Children and Learning

'Safe, healthy and successful in Luton' We want all children and young people to be: healthy; stay safe; enjoy and achieve; make a positive contribution; have economic well-being.

The Children and Learning department is organised around delivering integrated Children's Services across five organisational areas in Luton:

North – Bramingham, Icknield, Limbury, Northwell, Sundon Park
East – Crawley, Round Green, Stopsley, Wigmore
South – Dallow, Farley, South
West – Challney, Leagrave, Lewsey
Central – Barnfield, Biscot, High Town, Saints

These neighbourhood teams deliver the following services:

Behaviour Support
Educational Psychology
Integrated Youth Support
Children in Care Services (including fostering and adoption; residential care; 16+)
Attendance and children missing education
Parent Partnership
Initial Assessment
Safeguarding, Independent Reviewing Officers and Local Safeguarding Child Board Team (including safeguarding in education
Elective Home Education
Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
Family Support and Child Protection social work
Youth Offending Service

The ‘Support, Challenge and Intervention’ service within Children and Learning looks after the following supporting services.

Support and Challenge schools, children’s centres, non-maintained
childcare settings, 14-19, post-16 providers
Luton Schools Quality Standards framework
Delivery of parenting and extended services through schools strategies
School Catering
Free School Meals
Clothing Grant processing
Music Service
The SHIRE Foundation - School Centred Initial Teacher Training
elearning @ luton centre, Luton Learning Resource Centres

The ‘Resources, Performance and Commissioning’ service within Children and Learning provides:

Resources functions: Finance, Human Resources, ICT, office accommodation, business continuity
Strategic planning, risk, performance, policy management
Children’s Trust arrangements, partnership, committee support
Commissioning strategy and aspects of commissioning cycle for:- health (PCT-funded), schools inc. extended services, early years, childcare, 14-19, post-16 learning, out of borough placements
School Admissions and appeals, transport
Student Support

The ‘Building Schools for the Future’ service manages the current programme to rebuild or remodel all Luton’s secondary school provision. They are also involved in the Primary Capital Programme which aims to renew half the country's Primary School provision by 2022.