Agenda

Venue: HARINGEY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TRAINING ROOM, HORNSEY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, INDERWICK ROAD, LONDON N8 9JF

Contact: Email: carolyn.banks@haringeyeducationpartnership.co.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

CHAIR’S WELCOME

2.

APOLOGIES AND SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS

Clerk to report.

3.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

Declarations are only required where an individual member of the Forum has a pecuniary interest in an item on the agenda.

4.

MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF 28 FEBRUARY 2019 pdf icon PDF 278 KB

5.

MATTERS ARISING

6.

FORUM MEMBERSHIP pdf icon PDF 137 KB

To review the membership of the Forum.

Additional documents:

7.

OUTCOME OF INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRAMME 2018-19 pdf icon PDF 804 KB

To advise the Schools Forum of the outcomes of the 2018/19 audit programme and formal follow up audits for 2017/18 audits.

8.

DEDICATED SCHOOLS BUDGET STRATEGY 2019-20 pdf icon PDF 992 KB

·         To inform members of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budget strategy for 2019-20.

·         To note the financial review of DSG for 2018-19 and 2019-20 forecast.

·         To note the schools closing balance as at 31 March 2019.

·         To inform members of the need for DSG recovery plan.

9.

HIGH NEEDS BLOCK 2018-19 pdf icon PDF 708 KB

The purpose of this paper is to set out the budget outturn position for the High Needs Block 2018/19 and note the factors contributing to continued pressure on the High Needs Bock as a result of increased demand.

 

To set out the budget position for 2019/20 and the agreed actions to manage demand for the High Needs Block across Mainstream Schools Special Schools, Alternative Provision and Hospital Provision 0-25 years.

To set out a high level forecast for the budget for 2019/20 based on conservative assumptions in order to highlight the shortfall in budget for the next two years and the possible implications if mitigating actions proposed are not successful.

 

Additional documents:

10.

THE GROVE AS PART OF THE BOROUGHS PROFILE OF HIGH NEEDS
SPECIAL SCHOOL PLACES pdf icon PDF 238 KB

This report provides a brief outline of the developing offer of The Grove Special School for children with Autism, as one of the boroughs new specialist offers of high needs places.

11.

ALTERNATIVE PROVISION - REVIEW pdf icon PDF 234 KB

To inform the Forum of the progress of the Alternative Provision Review, to seek comments on the draft Review paper attached and to set out next steps

Additional documents:

12.

WORK PLAN 2019-20 pdf icon PDF 151 KB

To inform the forum of the updated work plan for the 2019-20 academic year and provide members with an opportunity to add additional items.

13.

UPDATE FROM WORKING PARTIES

·         EARLY YEARS WORKING GROUP (if any)

·         HIGH NEEDS SUB GROUP MINUTES – 1 March 2019

14.

INFORMATION ITEMS (if any)

·         Education Programme and Grant Applications

15.

ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS

16.

DATE OF FUTURE MEETINGS

·         17 October 2019

·         5 December 2019

·         16 January 2020

·         27 February 2020

·         25 June 2020