Agenda item

·  Letter to Sec of State from Schools Forum (attached)  

·  Paul McAteer reply from Edward Timpson (attached)

·  Updated membership table (attached)

The minutes of the meeting held on 10th January 2017 were approved as a correct record.

Matters arising

Item 537 – Coral Miller’s successor, Nic Barani, Schools’ Accountant was welcomed to the meeting.

Item 539 – Schools Forum members noted the letter to the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP and others re schools’ funding and it was noted that no response had yet been received.  Fiona Mactaggart was meeting with John Constable and Maggie Waller.  Jo Rockall advised that she and John Constable had a meeting with Roger Parkin and that he was supportive.  It had been suggested that the Local Authority put forward a business case.  There has been no update on this. Forum members also noted the response from Edward Timpson MP to the letter sent by Paul McAteer regarding high needs funding.

Item 544 – Updated Schools Forum Membership attached.

Item 545 – Johnny Kyriacou reported that the updated MATs map was now available and he would circulate to the group.