Agenda and minutes

Jenny Stonhold was elected as Chair of the Agreed Syllabus Conference.

Bob Allaway was elected as the Vice-Chair of the Agreed Syllabus Conference.

Apologies were received from Ms N Parmar, Mr Alli and Mr G Mariner.

The Chair summed up to members what had been discussed at the last Agreed Syallabus Conference meeting on 1 November. She explained to members that, as the last meeting had been inquorate, a quorate meeting would be needed to make any decisions on the way forward.

A paper copy of the presentation made by Ms Chaplin at the 1 November meeting was provided to members.

Following discussion, members agreed that a syllabus structured in the form of units would be easier for teaching staff to use. It was decided that whether the syllabus would be done in half-termly or termly blocks would be a matter for teachers and schools to decide.

It was agreed by all 4 sections present that Key Stages 1 & 2 would be purchased from Waltham Forest, with Haringey buying the rights to edit them. Key Stage 3 would be purchased from Greenwich.

RESOLVED:

That SACRE request the LEA to authorise the necessary expenditure to purchase the rights to edit the syllabuses from Waltham Forest and Greenwich.