Issue - meetings

Verbal updates will be provided by the Chair of each Forum.

The Board received an oral update from each of the Forum Chairs.

Early Childhood Forum

The Board was advised that communication with parents had been raised as an issue of concern and that there was a perception that information was not always easy to access, particularly if parents did not have access to the internet.

It was also considered that the link between Children’s Centres and the Voluntary Sector should be developed further and better articulated.

The Forum had also discussed the Fair Play Strategy and there was agreement that the Board should also consider this at a future meeting.

Five to Eleven Forum

The Primary Capital Programme had been discussed and the key issue arising from this would be managing the delivering of projects led by the Better Schools for the Future (BSF) team.

As part of the ‘Staying Safe’ initiative a range of stakeholders were being consulted and the results of this would be used to inform the launch of the Strategy.

Eleven to Nineteen Forum

The Forum was due to meet in March and the key issue for discussion would be the merger of the Forum with the Schools Transformation Board (STB) and the new structure around this and the creation of the Children’s Trust Board (CTB).

There was agreement that a brief written summary of discussion should be submitted rather than oral updates at future meetings.

RESOLVED:

1. That the oral updates provided be noted.

2. That a briefing written summary of the key issues considered by the Forums should be submitted at future meetings.