County Offices Newland Lincoln LN1 1YL

29 September 2015

Lincolnshire Schools' Forum

A meeting of the Schools' Forum will be held on Wednesday, 7 October 2015 at 1.00 pm in Committee Room One, County Offices, Newland, Lincoln LN1 1YL for the transaction of the business set out on the attached Agenda.

Yours sincerely

Tony McArdle Chief Executive

Membership of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum

SCHOOLS' MEMBERS

Nursery (1) Joanne Noble (Head Teacher, Gainsborough Nursery School)

Special (2) Bridget Robson (Head Teacher, Fortuna Primary School, Lincoln) Nigel Sisley JP (Governor, St Francis Community Special School, Lincoln)

Primary Maintained (7)

Primary Headteachers (4) Vicky Cook (Head Teacher, Welbourn Church of England Primary School) Patricia Ruff (Head Teacher, Dunholme St Chads Church of England Primary School) Ian Wilkinson (Head Teacher, Deeping St James Community Primary School) Geraldine Willders (Head Teacher, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Grantham)

Primary Governors (3) Marilyn Bell (Governor, The Fenland Federation) Roger Hewins (Governor, Corringham Church of England Primary School) 1 vacancy

Secondary Maintained (1) 1 vacancy Pupil Referral Unit (1) Dave Thompson (The Lincolnshire Teaching and Learning Centre)

Academies (12)

Secondary Academies (7) Ellenor Beighton (Head Teacher, , Market Rasen) David Bennett (Governor, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle) Professor Ken Durrands CBE (Governor, The King's School, Grantham) Roger Hale (Head Teacher, ) Jonathan Maddox (Head Teacher, Bourne Grammar School) Jeremy Newnham (Head Teacher, Caistor Yarborough Academy) James Storr (Governor, , Deeping St James)

Primary Academies (3) Mark Anderson (Head Teacher, Huntingtower Community Primary Academy, Grantham) Helen Hilton (Head Teacher, Little Gonerby Church of England Infant School) 1 vacancy

Special Academy (1) Lea Mason (Executive Head Teacher, Lincolnshire Wolds Federation, Louth)

Alternative Provision Academy (1) Jerry Tucker (Head Teacher, The Acorn Free School, Lincoln)

NON-SCHOOLS' MEMBERS

Faith Groups (1) Bridget Starling (Church of England)

14-19 Partnership (1) Amanda Mosek (Principal and Chief Executive, Boston College)

Staff Trade Unions (1) Helen Stokes (UNISON)

Early Years Providers (1) Georgie Brock (Manager, Mulberry Bush Nursery, Uffington) LINCOLNSHIRE SCHOOLS' FORUM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2015

Item Title Pages

1 Election of Chairman

2 Election of Vice-Chairman

3 Apologies for Absence/Replacement Members

4 Declarations of Members' Interest

5 Minutes of the Meeting held on 22 April 2015 7 - 16

6 Schools' Forum Membership Verbal (To receive a verbal update from Katrina Cope, Team Leader – Report Democratic and Civic Services regarding elections proposals to fill current vacancies on the Schools Forum)

7 Schools' block funding formulae 2015/16: Analysis of local 17 - 26 authorities' Schools block funding formulae (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, in connection with the DfE's analysis of Local Authorities' (LA) school funding formulae for 2015/16. The report enables the Forum to see how Lincolnshire's funding of mainstream schools compares to other LAs. This should therefore help to inform future discussions over changes to the local funding formulae)

8 Schools' Carry Forwards 2014/15 27 - 36 (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, in connection with information regarding Lincolnshire’s maintained schools' carry forwards at 31st March 2015)

9 Schools' Financial Value Standard 37 - 40 (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, which provides an update on the Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS))

10 De-Delegation of Maintained Primary Schools Budgets 41 - 52 2016/17 and 2017/18 (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, which seeks the maintained primary school representatives' approval to the Local Authority’s (LA) proposals for the de-delegation of certain budgets in 2016/17 and 2017/18)

11 Revised Schools' Budget 2015/16 53 - 58 (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, which notifies the Forum of the revised Schools Budget for 2015/16 and seeks support for the proposed use of the underspending from 2014/15) 12 Schools' Revenue Funding 2016/17 59 - 62 (A report by Tony Warnock, Operations and Financial Advice Manager, which advises the Forum of the Government’s plans for school revenue funding for 2016/17)

13 Prehistory on-line learning resources for Lincolnshire 63 - 82 (A report by Sarah Grundy, Historic Environment Officer, which advises the Forum of the intention to produce on-line prehistory learning resources specifically focussed on Lincolnshire, and to support a request for funding from the LEA to assist with their development)

14 Devolution - Expression of Interest 83 - 94 (To receive details of a document in connection with proposals submitted to the Government for devolution in Lincolnshire. The devolution submission has been signed by all key agencies covering the boundary of Greater Lincolnshire)

15 Academies Update 95 - 98 (To receive a report from Adrian Clarke, School Re-Organisation Officer, which sets out the current and projected number of academies and the pupils attending them)

16 Future Meeting Dates Verbal (For the Schools Forum to agree the following meeting dates: Report  Wednesday 7 October 2015 – 2.00pm  Wednesday 13 January 2016 – 2.00pm  Wednesday 20 April 2016 – 2.00pm  Wednesday 29 June 2016 – 2.00pm)

17 Information Pack Democratic Services Officer Contact Details

Name: Katrina Cope

Direct Dial 01522 552104

E Mail Address [email protected]

Please note: for more information about any of the following please contact the Democratic Services Officer responsible for servicing this meeting

 Business of the meeting  Any special arrangements  Copies of reports

Contact details set out above.

All papers for council meetings are available on: www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/committeerecords