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St Joseph’s: Steve Elson confirmed that St Joseph’s wrote back and gave a full explanation of how they are going to spend their carry forward. They also confirmed that they will be paying back an additional £110,000 into the DSG which will make a total of £400,000 paid back from the original £1m.

Eddie Neighbour confirmed that Slough Grammar School is now Upton Court Grammar School which needs to be amended in the previous minutes.

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Membership: John Constable confirmed that Maggie Waller wrote to the Academies again as agreed in the October meeting, the result of which is that Jon Reekie is now an official representative on Schools Forum and Nicky Willis is in reserve. Maggie Waller and John Constable are looking at how to streamline the process in future and they will be asking Academies for a main point of contact.

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‘January 2104’ is to be amended to ‘January 2014’ in paragraph 6.

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Cambridge Education: In terms of Schools Forum involvement in the process at the Operational Board meetings with Cambridge Education Robin Crofts reported that the meetings are related to contractual compliance issues and would be of little benefit to head teachers. It would be more beneficial to sit on the Strategic Group which meets termly.

A replacement for Jackie Wright is being looked at due to her forthcoming departure from SBC. The role is likely to be filled by two people to cover both the SEN elements and Cambridge Education elements.

Robin Crofts clarified that the 2.5% overhead cost of running Cambridge Education is from core funding and there is no charge against the DSG.

Robin Crofts reported that the recruitment for a Finance Officer for Cambridge Education is in the latter stages and a second interview has taken place.

Skills Force: Robin Crofts confirmed that Skills Force are providing a service to St Josephs and Beechwood with a contribution from the LA. Cambridge Education are looking at the contribution from April onwards in terms of value for money.

Speech & Language Service: Robin Crofts confirmed that he has looked into this as discussed and will be able to give a breakdown of the cost centre.

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Carbon Reduction Commitment: Robin Crofts confirmed that the note regarding payment was sent out to schools via the gatekeeper.

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Maggie Waller to write to academies regarding balances as agreed at Schools Forum on 11^th September.

Correction needed to statement regarding “the Labour Government”. Change to “a potential future Labour Government”.