Agenda and draft minutes
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Apologies Minutes: Minutes of schools forum HELD ON 18 January 2018
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Minutes and Matters Arising - Paper A PDF 193 KB Minutes:
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Minutes:
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Early Years Funding Formula - Disadvantaged Supplement (Neville Ward) - Paper C PDF 106 KB Minutes: Neville Ward went through the paper which was for information only. Schools Forum acknowledged that a sensible approach is being taken.
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Shropshire Schools Forum Constitution (Phil Wilson) - Paper D Minutes: Phil Wilson went through the paper. Phil Adams suggested putting this as an agenda item on the secondary headteacher briefing. It was identified that academies need to put further representation forward. Phil Adams asked about the future of School Forum from 2020. It was confirmed that there would still be a need for decisions for other blocks eg high needs so there will be an ongoing role. Mark Roger pointed out that there are still large/small, deprived/non-deprived school issues so a balanced membership needs to be maintained, particularly when voting in separate categories. Marilyn Hunt stressed the importance of the small school view but added that it is hard to get out of small schools to join the meeting. Phil Adams commented that the pool of available people is reducing as schools federate. Schools Forum unanimously agreed to the re-apportionment of Schools Forum membership from April 2018.
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Paper D - Shropshire School Forum Constitution - Appendix PDF 98 KB Additional documents: Minutes:
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Dedicated Schools Grant Monitoring (Stephen Waters/Julian Dean) - Paper E Minutes:
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Funding SEN in Schools - Shropshire Local Offer (Julie Dean) - Paper F PDF 107 KB Minutes: Julie Dean went through the paper which is for information only. She particularly highlighted residential overnight schools, independent mainstream schools, personal budgets and elective home education. Schools Forum noted the report.
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Communications Minutes: The chair advised that f40 continue to be active. Nick Bardsley confirmed that Cabinet appreciates the work of Schools Forum and the chair and do not question the judgements made by Schools Forum. He added that the meetings with MPs continue and issues around funding are raised. The chair suggested that £4.30 for early years is not enough and that high needs and exclusions also add to budget pressures. There is a need to engage more with schools and governing bodies. Phil Adams suggested that the reduction of funding to LAs (eg ESG) is contributing to the funding issues.
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Future Meetings (please diary):
Minutes: The meeting closed at 10.00 am.
Future meetings (please diary):
The chair confirmed that the provisional meeting scheduled for 1 February is not necessary.
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