Total Membership 25 The Forum is quorate if at least 40% (10) of the members are present London Borough of Waltham Forest SCHOOLS FORUM Day/Date/Time Venue Wednesday 18th January 2018 Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Waltham Forest Tea/Coffee and Light Refreshments: 5:00pm Town Hall Forest Road Walthamstow E17 4JF Main Meeting: 5:30pm Contact: Telephone / Email: Zoey Quinn [email protected] Clerk to Schools Forum Maintained Primary Headteacher Representatives (4) Jane Harris Edinburgh Primary Kate Jennings Mission Grove Lindsey Lampard Chingford CofE Primary Linda Adair Henry Maynard Primary School and Nursery Primary Academies and Primary Free Schools Representatives (4) Maureen Okoye (Vice-Chair) Davies Lane Primary Academy & Selwyn Primary Lynne Harrowell Larkswood Primary Academy Anne Powell Riverley Primary Amanda Daoud Larkswood / Lime Trust Maintained Primary Governor Representatives (3) Cllr Aktar Beg Edinburgh Primary Thomas Goodall Edinburgh Primary Ruth Boon St Joseph Nursery School Representative (1) Helen Currie Church Hill Nursery School and Children’s Centre & Low Hall Nursery School and Children’s Centre Maintained Secondary Headteacher Representatives (3) Grainne Smyth Leytonstone School Lynnette Parvez Kelmscott School Shona Ramsay (Chair) The Lammas School Secondary Academies and Secondary Free Schools Representatives (3) Mark Morrall Rushcroft / Chingford Foundation Gareth Cross Connaught School for Girls Rob Pittard Norlington School for Boys Maintained Secondary Governor Representative (1) Ian Moyes Heathcote School Special School and Special Academies Representative (1) Gary Pocock Hornbeam Academy PRU(1) Julian Lee Hawkswood Group Non School Members (4) Early Years Providers Sarah Kendrick (Redwood Pre-School) 16-19 Providers Penny Wycherley (Waltham Forest College) Trade Unions Steve White (NUT) Diocesan Moira Bishop (Brentwood Diocese) Total Membership 25 The Forum is quorate if at least 40% (10) of the members are present AGENDA Agenda Report Name Report Authors Item 1. Welcome all and Apologies Chair 2. Declaration of Interest All 3. Minutes of the Meeting held on 6th December Chair 2018 3a Decision Sheet Chair / Duncan James-Pike 3b Matters Arising Chair / Duncan James-Pike 4. Early Years Funding Block : Early Years Task and Eve McLoughlin Finish Group consultation proposals regarding free education for 2, 3 and 4 year olds for 2018- 19 5. Local Funding Formula 2018-19: Indicative Budget Duncan James-Pike Shares 6. Growth Fund 2018-19 Update Duncan James-Pike 7. Any Other Business All 8. Date of Next Meeting: All Wednesday 21st February 2018 5:30pm (Light refreshments from 5:00pm) Council Chambers, Waltham Forest Town Hall Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 MINUTES OF SCHOOLS FORUM MEETING Wednesday 6 December 2017 Venue, Waltham Forest Town Hall 5:30 – 7:00pm ATTENDEES Deborah Chapman Clerk to Schools Forum [email protected] 020 8496 8279 Maintained Primary Headteacher Representatives (5) Jane Harris Edinburgh Primary Kate Jennings Mission Grove (represented by AJ Byleveldt, St Joseph Catholic Infants ) Linda Adair Henry Maynard Primary School and Nursery Lindsey Lampard Chingford CofE Primary (not present) Ruth Boon St Joseph Catholic Infants Maintained Primary Governor Representatives (2) Cllr Akhtar Beg Edinburgh Primary (not present) Thomas Goodall Edinburgh Primary (not present, apologies received*) Primary Academies and Primary Free Schools Representatives (4) Amanda Daoud Lime Trust / Larkswood Anne Powell Riverley Primary Academy Lynne Harrowell Larkswood Primary Academy Maureen Okoye (Vice-Chair) Davies Lane Primary Academy & Selwyn Primary Academy Nursery School Representative (1) Helen Currie* Church Hill & Low Hall Nursery Schools and Children’s Centres (not present, apologies received*) Maintained Secondary Headteacher Representatives (3) Grainne Smyth Leytonstone School Lynnette Parvez Kelmscott School Shona Ramsay (Chair) The Lammas School and Sixth Form Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 Maintained Secondary Governor Representative (1) Ian Moyes Heathcote School (not present) Secondary Academies and Secondary Free School Representatives (3) Mark Morrall Rushcroft / Chingford Foundation Gareth Cross Connaught School for Girls Rob Pittard Norlington School and Sixth Form Special School and Special Academies Representative (1) Gary Pocock* Hornbeam Academy (not present, apologies received*) PRU (1) Julian Lee Hawkswood Group Non-School Representatives (4) Sarah Kendrick Redwood Pre-School – Early Years Provider Steve White Trade Unions (NUT) Penny Wycherley Waltham Forest College representing the 16-19 Providers Sector Moira Bishop Diocesan LBWF Officers Duncan James-Pike Strategic Finance Advisor – Children and Young People Services Raina Turner Head of Finance Families Group (Schools and Education Services) Andrew Beckett Director Disability Enablement Service Eve McLoughlin Head of Education Support David Kilgallon Director of Learning & Systems Leadership Stuart Petrie Head of Human Resources Gerry Kemble Head of WF Traded Services Michael Hallick High Needs Accountant Observers Shermaine Lewis Frederick Bremer School Mary Arthur LB Waltham Forest Fiona Davey Educational Psychologist Lindsay Jackson LB Waltham Forest Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 Phil Grundy Highams Park School Summaya Aziz Highams Park School Kath Wheeler Buxton School Graham Jackson Willowfield School Apologies *Thomas Goodall Edinburgh Primary *Helen Currie Church Hill & Low Hall Nursery Schools and Children’s Centres *Gary Pocock Hornbeam Academy Linzi Roberts-Egan Deputy Chief Executive (Families) Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 Minutes 1 Welcome all and Apologies The Chair welcomed all to the meeting Apologies are noted in the table at the beginning of these minutes. The Chair stated that there is a change of order in regard to the agenda and the Early Years Block report 2018-2019 (item 10) will now be the first item on the agenda. 2 Declaration of Interest There were no declarations of interest. 3 Minutes of the last meeting held on Wednesday 8th November 2017 The minutes were agreed as an accurate record of the meeting. 3.1 Matters Arising There were no matters arising 10 Early Years Block report 2018 - 2019 10.1 This report set out the proposed plan for the development of the early years funding formula for free education payments for 2, 3 and 4 year olds for 2018- 2019. 10.2 The Schools Forum unanimously agreed to the recommendations laid out in section 2 of the report. 4 Local Funding Formula 2018 - 2019 4.1 This report set out five key decisions for Schools Forum to make in agreeing whether to mandate the Local Authority (LA) to make changes to the local funding formula. 4.2 These decisions required Schools Forum to consider the balance to be struck between the principles of fairness and stability. 4.3 Questions and Comments 4.3.1 Comment: It was noted that, under the current local funding model, one small primary school (St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School), is contributing significantly more than the other schools to the cost of the MFG. Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 4.3.2 Comment: It was noted that we do not know how long St Joseph’s have been in the position where they are contributing a disproportional amount of money to the MFG and how it has risen over a period of time, however it must be addressed. 4.3.3 Question: It is difficult to relate this to the pink chart on Appendix C2. Within all the variations it is 3% for St Joseph’s but for others it is 1% so does not give a spread of the actual costs. 4.3.4 Answer: if it is 2% we would be bringing a lot more schools into the MFG. This would ensure the there is a more even spread of contributions across the contributing schools. 4.3.5 Question: Looking at the percentages put forward in the suggested models, St Joseph’s still loses the most so it is still the same amount of money but it is spread more. On the one hand you have a more equitable distribution but is it already affected by falling rolls in schools? 4.3.6 Answer: This is not about falling rolls in schools. This comes from the other pupil-led funding such as deprivation and lower prior attainment. LFF is trying to target need but this is constrained by the MFG. 4.3.7 Question: Is it possible to clarify what it is that has changed in the schools which would explain the big savings in contribution or income? 4.3.8 Answer: This can be reported back to the Schools Forum but not before the need to make a decision tonight. 4.3.9 Comment: It was agreed to take each of the five decisions in turn and before a vote is made on each one the Schools Forum will be given the opportunity to raise any matters of concern. 4.3.10 Schools Forum noted the contents of the report. 4.4 Vote on the decisions which are listed in section 2 of the report 4.4.1 Comment: Not sure of the difference between 0% and 0.5% and 1%. I want to look at one that has the least impact on schools. 0% has the least impact and it spreads the burden on schools the most. 4.4.2 Comment: a member of Schools Forum put forward the following alternative suggestion regarding the Gains Scale: When looking at the models and the impact of the 3% and 5% limit, it still means that there is a disproportionate impact on a particular school. If we were to look at the last column on its own, we could identify it does still have a disproportionate impact on one school but it should be proportionate. Could it be a maximum of 1% contribution? Schools Forum - 6 December 2017 4.4.3 Answer: If we were to do this, we would need to adjust the gains scale to ensure more schools contributed. 4.4.4 This proposal was added to recommendation 2.1.5 as a new option (a). 4.4.5 Recommendations and voting Make the following changes to the Local Funding Formula factors: 4.4.6 (a) Add any increase in funding to APWU: 7 votes (b) Increase Primary lump sum by £10,000 and add any remaining increase in funding to AWPU: 10 votes 4.4.7 Adjust the IDACI ladder to better reflect relative levels of deprivation: Votes for 15; Votes against 0; 3 abstentions.