MEETING OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS FORUM (WSF) Friday 8th October 2010 at 2.00pm in the Council Chamber County Hall *PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF ROOM* A G E N D A 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the Last Meeting 8th July 2010 (attached – blue) 3. Matters Arising 4. Any Other Business 5. Schools' Broadband and Harnessing Technology Grant (HTG) Issues (attached – green) (Dave Thomson in attendance for this item) 6. School Balances Update (attached – yellow) 7. Early Years Funding Update (attached – pink) 8. Results of the June 2010 Consultation on the Future Distribution of School Funding (attached – white) 9. Consultation on School Funding 2011-12: Introducing a Pupil Premium Colin Weeden a) Consultation Details (attached – blue) Programme Lead: b) Draft Response (attached – green) Policy and Transformation 10. Consultation on the School Finance (England) Children's Services Regulations 2011 (attached – yellow) PO Box 73 County Hall 11. Academy Issues Spetchley Road a) Current Position Update (attached – pink) Worcester WR5 2YA b) Further Funding Issues (attached – white) Tel 01905 766342 12. Section 251 Local Authority Fax 01905 766156 Minicom 01905 766399 Benchmarking 2010/11 (attached – blue) DX 29941 Worcester 2 E-mail
[email protected] 13. Free Schools Update (attached – green) Date of Next Meeting: Friday 10th December 2010 at 2pm, Kidderminster Room, County Hall Please pass apologies to Andy McHale who can be contacted on Tel 01905 766285, fax 01905 766156 or e-mail
[email protected] AGENDA ITEM 5 WORCESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS FORUM 8th OCTOBER 2010 REPORT TO THE WORCESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS FORUM (WSF) SCHOOLS' BROADBAND AND HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY GRANT (HTG) ISSUES 1.