Trust. Executive Summary This report provides the Lanarkshire Educational Trust (LET) with a proposal to review the current criteria reflecting the changes in operating context locally and nationally and specifically relating to the Equalities agenda. Recommendations It is recommended that Lanarkshire Educational Trust: (1) approve the review process and timeline outlined in this report. The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Support all children and young people to realise their full potential Ambition statement (10) Engage with children, young people, parents, carers, and families to help all children and young people reach their full potential
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2.1 Lanarkshire Educational Trust – Review of Criteria – process 2.1.1 It is recommended that a full review is undertaken to ensure that criteria reflects: • The public sector equalities duties; • The current operating context; • Any learning from the application process to date; It is recommended that the review takes the form of desktop research and discussion with the Trust and stakeholder engagement with: • Elected Members involved in the decision making around the resources associated with the Trust; • Key Officers involved in administering the process; • The Councils Equalities Officer; The proposed timeline for review is as follows: • Desktop Research (looking at current relating to previous application cycles, comparison with other funding decision making for similar purposes) - April – June 2023; • Stakeholder Engagement – Focus Group discussion with those outlined above – June – July 2023; • Draft updated criteria issued to stakeholders and Trust members for final comment/consideration – August 2023; • Final draft criteria to be approved by Lanarkshire Educational Trust – Meeting date TBC (September/October 2023); 3. Measures of success 3.1 Direct funding to support participants to achieve potential. 4. Supporting documentation None. Stephen Penman Chief Officer Strategic Communication & Engagement
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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Change to criteria could impact on specific equalities groups or those who are most impacted by poverty. The draft criteria when produced will be subject to an EQIA If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality-and-fairer- scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with Financial Solutions? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Impact on distribution of the LET fund 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People and Organisational Development? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic Solutions? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☒ Adequate procedures in place to manage the handling of personal information in line with the data protection procedures
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If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No x ☒ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services.