At the latest Corporate Parenting Panel, councillors were presented with worrying new data on the educational achievement of looked after children.
In 2011 no looked after children who received alternative educational provision achieved 5 A*- C grades at GCSE, in total only 14% of looked after children as a whole in the borough achieved 5 A*- C GCSE grades.
Eltham South councillors, Adam Thomas, Matt Clare and Eileen Glover attended the AGM of Friends of Avery Hill Park Group on Saturday.
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Greenwich Council has failed to address residents concerns about the introduction of parking charges on Eltham High Street and has instead given an irrelevant response to a petition with hundreds of signatures.
At Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting Greenwich Council’s Labour Cabinet agreed to commission a further study to consider the feasibility of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Eltham.
Eltham South Councillor Adam Thomas recently visited Alderwood School, to speak to the School Council about their ideas for the local area and Avery Hill.
The School Council is made up of elected pupils from each of the classes, and help to make decisions affecting the school.
Next week's Eltham Planning Committee will see the consideration of the application to continue the hand car wash activities at the former petrol station site on Avery Hill Road.
Cllrs Spencer Drury and Adam Thomas attended the latest meeting of the Council's Best Value Review committee which is looking at the future role of Greenwich's Local Education Authority, councillors were given a presentation on the early indications of the latest exam results fro Greenwich.
All three Eltham South councillors attended a meeting of Greenwich Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee to discuss the council's decision to develop housing on Hambledown Green, at the end of Hambledown Road. Despite this being a decision of the Leade
Eltham South councillors Adam Thomas and Eileen Glover recently attending a hearing of Greenwich Council's Licensing Committee, which was hearing an application from the STC Sports Club at the end of Ivor Grove to extend its alcohol licensing hours.