Decision details

This report will present the key performance information for the Council together with areas for future focus, proposals for further service improvements and progress against previously agreed actions

The Executive will be asked to consider the performance information and agree appropriate proposals to assist the Council to drive forward its continuous improvement agenda

Received a report from the Corporate Director of Resources regarding the borough’s end of year 2008/09 performance against the Local Area Agreement (LAA) Indicators.

The borough’s performance is above the London average in areas such as:

• Young people’s participation in positive activities;
• The gap in attainment of Level 3 at age 19 in each Local Authority between those young people who were in receipt of free school meals at academic age 15 and those who were not; and
• Narrowing the gap between the lowest achieving 20% in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the rest.

Noted however that a focus on performance is required in the following areas:

• Housing;
• Attainment;
• NEETS (Not in Employment, Education or Training);
• Obesity;
• Teenage Pregnancy; and
• Place Survey Indicators – Overall satisfaction and percentage of people who believe people from different backgrounds get on well.

Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve all of its Community Priorities, to:

(i)  Note the performance of the LAA Indicators overall; and

(ii)  Note the changes in performance and key projects related to the poorly performing indicators.