Minutesof theSchools Forum

 

Thursday, 15 October 2015

 

-:Present:-

 

Schools:Primary RogerHughes, DebbieMain, Adam Morrisand JimPiper Maintained:Academy Secondary:SueFoot Special/PRUMikeLock andJulie Shears EarlyYears: TimStevens Governors:PrimaryMauriceCoddSecondaryAcademy: CliveStarr 14-19Partnership:Officers: RichardWilliams, Directorof Children's Services,Lisa Finn,FinanceManager,

 

(Alsoin attendance:Hayley Gribbin,Amanda Hayleyand NickHollins notes)

 

 

 

1.            Electionof Chairand Vice-Chair

 

The Chairrequested thatthe SchoolsForum Clerkco-ordinate theprocess ofthe election of anew Chairand ViceChair forthe forthcomingyear.

 

Nominations for thepositionof Chairwere soughtand followinga vote,itwas agreedunanimously thatRoger Hughesbe re-electedas chairof theSchools Forum.Itwas alsoagreed todefer theappointmentof theVice-Chair untilthe nextmeeting of theForum.

 

2.            Apologies

 

Apologies werereceived fromJames Evans,Dan Hallam,Mike Lockand DaneianRees

 

3.            Minutes

 

The Minutesof themeeting ofthe Schools'Forum heldon 25th June2015 werechecked foraccuracy andagreed asa truerecord.

 

4.            MattersArising

 

Item 4{ii) -Small Taskand FinishGroup:  Itwas reportedthat thethere wasnow no needfor aTask andFinish Groupto beestablished asissues surroundingaccess tothe ''Turnaround"Fund forpupils withchallenging behaviourwould be dealtwithin thecontext ofthe reportfrom DebbiePritchard inrelation toImproving Outcomesfor VulnerableChildren.

 

Item4 {ii)- TESSAdministrator:  TheChair advisedthe Forumthat the Administratorappointed toTESS hasrecently leftthe positionand thatthe post would beadvertised in duecourse.

 

 

Item 4(ii)- CAMHS PrimaryMental HealthWorker:  The Chairadvised theForum that dueto thecurrent restructurethat wasongoing inrelation tothe CAMHSService, thetwo yearfunding of£15,000 fromthe DSGunderspendwas nownot goingto goahead.

 

ItemS(i)CAMHS ServiceUpdate:  TheChair reportedthat itwas nownot necessary for anyaction tobe takenwith regardsto referringthe CAMHSService to theJoint CommissioningTeam.

 

ItemS(ii)EducationSafeguardingServiceUpdate: Itwas reportedthat David Taylor,Chair ofthe TorbaySafeguarding ChildrenBoard hadnow metwith Jane English inrelation toEducation representationon theBoard.

 

5.            Updateon TESS- Considerationof Continuationof Service.

 

The Boardreceived awritten reportupdating memberson thecurrent activitiesbeing undertakenwithin theTorbay EducationSafeguarding Service.

 

TheDirector ofChildren'sServicesupdated theBoard onan issuethat hasrecently occurred withinthe Serviceand thatas theservice is nowover 12months intooperation, itwas the righttime toundertake areview ofthe service.

 

It wasagreed thatthe Directorof Children'sServices berequested toinitiate a review ofthe TorbayEducation SafeguardingService andthat theterms of reference forthe reviewwouldinclude theissuesof mainstreamingthe servicethrough theuse ofthe DSGinthe future.

 

6.            FinanceReports

 

(i)           F40FairFunding

 

Lisa Finn,Finance Managersubmitted areport outliningthe workthat the F40Group hadsubmitted toGovernment inrelationto addressingthe imbalancebetween the"haves andhave nots"in relationto schoolfunding.

 

The Boardwas advisedthat theF40 Grouprepresented agroup ofthe lowest funded educationauthoritiesin Englandwhere governmentset cashallocations forprimary andsecondary pupilsare thelowest inthe country.

 

The reportindicated thatbased onthe revisedformula whichF40 were proposingfor theSchool Blockelement ofthe DSG,compared tothe existingDfE formula, Torbaywould gainto thetune of£2.6mand alsothat itwas unlikelythat anychanges toschool fundingwouldbe implementedbefore April 2017 .

 

Thecontents ofthe reportwere noted.

(ii)         2015/16Dedicated SchoolsGrant -Forecast Outturn

 

Lisa Finn,Finance Managersubmitted areport updatingthe Forumon the currentposition withregards tothe Forecastoutturn ofthe DedicatedSchools Grant(DSG).

 

The Boardwas advisedthat theDSG fundedactivities wereforecast to underspend by £275k.

 

The ChairinvitedForum Membersto providesuggestions asto whatthe projectedunderspendcouldbe spenton tothe nextmeetingof theForum, dueto beheld on3rd December 2015.

 

Itwas agreedthat thecontents ofthe reportbe noted.

 

(iii)            Statementing Fundingfor 14/15and 15/16

 

Lisa Finn,Finance Managersubmitteda reportupdating theForum oncurrent positionwithregards tothe Statementing/Education,Health andCare PlanFundingfor 14/15and 15/16.

 

Itwas agreedthat thecontents ofthe reportbe noted.

 

(iv)           HighCost Pupils andJoint FundedPlacements Annual Update

 

Lisa Finn,Finance Managersubmitteda reportupdating theForum onthe Annualpositionwithregards tothe HighCost SENPlacements.

 

Itwas agreedthat thecontents ofthe Boardbe noted.

 

7.            CAMHSPrimary Mental HealthService inSchools

 

The Forumreceived areport fromJackie Olsen,Primary MentalHealth Work Team updating memberson the activitiesof theSafeguarding andCAMHS Steering Group inrelation tothe progressof thePrimary MentalHealth Servicein Schools.

 

The reportprovided asummary onthe recentactivities inrelationto theSACSG, thePrimaryMental HealthWork ServiceUser FeedbackSummary, thePrimary MentalHealth WorkService UserFeedback andthe CAMHSMonthly Report

 

Itwas agreedthat thecontents ofthe reportbe noted.

 

8.            ImprovingOutcomes forVulnerable Pupils(10 VP)

 

The Forumreceived areport updatingmembers onthe workthat is currentlybeing undertakenwithregards toimprovingoutcomes forvulnerablelearners ofTorbay at ReducedCosts.

 

Itwas agreedthat thecontents ofthe reportbe noted.

 

 

9.         TorbayPublicServicesTrust.

 

The Directorof Children'sServicessubmitted areport onthe recentdevelopments withregards tothe establishmentof aPublic ServicesTrust andhow schoolscould become engaged withorganisation.

 

The Forumwas advisedthat theTorbay PublicServices Trustis akey elementof the Departmentfor EducationDfE funded SWIFTproject whichhas brought£1 .25mto transformsystems, deliveryand theworkforce.  Itwill alsosee Children'sServices delivery staffintegrated withinthe newTorbay andSouth DevonNHS Foundation Trust byMarch 2017with avision todevelop asingleco-ordinated localoffer ofhelpand supportfor andwithchildren andfamilies inTorbay usingshared skillsand assetsto improvetheir outcomes.

 

The Boardwas informedthat anopportunity existedfor theSTITCH projectto be usedas apotential pilotproject betweenschools andthe newTrust.

 

It wasagreed thatthe contentsof thereport benoted andthe Directorof Children'sServicesbe requestedto submitteda reportto thenext meetingof theForum outjiningproposals forthe STITCHpilotand ifnecessary seekingapproval foran allocationof fundingfrom the14/15 DSGunderspend.

 

1O.       FutureMeeting Dates

 

3rd December2015 09:00-11:30Room 3,MezzanineFloor,Tor HillHouse

 

7th January 201609:00-11:30Room 3,MezzanineFloor,Tor HillHouse

 

10thMarch 201609:00-11.30Room 3,MezzanineFloor,Tor HillHouse