Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: BEST hub, Lanacre Avenue, Grahame Park, Colindale, London NW9 5FN

Contact: School Funding Team  Email: schoolfunding@barnet.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Attended

Minutes:

 

 

School Funding Membership

Correction to papers - Nigel Taylor no longer represents Wessex Gardens, now the governor representative for Child’s Hill (Community Primary).


 


Present:


Beata Felmer (substitute for Angela Trigg)

Carol Beckman

Catherine Peters

Claire Gray (clerk)

Debra Davies

Elizabeth Pearson

Gilbert Knight

Ian Harrison

Ian Stewart (substitute for Andrew McClusky)

Jo Djora

JodiMcCallum

Keith Nason

Kim Price (substitute for Joanne Kelly)

Lesley Ludlow

Marc Lewis

Matthew Glenn

Nigel Taylor

PerinaHolness

Robin Archibald

Sarah Vipond

Simon Horne

Val White

 

 

2) Apologies:

Jude Stone


 

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

Keith Nason – Item 7b) de-delegation of Trade Union duties.

 

3.

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

Minutes:

As the previous meeting was not quorate and the Schools Forum Chair has not yet been elected, IH opened meeting.

 

(Last meeting was not quorate).

EP proposed Gilbert Knight.

NT – seconded.

 

Vice Chair – S Horne (volunteered), EP seconded.

SH appointed unanimously.

 

GK chaired the meeting from this point forward.  He welcomed new members Robin Archibald, Beata Felmer and Jodi McCallum.

 

GK said farewell to Perina Holness and Carol Beckman, who were both attending their last Schools Forum meeting.

 

 

4.

Minutes of previous meeting

Minutes:

Agreed as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

 

5.

Matters arising

Minutes:

All London Councils have questioned the DWP about the Apprenticeship levy, as there is no clear guidance on whether the payroll costs of community schools will count towards the council’s salaries total and thus to its liability for the levy. If they are, then it will be necessary to establish whether the levy costs will be passed on to community schools and, if so, how they can then access apprenticeship funding.

 

Any other matters arising are addressed in the agenda items for this meeting.

 

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