Schools Forum

Minutes of Meeting held on Monday 6 July 2020 Virtual (Microsoft Teams)

Members Present: Nicholas Dry Jenny Adamson Dave Winters Rob Veale Sharon Oliver Patrick Shields Cllr Joy Prince Cllr Maria Gatland Lorraine Slee Dan Bowden Tyrone Myton Rob Hitch Vivienne Esparon Josephine Copeland Chris Andrews Markieu Hayden

Observers Present: Cllr Shafi Khan Cllr Flemming Cllr Margaret Bird Orlagh Guarnori Shelley Davies Michael McKeaveney Alison Farmer Kate Bingham Cathy Brearley

Apologies: Diana Agyepong Jane Charman Roger Capham Kevin Standish Joe Flynn Dave Harvey

Chair: Jolyon Roberts Vice Chair: Theresa Staunton

Clerk: Heather Beck/Geraldine Truss

Declaration of Interest

There were none.

The Chair welcomed everyone including new members to the first Virtual meeting held via Microsoft Teams and covered the protocol required for the meeting.

The meeting was quorate.

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1: Minutes and Actions from last meeting – 27 April 2020

Matters arising

None recorded.

2: Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) 2019/20 outturn a) Appendix A – High Needs Final outturn for 2019/20 b) Appendix B – Early Years Final outturn for 2019/20

Orlagh Guarnori (OG) presented this paper

The DSG funding for 2019/20 for Croydon Local Authority, after academy recoupment, was £164.660m.

Table 1 illustrates the allocation for the Schools Block, Early Years Block, High Needs Block and Central Service Block. Please note next year’s allocation and subsequent year’s allocation for the Central Service Schools Block will be reduced.

There has been an increase in the number of places required in Croydon’s special schools. The extension of Post 16 education plans has also impacted on the budget. Table 2- Para 2.2 gives an analysis of the overall movement from 2018/19 to 2019/20, evidencing the carry forward overspend of £14.558m to 2019/20.

Table 4 demonstrates the Growth expenditure for Academy expansion, Start Ups, Bulge, KS4 pupils in alternative provision.

Appendix A - Line 7 should read contingency of 3%. This will be on

hold until there is clarity on the impact of Covid-19. The 3% will then

be distributed by Autumn term.

Appendix B -There is a pass through rate of 95% which we have to meet.

The following questions were asked:

Q1: Jolyon Roberts referred to Appendix A, indicates that High Needs is heavily overspent in Croydon Special Schools (Line 3) and in out of borough placements (Line 6). It is worrying that the department had not seen this high cost trend emerging. Why was this not allowed for in the budget. To be projecting £2.944m was quite a stretch; A1: Alison Farmer said the High Needs paper will show that there will be an increase in EHC plans as Croydon has issued an extra 300 EHC plans. The department had been advised the number of requests for EHCPs will increase. This should even out over the course of the Recovery Plan. There needs to be more accuracy in Croydon’s Further Education forecast which has been adrift for some time, this sector is vulnerable. When

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the forecast was set to the budget we knew this would be a challenge but we had to set out our direction. This budget is difficult to forecast when you know it will not be achieved; A2: OG said Finance have to set a balanced budget for all areas and initially the budget must balance. We are aware of overspend and in P2 know where overspend will be as it is every year.

Jolyon Roberts addressed the new members of Forum saying this may be a shock to them to see how overspent the high needs block in Croydon is and that it is not planned to come in line either this year or next year. It is difficult to sit every year looking over these figures as they always show a deficit in the high needs block but that is the system that we are living with.

Q2: Tyrone Myton (TM) questioned where the money was coming from for the over spend; A2: Jolyon Roberts said we are not clawing the money back. It is a long term problem. TM is right when to ask how this overspend is dealt with and the answer is that it has been simply growing year on year. It is a problem nationally. High Needs is the problem in Croydon. For the past 3 years we have been over spent. There is a recovery plan outlined and there is a plan to come back in balance in the second year of that plan but all Schools Forums in the country are in this position. Q3: TM asked if this meant that some students are not being placed where they should be as it is determined by the budget and not the need; A3: Alison Farmer said when placements are made parental preferences are taken into account, as well as provision of suitable education and the efficient use of resources. The department is very robust when making placement decisions. In the last year where Croydon have been challenged on placements and there is a state funded option (e.g. in one of our special schools, of which there are 6 state funded special schools, currently in Croydon – and soon to be 7 when Addington Valley Academy opens in September 2021), we have been successful in tribunals when we have been challenged because our state special schools are excellent or outstanding. They are brilliant at representing Croydon and offering places to children with EHC plans. Out of borough schools are expensive, for example the cost variance between independent and state funded placements are currently £20k for a state school and £60k for an independent school. If a child remained in an independent school to complete their education the cumulative cost might be up to £1m. We are making efficient use of our resources. The recovery plan is set to take place over 7/8 years and will show the budget goes up for the first year but the last few years it will come back within budget. A shadow budget could be drawn up in line with the Recovery Plan to show whether the budget is running in line with Plan.

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A4: Jolyon Roberts said EHC plans originally were in place for children between 0-18 years but that the range is now 0-25 years with no extra finding. In effect it is 25% more education but no more money. A5: Shelley Davies said Tyrone Myton might look at previous schools forum papers online in order to acquaint himself with the background to this situation.

The recovery plan is accessible via the Croydon Council website link to Schools Forum below:- https://www.croydon.gov.uk/education/schools-new/statnotice- consult/croydon-schools-forum

Q4: Patrick Shields said this was the first year for some time, that there was no transfer from Schools Block to High Needs. Is there planning in place for Schools Block not to support High Needs in the future? Government promises of funding for the Covid-19 pandemic may not be met. In terms of forward planning, is there a way to avoid the precedent of Schools Block assisting High Needs. There is a great need for Schools Block to keep its budget; A4: Jolyon Roberts said next year’s budget had no top slice of schools block in order to support high needs for the first time in many years. It is in everyone’s best interest to make sure our recovery plan is successful; A5: Alison Farmer said Croydon was adopting a strategic approach. In mainstream schools children have their needs met early and at the right time. It does not make sense to take money out of Schools Block and put it in High Needs when the only way of getting it is to request an EHCP. The approach taken is more in line with the SEN strategy and the Recovery Plan i.e. that money should be retained in mainstream schools to meet a child’s needs earlier so that they may not require the issue of an EHCP. It is a strategic commitment not to ask for a transfer from Schools Block to High Needs Block as we want the schools to have the money to meet the pupil’s needs.

Jolyon Roberts asked if there were any further questions on the paper. He said by bringing TM up to date, the concerns of the £14.558m overspend had been covered.

The secretary of state for education has set out regulations which came into force on 21 February 2020 regarding the treatment of DSG (Dedicated Schools Grant) deficit budgets. CIPFA (The Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy) have issued guidance in respect of the regulations and the treatment in the LA accounts:

- that DSG deficit must be carried forward to be funded from future DSG income; - a DSG deficit may only be funded and recovered through DfE financial support and recovery arrangements;

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- local authorities cannot fund a deficit from the general fund without the secretary of state’s approval; - the DSG deficit should be disclosed on the LA accounts as an earmarked reserve balance;

3: Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) 2019/20 Growth outturn

Orlagh Guarnori (OG) presented this paper

In October 2019 Schools Forum agreed the 2019/20 budget for growth. Appendix A illustrated the agreed growth factors.

Table 1 summarises the growth budget to actual spend. The budget was set at £2,279,567, revised to £2,249,612 and actual spend was £2,249,612. There was a slight variance but the revised budget has been spent. There is a split between Croydon’s academies and mainstream schools. Academies get 5/12th payments in 2019/20 financial year; these accounts are run on the financial year.

Table 2 details the academies entitled to the growth fund as well as the year they expanded and their current position.

Table 3 highlights that Harris Primary Academy Hailing Park is its final year of the start-up fund. Heathfield Academy and Chestnut Primary will be in their final year of start-up fund next year.

Table 4 shows West Thornton Academy funding had been accrued as the school was late in submitting its invoice (this has now been paid). Norbury Manor has reduced their admission numbers and are no longer entitled to growth payment and show as zero.

Table 6 illustrates a breakdown of the growth reserves. A paper will be presented to the Schools Block Working group in October 2020 for discussion regarding the distribution of growth reserves.

Q1: Jolyon Roberts questioned whether the distribution of variance would be added to a previous underspend; A1: OG said it would just be this year’s £30k.

Jolyon Roberts said the Growth Fund had been much higher in the past - up to £6/7m and at the completion of the growth fund the present £2m allocated would go back into Schools Block. Most new schools in Croydon now, such as Ark Blake Academy, are funded in a different way through the ESFA. Croydon won’t have to top slice its Schools Block and can use all or most of the present £2m in the next 2/3 years when it returns to Schools Block.

Q2: Nick Dry questioned whether the expansion growth in the formula was for growth. Is it in addition to AWPU and are the monies schools get for the increased numbers;

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A2: OG said it was in addition. The expansion classes were allocated on class sizes of 30. The criteria gets reviewed and looked at the same time as the APT formula factor; Q3: Nick Dry asked if that amount diminished in the future; A3: OG said yes it did diminish in the future; Q4 Jolyon Roberts referred to Appendix B showed that the inefficiency factor for new build schools dwindles over time. Is next year’s budget known; A4: OG said it should be just on the £2million.

4: Special School Funding Approach 2020/21

Alison Farmer (AF) presented this paper

The focus of this paper is the top up funding from April 2020 to April 2021 for one extraordinary payment to Red Gates school.

The increase and top up requested for £2k per pupil is pending a Special Schools Funding review in the Autumn which will be followed by a paper in January 2021 showing options going forward. AF said that Red Gates is now admitting children with more complex needs and this is to avoid the children being referred to the private sector. The cost of TAs has risen as has the complexity of the children. The top up requested is an additional £2k per pupil which means a yearly rise to a total of £19,174.05 per child. There are 156 places at Red Gates.

Jolyon Roberts said this had been discussed in Pre-Meet but was not ideal as High Needs are already in overspend. There have been previous papers relating to another setting. He recalls some benchmarking had been carried out in the work undertaken by the SEN consultant last year and recalled that in that exercise Red Gates was slightly underfunded compared to other similar Las nationally. Alison Farmer to report on how the £2k figure was arrived at. ACTION Alison Farmer Dan Bowden said it might help if Schools Forum members understand that if Forum decided against agreeing this recommendation, the alternative would lead to an increase in out of borough placements. The recommendation presented makes the best of a bad situation and is actually a cost avoidance action. Nick Dry said he completely understood the need for this decision, but emphasised the need for a comprehensive review of funding for special schools. This is only one of the problems affecting Croydon’s special schools at the moment. A new provision is opening with Addington Valley Academy and as Croydon’s first SEN academy, the way this school is funded needs to be looked at within the system as a whole to ensure parity. Hopefully with the special schools review in September there will be more accurate figures. The figures used by Peter Gray (the SEN consultant) are a couple of years old and will need to be revised to accurately inform the exercise. This ad hoc

6 decision making about individual schools falls outside the consistent funding for all the schools. Jolyon Roberts said this task is under way but has concerns about the exercise. He notes the pay rise for support staff but reminded Forum that all mainstream schools had to pay this from within their own funding and did not have the opportunity to come back for more money. He suggested that Dan Bowden’s ‘cost avoidance’ argument is more powerful than how much pay rise there is for support staff and he agrees that returning ‘ad hoc’ for top ups for for individual schools is also unfortunate. He asked when the full review would take place? AF said discussions had already started with special school heads with a further meeting on 13 July 2020. A paper will be presented to the High Needs Working Group in December 2020 followed by a presentation to Schools Forum in January 2021. Alison Farmer said she welcomed mainstream heads to be part of this review. Q1: TM asked whether Red Gates was part of the Beckmead Trust? Under the 8 year Recovery Plan; a) can we justify making an addition on top of the extra money; b) has the school made adequate changes not to require further assistant from Schools Forum; A1 AF said Red Gates was not part of the Beckmead Trust. She had met with the Red Gates Headteacher, Chair of Governors, Finance and the Interim Head of Standards, Safeguarding and Inclusion. Red Gates have restructured their management and staff and have used any carry forward contingency available. The school have taken this matter very seriously making their money go as far as they possibly can. Jolyon Roberts said the argument prevails that if you spend money on Croydon’s special schools it saves large amounts in the independent schools. In order to do so we have to offer our own places. At the same time it is worthy of comment that the high needs block is consistently overspent and it is the function of Forum to challenge further requests for funding given that overpend. In this case we are spending money to save money. There are 156 children in Red Gates so the actual cost is approximately £300k. Nick Dry said that the proportion of support staff in special needs schools is much much higher, particularly Red Gates which is over 50%. In his school 40% of the staffing budget goes on support staff. Due to the way the school has been funded over the last 3 years with no inflation increase, the impact cost of wages to support staff goes up. He agrees with Jolyon Roberts that the formula needs to be “fit for purpose” and show the actual money to be spent. Q2: Jolyon Roberts said he had asked at pre meet whether a discussion had taken place at the high needs meeting to establish the number of TAs required in each school although he could see that some TAs are allowed for in individual EHC plans. He asked Orlagh Guarnori whether she could confirm that a conversation had taken place around funding.

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A2: Orlagh Guarnori said a review meeting with all schools showing a deficit had taken place and that their budgets were scrutinised including Red Gates. Red Gates staffing levels are high and they were challenged on this. A follow up has been requested to bring the information to a Special Schools Funding Review. The review meeting can tackle issues such as putting in place an inflation increase for TAs, building that into how special schools are funded. In order to do this there needs to be accurate number of TAs in each school. Red Gates and Priory are submitting their TA numbers with detailed accounts of how many they have per pupil. These meetings are challenging as they look at all other costs and go through each line to ensure we get best value for money. Patrick Shields said he accepted the higher issue with support staff costs but thought this was singular to some extent. His concern is that this is the second meeting where a ‘top up’ recommendation is being discussed. He can see there will be more meetings on this same subject and wonders if the chronology is wrong. Would it be better to wait for the review where we will have more detailed information? If it is a maintained school the financial year will have just started running until the end of March. Given that it is within the same financial year, he notes the value of keeping the child in a Croydon school rather than an independent school, but this sounds like we have an open cheque book. Q3: Jolyon Roberts said he agreed with Patrick Shields and asked if this was necessary now? A3: OG said we want to ensure that we can continue to place pupils in the school and in order to do that we have to ensure they have the funding to continue. As it stands they have high costs in relation to their TA staffing and that is the biggest increase. The Chair of Governors is reluctant to sign off the school’s deficit budget. Detailed conversations have been held with the school. The only way to do this is by looking at how much the school receives per pupil, look at re-structuring and at their reserves. Q4: Jolyon Roberts asked were there additional pupils above the 156 A4: AF said there were no additional children above the 156 but it would be irresponsible to allow those children into school in September without funding to maintain the correct staffing. Red Gates cannot accept children with such complex needs without knowing they can pay their staff. There will be 3 classes between 15 and 18 going into Reception of which some will have higher level of needs than others (6 in total).

Dan Bowden said during Pre-Meet there was conjecture that there might be some potential savings identified in SEN schools due to support staff employed through agencies due to Covid-19. However, investigations since then have revealed that this does not apply to many support staff. HR advice is that those staff still need to be paid

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so the hope of any possible staff savings is not possible in most cases. Shelley Davies reflected on Dan Bowden’s earlier comment and said it is would be useful to help Forum understand how much it would cost to place the 6 children in an independent school against increasing the funding for Red Gates. Shelley Davies asked AF if a modelling exercise could be carried out and include discussion on the strategy plan. Croydon’s SEN strategy plan is about ensuring children can be educated within Croydon, reducing the amount of children educated in the independent sector. The strategy will work with 3 locality areas. Jolyon Roberts noted for the minutes that before the SEN Review into Funding comes up again Schools Forum will not take any further papers like this. However, a decision needs to be made today on this paper as Red Gates budget has to be signed off. Jolyon Roberts said Forum is aware this is a one year recommendation. Following the SEN review there needs to be recommendations about the amounts for all the schools, whilst remaining within the envelope of the overall budget. DECISION: Schools forum will not take further papers around individual SEN funding until after the overall SEN review is carried out. Schools Forum is asked to agree the proposed interim change in Top Up rate for Red Gates School – specialist education pathway. Those in favour = 12 Those in against = 0 Abstention = 0

5: Support and teaching staff pay rises

Cathy Brearley (CB) presented this paper

Jolyon Roberts informed Forum that CB was a former member of Croydon Council who was outsourced when Octavo was set up and Octavo is now back in-house to Croydon. He welcomed her back.

The paper is for information only. CB said Deborah Calliste had brought a paper to Schools Forum on 11 November 2019 which looked at the changes to lower grade pay structures of the Croydon Council’s pay grade. In 2019 a new pay scale for support staff was issued, these have a greater impact in schools rather than in the Council. All grades were retained but the spinal points allocated to grades were changed to accommodate the increases and planned increases to the national living wage. This led to considerable overlap of spinal points between grades at the lower end of the pay grades, and following consultation, it was decided to re-designate the spinal points for a number of grades. This has meant that in some grades there has been a pay increase and greater

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progression within the grading structure. There is now no longer a link between performance and progression for staff in community schools. Croydon is a London Living Wage borough but at the moment we do not have the pay award for support staff which means that at the lowest end of the payscale there is a need to increase pay with immediate effect.

CB said Deborah Calliste had written to schools in March recommending they contact their pay roll provider for the lowest point in the pay scale, so the London Living Wage would be implemented. We are still in a period of negotiation at the national level. An offer of 2.75% has been made and the unions are contemplating whether to accept; the earliest a decision will be reached is in August. The Government has decided there is room for a 3% pay rise for teachers from September but that is not going to be applied equally across all grades this year. Various models have been put forward to the STRB and it is understood that the STRB have submitted their proposals to the Government. Government response on the recommendations is awaited. The paper illustrated is model B from the DfEs proposals to STRB which is their preferred option.

CB said that Unison and GMB have not recommended the 2.75% and that Unite have recommended that it is rejected. The 2.75% was an improved offer but this was all prior to Covid-19. There is a slight difference between unions at the moment. Jolyon Roberts said that support staff should have received this rise in April. It does affect schools budgeting to be accruing for all those people for all that time. He questioned who from Croydon feeds into the employer’s body and who responds from Croydon? CB said it would be Sue Moorman, Director of HR who would represent Croydon at the National Employers organisation for support staff. She said that once there is a national agreement, the pay scale is further reviewed for London. Jolyon Roberts that as far as the teachers’ pay award was concerned said he thought it would be easier to delete Grade M1. This is a quicker way to allow staff to reach a minimum of £30k for all teachers in London. CB said the DfE had modelled 3 different ways of moving towards the government’s aspiration of implementation of £30k minimum salary. If Model B is adopted in future years you may see similar disproportionate pay increase across the scale. Jolyon Roberts said it would be good to get support staff pay rises signed off. 6: Agenda for Schools Forum schematic

Jolyon Roberts (JR) presented this paper

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JR said this paper had been previously circulated and is for information only. For those who are new to Forum or those who wonder how one part of Schools Forum funding feeds into another, this paper illustrates how it works.

Q1: JR asked Orlagh Guarnori what are the requirements to report on the Central Services Schools Block figure of £6.1m; A1 Orlagh Guarnori replied that the Central Services Schools Block is made up of historic teachers’ pension payments and loan repayments. She said these two elements could be brought back to Forum. There had not been a need in the past as the funding was outside of DSG. It was not in the voting rights of Schools Forum but we can bring it to show the details; Q2: JR asked how are the salaries and the costs of the Education Central Services Team funded; A2: Shelley Davies said it was from the general fund.

JR said Central Services Schools Block is basically split between two costs and said it would be a good idea for a paper to be submitted to inform Forum as to how that money is spent.

7: Schools Forum meeting dates 2020/2021

Jolyon Roberts said a lot of the work of Schools Forum is heavily weighted within the autumn term. He said this is the point where Forum establishes how the formula for September will go. Various elements are established in October/November and later in the year the meetings are usually for information.

8: Update from Schools Forum Work Groups (for information)

Early Years

Minutes for the 23 June 2020 meeting to be presented at the October 2020 Schools Forum.

Schools Block

Possible meeting to be held in October 2020.

High Needs

Minutes for the 25 June 2020 meeting to be presented at the October 2020 Schools Forum.

9: Any Other Business

Jolyon Roberts wished to convey his thanks on behalf of Schools Forum to Diana Agyepong who has resigned and to Alison Farmer who is leaving Croydon. Next meeting 5 October 2020

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Abbreviations used within the minutes

AWPU Average weighted pupil unit BWH Bernard Weatherill House CALAT Croydon Adult Learning and Training CHTA Croydon Headteachers Association DfE Department for Education DSG Dedicated Schools Grant EAL English as an additional language ESOL English as a second/or other language ESFA Education Skills Funding Agency EHCP Education, Health and Care Plan E-PEP Electronic Personal Education Plan ESG Education Services Grant EY Early Years FSM Free School Meals IDACI Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation INM Independent/non-maintained KPI Key Performance Indicator LA Local Authority LAC Looked After Children LLW London Living Wage LPA Low Prior Attainment MAT Multi-Academy Trust MFG Minimum Funding Guarantee MNS Maintained Nursery Schools NEOST National Employers Organisation for School Teachers NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training NFF National Funding Formula PAN Planned Admission Number PEP Personal Education Plan PFI Private Finance Imitative PPG Pupil Premium Grant PPL Private Public Limited, Consultancy Firm PVI Private, voluntary sector and independent providers SLA Service Level Agreement SRMA School Resource Management Adviser STPCD School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document STRB School Teachers Review Board ToR Terms of Reference TPA Teacher Professional Association UASC Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children UPN Unique Pupil Number

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Academies and their Trusts Single Trust Type School Trust or MAT Primary Academy Aerodrome Primary Academy REACH2 MAT Academy Applegarth Academy STEP Academy Trust MAT Academy Ark Oval Primary Academy ARK MAT Academy Atwood Primary Academy Atwood Primary Academy Single Academy Beulah Infant School Pegasus Academy Trust MAT Academy Broadmead Primary Academy The Pioneer Academy MAT Academy Castle Hill Academy The Platonos Trust MAT Academy Chestnut Park Primary School GLF Schools MAT Academy Chipstead Valley Primary School PACE Academy Trust MAT Academy Courtwood Primary School The Collegiate Trust MAT Academy Cypress Primary School Pegasus Academy Trust MAT Academy David Livingstone Academy STEP Academy Trust MAT Academy Davidson Primary Academy Chancery Education Trust MAT Academy Ecclesbourne Primary School Pegasus Academy Trust MAT Academy Fairchildes Primary School Fairchildes Academy Community Trust MAT Academy Forest Academy Synaptic Trust MAT Academy Gilbert Scott Primary School The Collegiate Trust MAT Academy Gonville Academy STEP Academy Trust MAT Academy Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School Single Academy Harris Primary Academy Benson Harris Federation MAT Academy Harris Primary Academy Haling Park Harris Federation MAT Academy Harris Primary Academy Kenley Harris Federation MAT Academy Harris Primary Academy Purley Way Harris Federation MAT Academy Heathfield Academy STEP Academy Trust MAT Academy Kensington Avenue Primary School The Manor Trust MAT Academy Keston Primary School PACE Academy Trust MAT Academy Kingsley Primary Academy Cirrus Primary Academy Trust MAT Academy Monks Orchard Primary and Nursery School Fairchildes Academy Community Trust MAT Academy New Valley Primary School PACE Academy Trust MAT Academy Oasis Academy Byron Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Oasis Academy Ryelands School Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Oasis Academy Shirley Park Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Park Hill Junior School The Folio Trust MAT Academy Robert Fitzroy Academy REACH2 MAT Academy Rowdown Primary School Fairchildes Academy Community Trust MAT Academy St Aidan's Catholic Primary School St. Aidan's Catholic Primary School Single Academy St Chad's Catholic Primary School St Chad's Catholic Primary School Single Academy St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy Single Academy St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School St James the Great R.C. Primary and Nursery School Single Academy St Mary's Catholic Infant School St Mary's Catholic Primary Schools Trust MAT Academy St Mary's Catholic Junior School St Mary's Catholic Primary Schools Trust MAT Academy St Peter's Primary School The Folio Trust MAT Academy St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School Single Academy The Crescent Primary School The Pioneer Academy MAT Academy The South Norwood Academy The Pioneer Academy MAT Academy The Woodside Academy Synaptic Trust MAT Academy Tudor Primary Academy STEP Academy Trust MAT Academy West Thornton Primary Academy Synaptic Trust (due to change on 31/12/19) MAT Academy Whitehorse Manor Infant School Pegasus Academy Trust MAT Academy Whitehorse Manor Junior School Pegasus Academy Trust MAT Academy Winterbourne Boys' Academy The Platonos Trust MAT Secondary Academy Harris Academy Purley Harris Federation MAT Academy Harris Academy South Norwood Harris Federation MAT Academy Harris City Academy Crystal Palace Harris Federation MAT Academy Meridian High School GLF Schools MAT Academy Norbury Manor Business & Enterprise College The Manor Trust MAT Academy Oasis Academy Arena Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Oasis Academy Coulsdon Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Oasis Academy Shirley Park Oasis Community Learning MAT Academy Orchard Park High School Greenshaw Learning Trust MAT Academy Riddlesdown Collegiate The Collegiate Trust MAT Academy Shirley High School Performing Arts College Shirley High School Single Academy St Joseph's College St Joseph's College Delasalle Single Academy The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy The BEC Trust Single Academy The Quest Academy - Coloma Trust The Collegiate Trust MAT Academy Woodcote High School Woodcote High School Single SEN Academy Beckmead family of schools The Beckmead Trust MAT

ARK - Absolute Return for Kids GLF - Grown, Learn, Flourish PACE - Partnership Achievement Community Excellence STEP - Striving Together for Excellence in Partnership

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CROYDON SCHOOLS FORUM - MEMBERS VOTING RIGHTS Version 3 -2019 Maintained Maintained Academies Maintained Primary Secondary Maintained Maintained Maintained Maintained Early Years Non Overall and Free Nursery School School Primary Secondary Special Schools Pupil Referral Provider Schools Total Schools Schools Ref 6.10 Casting a vote Governors Governors Members voting card colours YELLOW GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN GREEN PINK PINK Member voting totals by category group 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 22 a Only maintained primary school members can vote 2 2 4 on primary school de-delegation b Only maintained secondary school members can 1 1 2 vote on secondary school de-delegation c Combined voting on de-delegation for primary and secondary schools may be taken where the 2 1 2 1 optional optional 6 requirement is common for both schools. Optional - may vote depending on paper d Retained funds for statutory duties relating to maintained schools only is limited to maintained 2 1 2 1 1 1 8 primary, secondary special schools and PRU members e All school members can vote on the scheme for financing schools but not academies, free school 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 9 members and PVI f All school members including academies, free schools and PVI members can vote on any other 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 18 school forum business including consultation of the funding formula g Non school members cannot vote on de-delegation matters relating to the formula concerning schools 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 18 and early years providers or the scheme for financing schools Non school members can vote on any other school 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 22 h forum business I Local Authority officers and all observers have no voting rights. They have PURPLE cards and do not vote

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