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Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 11

18 November 2004

OfSTED Inspectors Report on Outdoor Education Centres

Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage

Contact: Stuart Nundy 01962 845015

1. Summary

1.1 The following decision is sought:

i) That the Executive Member recognises and welcomes the recent positive OfSTED report into outdoor education centres nationally, and involving the Hampshire Outdoor Service, and reaffirms the commitment of the Recreation and Heritage Department, in partnership with the Education Department, to the vision of the Hampshire Outdoor Service to provide high quality and safe outdoor learning to young people across Hampshire.

2. Reason

2.1 In order to provide maximum opportunity to young people and school students in Hampshire to access the positive benefits derived from outdoor learning thereby:

1) Maximising life opportunities

2) Improving services

3. Other options considered and rejected

i) Removing direct support to outdoor learning within Hampshire

4. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member consulted -

None.

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

Not applicable.

6. Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent

Not applicable.

Approved by: (signature) Date: (date of decision)

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Councillor J. Waddington