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 9th November 2016 Council Chambers 1st Floor, Waltham Forest Town Tea/Coffee and Light Refreshments: 5:00pm Hall Forest Road Walthamstow E17 4JF Main Meeting: 5:30pm Contact: Email: Jeanette Justice Business Support Team email Interim Clerk to Schools Forum [email protected] 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 VACANCY Lynne Harrowell Larkswood Primary Academy Anne Powell Riverley Primary Maintained Primary Governor Representatives (3) Greta Akpeneye Thorpe Hall Primary Cllr Aktar Beg Edinburgh Primary Thomas Goodall Edinburgh Primary Nursery School Representative (1) Sandra Campbell 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 12th October Chair 2016 3.1 Matters Arising Chair / Duncan James-Pike 4 Early Years Funding Block – Initial feedback Eve McLoughlin from Early Years Task and Finish Group regarding free education for 2, 3 and 4 year olds for 2017-18 5 High Needs Block update for 2016-17 and Andrew Beckett forecast for 2017-18 Shehwar Sultan 6 2017-18 Provisional Local Funding Formula Duncan James-Pike allocation Sanjaya Gunatilake 7 Growth Fund 2017-18 Duncan James-Pike Brendan Wells 8 Any Other Business All 9 Date of Next Meeting: All 14 December 2016 (rescheduled from 7 December) 5:30pm (Light refreshments from 5:00pm) Committee Rooms 2 and 2a, Waltham Forest Town Hall Schools Forum – 12 October 2016 MINUTES OF SCHOOLS FORUM MEETING Wednesday 12 October 2016 Committee Room 3, Waltham Forest Town Hall 5:30 – 7:00pm ATTENDEES CONSTITUENT Shona Ramsay Chair of Schools Forum and Secondary Headteacher Representative Debbie Callender- Clerk to Schools Forum O’Neill [email protected] 020 8496 3669 Maintained Primary Headteacher Representatives (4) Jane Harris Edinburgh Primary Kate Jennings Mission Grove School Lindsey Lampard Chingford CofE Primary Linda Adair - elected Henry Maynard Primary School and Nursery Primary Academies and Primary Free Schools Representatives (4) Maureen Okoye Davies Lane Primary Academy & Selwyn Primary Academy (Vice-Chair) Matt Hanks Roger Ascham Primary Academy – non-attendance see below under agenda item 4 Lynne Harrowell Larkswood Primary Academy Anne Powell Riverley Primary Academy Maintained Primary Governor Representatives (3) Greta Akpeneye Thorpe Hall Primary – apologies see below Cllr Akhtar Beg Edinburgh Primary Thomas Goodall Edinburgh Primary – apologies see below Nursery School Representative (1) Sandra Campbell Church Hill Nursery School and Children’s Centre & Low Hall Nursery School and Children’s Centre Maintained Secondary Headteacher Representatives (3) Lynnette Parvez Kelmscott School – apologies see below Grainne Smyth Leytonstone School – apologies see below Secondary Academies and Secondary Free School Representatives (3) 1 | Page Schools Forum – 12 October 2016 Mark Morrall Rushcroft / Chingford Foundation – apologies see below Gareth Cross Connaught School for Girls – apologies see below 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 – apologies see below Non-School Representatives (4) Sarah Kendrick Redwood Pre-School – Early Years Provider – apologies see below Steve White Trade Unions (NUT) Penny Wycherley Waltham Forest College representing the 16-19 Providers Sector Moira Bishop Diocesan – apologies see below LBWF Officers Linzi Roberts-Egan Deputy Chief Executive, Families and Homes Directorate Rosalind Turner Interim Director of School Standards Andrew Beckett Assistant Director - Inclusion Duncan James-Pike Strategic Finance Advisor – Children and Young People Services Raina Turner Head of Finance Families Group (Schools and Education Services) Gerry Kemble Head of Waltham Forest Traded Services John Darnbrook Programme Manager – Transformation Team Eve McLoughlin Head of Education Support Lindsay Jackson Education Business Consultant Sanjaya Gunatilake DSG Accountant Observers Graham Jackson School Business Manager - Willowfield Humanities College Sumera Beg School Business Manager - Chingford CofE Primary School (Infants site) Annette House Head of Business – Edinburgh Primary School 2 | Page Schools Forum – 12 October 2016 Minutes 1. Welcome all and Apologies The Chair welcomed all to the meeting and welcomed especially to the Forum’s newly elected members: Rob Pittard who is now the Secondary Academy representative and Linda Adair who is now the Maintained Primary Headteacher Representative. Clerk received the following apologies: • Thomas Goodall – Edinburgh Primary – Maintained Primary Governor Representative • Lynnette Parvez – Kelmscott School – Maintained Secondary Headteacher Representative • Grainne Smyth – Leytonstone School – Maintained Secondary Headteacher Representative • Mark Morrall – Rushcroft/Chingford Foundation – Secondary Academies and Secondary Free School Representative • Gareth Cross – Connaught School for Girls – Secondary Academies and Secondary Free School Representative • Julian Lee – The Hawkswood Group – PRU Representative • Moira Bishop – Diocese of Brentwood – Diocesan Representative • Sarah Kendrick – Redwood Preschool – Early Years Representative Clerk received the following apology after the meeting • Greta Akpeneye – Thorpe Hall Primary – Maintained Primary Governor Representative 2. Declaration of interest There were none 3. Minutes of the last meeting held on 14 September 2016 The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed for accuracy. The Clerk was asked to amend that Ian Moyes, Maintained Secondary Governor Representative was in attendance at the last meeting as he is missing off the attendance list from pages 1-2. This has been noted. The Clerk was asked to amend the following: Page 10: Early Years National Funding Formula and Changes to the way the way three & four year old entitlements to childcare are funded – For Information and Decision It was noted under paragraph 4.18 number 3 the word ‘nursery’ is missing from the second line of the sentence, therefore it should read: Maintained schools are currently paid at a base rate which is £2.32 per hour higher than maintained nursery schools and PVIs. This should read: 3 | Page Schools Forum – 12 October 2016 Maintained nursery schools are currently paid at a base rate which is £2.32 per hour higher than maintained schools and PVIs. With the amendments noted, the minutes were signed off by the Chair as a true record of the meeting. 3.1 Matters Arising There were no matters arising. 4. Schools Forum Academy Representatives and Maintained Schools Representation Vacancies All the vacancies have now been filled in the academy sector and maintained primary/secondary sectors however in the Schools Forum terms of reference it states that where there has been at least three consecutive non-attendances, the membership place has lapsed. This means that there is now a vacancy in the Primary Academy and Primary Free School sector. Schools Forum was therefore asked to nominate someone before the November meeting. If that does not happen, the Local Authority will seek to nominate someone by the December meeting. No further comments or questions were raised. 5. The Future of Systems Leadership: Waltham Forest Learning Partnership and the impact of changes to Education Services funding Rosalind Turner introduced the report. The report sets out the latest position on the development of the Waltham Forest Learning Partnership At the last Schools Forum meeting there were discussions on the DSG funding and the ending of the Education Services Grant. There is a proposal to undertake a consultation with all schools on funding decisions required by December and at the same time a consultation with all schools on the proposed options for Waltham Forest Learning Partnership. It was also suggested to report back in the December meeting on the update with the decision on the Learning Partnership and particularly indicative decisions on the funding issues depending on what is heard from