Page 1 of 32 SCHOOLS FORUM Meeting to be held from 17:30 on Wednesday 6 March 2019 Venue: St Ignatius School, Turkey Street, Enfield EN1 4NP (NOTE: Sangeeta Brown, Resources Development Manager - 07956 539613) Schools Members: Governors: Ms Ellerby (Primary), Ms H Kacouris (Primary), Mrs J Leach (Special), Mrs L Sless (Primary), Vacancy (Secondary), Headteachers: Ms H Ballantine (Primary), Mr D Bruton (Secondary), Ms K Baptiste (Primary), Ms R Datta (Special), Ms C Fay (Pupil Referral Unit), Mrs A Goldwater (Primary), Ms H Knightley (Primary), Ms M O’Keefe / Ms T Day (Secondary) Academies: Ms H Thomas (Chair), Ms A Nicou, Mr Sadgrove, Mr C Lamb, Vacancy (x1) Non-Schools Members: 16 - 19 Partnership Mr K Hintz Early Years Provider Ms A Palmer Teachers’ Committee Mr J Jacobs Education Professional Mr A Johnson Head of Admissions Ms J Fear Overview and Scrutiny Committee Cllr D Levy Observers: Cabinet Member Cllr A Georgiou School Business Manager Ms S Mahesh Education Funding Agency Ms Goodacre MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ARRIVE AT 17:15 WHEN SANDWICHES WILL BE PROVIDED ENABLING A PROMPT START AT 17:30 AGENDA (Target time) (17:30) 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND MEMBERSHIP Note: a) Apologies for absence have been received from Cllr Levy. b) Membership: The Forum is advised that the pupil numbers from the unvalidated January Pupil Census had been assessed and appendix A provides a summary of the current membership requirements and how these will be met. The changes required to reflect the composition will be to: • seek a nomination for a secondary governor; • monitor and, when possible, implement the remaining academy representative changes over the course of the year with an update to the Forum when this is achieved. The Forum is advised the position will be reviewed when the validated pupil numbers become available to ensure the propose membership being presented reflects final pupil numbers. 2. DECLARATION OF INTEREST Members are invited to identify any personal or prejudicial interests relevant to items on the agenda. A definition of personal and prejudicial interests has been attached for members’ information. Page 2 of 32 (17:45) 3. MINUTES AND MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES (a) School Forum meetings held on 16 January 2019 (attached) (b) Matters arising from these minutes. (17:50) 4. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR DECISION (a) Apprenticeship Levy: Pooling Resources for Community Schools (attached) (b) High Needs Places – Update (attached) (c) Schools Budget - 2018/19 Monitoring Update (attached) (d) Schools Budget: 2019/20 – Update (attached) (19:15) 5 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION None (19:15) 6. WORKPLAN (attached) 7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS 8. FUTURE MEETINGS (a) Date of next meeting is Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 5.30pm (venue to be confirmed); (b) Dates of future meetings: • 10 July 2019 • 2 October 2019 • 11 December 2019 • 15 January 2020 • 26 February 2020 9. CONFIDENTIALITY To consider which items should be treated as confidential. Page 3 of 32 Schools Forum Membership List Name Sector Organisation Member / Sub Since End of Term Ms J Ellerby G P Eldon Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Ms H Kacouris G P West Grove Autumn 2017 Autumn 2021 Mrs J Leach G Sp Waverley Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Mrs L Sless G P Galliard Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Vacant G S Ms C Fay H PRU Orchardside Required Ms H Ballantine H P George Spicer Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Mrs A Goldwater H P Fleecefield Spring 2019 Autumn 2023 Ms H Knightley H P St Johns & St James Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Ms K Baptiste H P St Monica’s Autumn 2017 Summer 2021 Mr D Bruton H S Chace Community Summer 2016 Spring 2020 Ms R Datta H Sp West Lea Spring 2019 Winter 2023 Ms T Day / Bishop Stopford’s H S Autumn 2017 Summer 2021 Ms M O’Keefe St Ignatius Vacant A Nominated Ms A Nicou H A Enfield Learning Trust Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Mr P Sadgrove H A One Degree Summer 2017 Spring 2021 Ms H Thomas H A Alma Autumn 2018 Summer 2022 Mr C Lamb H A Enfield Grammar Autumn 2018 Summer 2022 Vacant A Ms A Palmer EY Right Start Montessori Autumn 2017 Summer 2021 Mr K Hintz P16 CONEL Autumn 2015 Summer 2019 Mr J Jacobs All National Education Union Summer 2017 Spring 2021 Ms J Fear All Local Authority By Appointment Mr A Johnson All Local Authority By Appointment Cllr D Levy All Chair of Overview & Scrutiny By Appointment Cllr Georgiou O All Cabinet Member By Appointment Ms S Mahesh O All School Business Manager Nominated Mr O Jenkins O All EFA By Appointment Key G – Governor H – Headteacher O - Observer P – Primary S – Secondary Sp – Special Ac – Academy EY – Early Years P16 – Post 16 Page 4 of 32 Appendix A Schools Forum Membership Review of composition of membership based on January Census. Pupil Required Membership Comment Nos Membership Jan Based on Rounded Current Proposed % PLASC PLASC Proportionate to pupil School members Nos Nos Nos Nos Nos numbers Reduce by two members. Two schools represented on the Forum have indicated that they will be converting to academies. If this happens and the two members want to continue to remain on the Maintained Primary 22,787 6.37 6 7 6 25% Forum, then their membership will be transferred to be academy representatives. If the schools do not convert, then the changes will be affected by recruiting when a vacancy occurs. Maintained Secondary 10,403 2.91 3 2 3 13% No change Detailed in Primary Mainstream Academy 23,206 6.48 6 4 6 25% Update Special 737 2.00 2 2 2 8% Pupil Nos not applicable Special – Academy 49 - - Pupil Nos not applicable PRU 101 1.00 1 1 1 4% Pupil Nos not applicable Subtotal 57,283 18.76 18 18 18 Maximum allowed one Non-School Members 6 6 6 6 25% third of total membership Total 57,283 24 24 24 24 100% Page 5 of 32 MINUTES OF THE SCHOOLS FORUM MEETING Held on Wednesday 16 January 2019 at Enfield Grammar School Schools Members: Governors: Ms Ellerby (Primary), Ms H Kacouris (Primary), Mrs J Leach (Special), Mrs L Sless (Primary), Vacant (Secondary) Headteachers: Ms H Ballantine (Primary), Mr D Bruton (Secondary), Ms R Datta (Special), Ms C Fay (PRU), Mrs A Goldwater (Primary), Ms H Knightley (Primary), Ms K Baptiste (Primary), Ms M O’Keefe & Ms T Day (Secondary) Academies: Ms H Thomas (Chair), Ms A Nicou (Primary), Mr A Sadgrove (All through), Mr C Lamb, Vacancy Non-Schools Members: Early Years Provider Ms A Palmer 16 - 19 Partnership Mr K Hintz Teachers’ Committee Mr J Jacobs Head of Early Years Mr A Johnson Education Professional Ms J Fear Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee Cllr D Levy Observers: Cabinet Member Cllr Georgiou School Business Manager Ms S Mahesh Education Funding Agency Ms K Goodacre Also attending: Acting Director, Education Ms C Seery Finance Manager Mrs L McNamara Secondary Governor, St Anne’s & St Ignatius Mr J Donnelly Resources Development Manager Mrs S Brown * Italics denote absence 1. MEMBERSHIP AND APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE a) Apologies for Absence Apologies for absence were received from Mrs Leach, Mr Bruton, Ms Fay, Mr Sadgrove, Ms Palmer, Mr Hintz, Cllr Georgiou and Ms Mahesh. b) Membership Reported: • Mrs Antoinette Goldwater, Fleecefield Primary School had been nominated for the primary vacancy; • Mr Andy Johnson was joining the Forum as the Education Professional; • Nominations were being sought for the secondary governor vacancy. Mrs Goldwater and Mr Johnson were welcomed to the Forum. 2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest. 3. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING & MATTERS ARISING Received and agreed the minutes of the meeting of the Schools Forum held 12 December 2018 with the following correction: • To note that Ms Kacouris had submitted her apologies for not being able attend the meeting. Page 6 of 32 4. ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR DECISION a) High Needs Strategy – Update Received a report summarising the provision available and developments being considered to place and support pupils with high level of Special Education Needs & Disability (SEND) and / or Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs); a copy is included in the Minute Book. Forum members were thanked for responding to the unusual request for members to reaffirm their approval to the transfer of: • 0.5% from the Schools Block to the High Needs to support inclusive schools with above average number of SEND pupils with EHCPs; • £140k from the Schools Block to provide targeted support for LAC pupils. Reported in his Budget Statement, the Secretary of State had confirmed that additional funding would be allocated to support the current pressure being faced to meet the increasing demand for pupils with high levels of need. As part of the conditions attached to this funding, the DfE required the Schools Forum reaffirm their approval to any transfers from the Schools to the High Needs block. Enfield was due to receive an additional £0.9m both for this year (2018/19) and a similar amount for next year (2019/20). In total, Enfield would receive just under £1.8m. This additional funding would assist in reducing the previously reported deficit of £1.749m, but this funding would not address the cost of additional places being planned for the current and future years as detailed in the report being presented. The requirement for the Schools Forum’s approval for the transfer of this funding was discussed at the Education Resources Group meeting. The Group, which included the Chair and other members of Forum, were asked to confirm if they would continue to support the transfer of funding.