Agenda Document for Lincolnshire Schools' Forum, 04/10/2017 13:00
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Public Document Pack County Offices Newland Lincoln LN1 1YL 26 September 2017 Lincolnshire Schools' Forum A meeting of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum will be held on Wednesday, 4 October 2017 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) Nigel Sisley JP (Governor, St Francis Community Special School, Lincoln) Steve Barnes (The Pilgrim School, Lincoln) Primary Maintained (7) Primary Head Teachers (4) Geraldine Willders (Head Teacher, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Grantham) Martin Kyle (Head Teacher, St Faith & St Martin C E Junior School, Lincoln Gavin Booth (Head Teacher, Boston St Thomas' C E Primary School) 1 vacancy Primary Governors (3) Marilyn Bell (Governor, The Fenland Federation) Anthony Stevens (Governor, The Holt Primary School, Skellingthorpe) James Todd (Governor, Woodlands Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln) Secondary Maintained (1) Michele Anderson (Head Teacher, Spalding High School) Academies (12) Secondary Academies (7) Professor Ken Durrands CBE (Governor, The King's School, Grantham) James Storr (Governor, The Deepings School, Deeping St James) Ian Widdows (Head Teacher, Giles Academy, Old Leake) 4 vacancies Primary Academies (3) Mark Anderson (New Dawn Trust) 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) Josh Greaves (Chief Operating Officer, Wellspring Academy Trust) NON-SCHOOLS' MEMBERS Faith Groups (1) Bridget Starling (Church of England) Further Education / Post 16 Sector (1) Matthew Orford (Director, Linkage College) Staff Trade Unions (1) Helen Stokes (UNISON) Early Years Providers (1) Julia Merivale (Trinity Day Nursery, Gainsborough) LINCOLNSHIRE SCHOOLS' FORUM AGENDA WEDNESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2017 Item Title Pages 1 Election of Chairman 2 Apologies for Absence/Replacement Members 3 Declarations of Members' Interest 4 Minutes of the Meeting of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum 5 - 18 held on 28 June 2017 5 Chairman's Announcements 6 National Funding Formula for Schools 19 - 28 (To receive a report from Mark Popplewell, Head of Finance – Children's Services, which provides the Schools' Forum with an update on the mainstream schools funding) 7 De-Delegation of Maintained Primary School Budget 2018/19 29 - 38 and 2019/20 (To receive a report from Mark Popplewell, Head of Finance – Children's Services, which seeks approval from the maintained primary school representatives to the Local Authority's proposals) 8 Revised Schools' Budgets 2017/18 39 - 46 (To receive a report from Mark Popplewell, Head of Finance – Children's Services, which provides information on the revised Schools' Budget for 2017/18 and to seek support for the proposed use of the DSG underspend) 9 School Carry Forwards 2016/17 47 - 58 (To receive a report from Mark Popplewell, Head of Finance – Children's Services, which provides the Schools' Forum with information regarding Lincolnshire's maintained schools carry forwards at 31 March 2017) 10 School Financial Value Standard (SFVS) 59 - 62 (To receive a report from Mark Popplewell, Head of Finance – Children's Services, which provides the Schools' Forum with an update on the Schools Financial Value Standard) 11 Alternative Provision Arrangements 63 - 76 To receive a report from Mary Meredith, Children's Service Manager – Inclusion, which provides the Schools' Forum with an update on how the new alternative provision arrangements are working) 12 Academies and Academy Trusts 77 - 82 (To receive a report from John O'Connor, Children's Service Manager – Education Support, which provides the Schools' Forum with information on the latest number of academies, and pupils in academies) 13 Lincolnshire Schools' Forum - Work Programme 83 - 86 (This item provides the Schools' Forum with an opportunity to discuss potential items for future meetings for inclusion in the Work Programme) 14 Future Meeting Dates (For the Schools' Forum to agree the following meeting dates:- Thursday 18 January 2018; Thursday 19 April 2018; Tuesday 26 June 2018; and Wednesday 11 October 2018. All meetings to be held at County Offices, and commence at 1.00pm) 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 Agenda Item 4 1 Mark Anderson (Headteacher, New Dawn Trust, Hartsholme Academy, Lincoln), Joanne Noble (Headteacher, Gainsborough Nursery School), Geraldine Willders (Head Teacher, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Grantham) (Vice-Chairman), Anthony Stevens (Governor, The Holt Primary School, Skellingthorpe), Professor Ken Durrands CBE (Governor, The King's School, Grantham), Ian Widdows (Head Teacher, Giles Academy, Old Leake), Helen Hilton (Head Teacher, Little Gonerby Church of England Infant School), Josh Greaves (Chief Operating Officer, Wellspring Academy Trust), Bridget Starling (Business Manager, Church of England, Diocesan Education Centre), Helen Stokes (Branch Secretary, UNISON) and Julia Merivale (Manager, Trinity Day Nursery). Officers in attendance:- Sara Gregory (Commissioning Officer), Mary Meredith (Head of Children's Service Manager, Inclusion), Paula Whitehead (Manager, Team Around the Child), Katrina Cope (Senior Democratic Services Officer), Mark Popplewell (Head of Finance (Children's Services)), Heather Sandy (Chief Commissioning Officer for Learning) and Martin Smith (Children's Services Manager, School Standards), Viki Thomas (Lead Adviser, Early Years Improvement) and Kevin Johnson (Acting Commissioning Manager, Commercial). 1 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN RESOLVED That Mark Anderson be elected as the Chairman of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum for 2017/18. MARK ANDERSON IN THE CHAIR 2 ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMAN RESOLVED That Geraldine Willders be elected as the Vice-Chairman of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum for 2017/18. 3 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE/REPLACEMENT MEMBERS Apologies for absence were received from Marilyn Bell (Governor, The Fenland Federation), Nichola Shore (Head Teacher, Banovallum School, Horncastle), James Page 5 2 Storr (Governor, The Deepings School) and Lea Mason (Executive Head Teacher, Lincolnshire Wolds Federation). An apology for absence was also received from Ken Rustidge (Staff Trade Union). 4 DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS' INTEREST No declarations of members' interest were declared at this stage of the proceedings. 5 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE SCHOOLS' FORUM HELD ON 12 JANUARY 2017 It was agreed that a scrutiny committee paper on sufficiency of school places would be shared with members of the Forum. RESOLVED That the minutes of the meeting of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum held on 12 January 2017, be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 6 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE SCHOOLS' FORUM EXTRAORDINARY MEETING HELD ON 22 FEBRUARY 2017 RESOLVED That the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Lincolnshire Schools' Forum held on 22 February 2017 be agreed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. 7 ANNUAL REPORT ON SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY Consideration was given to a report from Sheridan Dodsworth (Children's Service Manager, Special Educational Needs and Disability), which provided the School's Forum with an annual update on Special Educational Needs as required by the Schools' Forum Regulations. The three areas covered in the report included an update on activity within the County; an overview of the high needs costs throughout 2016/17; and an update on the SEND Strategy Review. In the absence of the Children's Service Manager Special Educational Needs and Disability, Heather Sandy, (Chief Commissioning Officer for Learning) guided the Forum through the report and made reference to the following:- The Forum noted that there was an increase nationally in January 2017 of pupils who had an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan or Statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN). There had been an increase of 30,975 (12.1%) from January 2016; In 2016 there had been 103,009 pupils on roll in Lincolnshire maintained and academy schools. Of this total 13.1% had been in receipt of some form of SEN Page 6 3 support that was not a Statement or an EHC Plan, and was above the average of 11.6%; For 2016/17 schools and academies had, through most of their formula factors a notional SEN funding allocation from which they were expected to contribute the first £6,000 towards a pupil who required SEN Support/Graduated Approach. It was noted further that the higher level needs and targeted support provision remained outside of the notional SEN funding; and was funded through the high needs budget; The number of pupils with statements of SEN or EHC Plans in Lincolnshire was above average at 3.3% of the school population. Compared to 2.8% nationally. Details of the breakdown was detailed at the bottom of page 23 of the report; Details of High Needs Funding Analysis