Agenda

(a)         Apologies for absence

(b)         Membership:

The Forum is advised that the pupil numbers from the January Pupil Census have been assessed.  Appendix A summarises the position on pupil numbers and the impact of these on the composition of the membership. 

The data requires the maintained primary membership be reduced by one and academy membership be increased by one.  There are currently no vacancies to facilitate this change.  This situation will be monitored and, when possible, the change in membership will be implemented.  The Forum will be informed when the change has been achieved.

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non pecunirary interests relating to items on the agenda. 

(a)       Election of Chair of the Schools Forum for the current municipal year (2021/22)

(b)       Election of Vice Chair of the Schools Forum for the current municipal year (2021/22)

(a)          Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2021 (attached)

(b)          Matters arising from these minutes

(a)         Introduction - Mr Nathan

(b)         SEN Service and update on position on Education, Health & Care Plans, Calculator for Mainstream Schools, Speech & Language Hub, Nurture Groups and Additionally Resourced Provision and Specialist Units: To be presented by Ms Barbara Thurogood

(c)          Other Updates on various developments:

·           Special School Review:  To be presented by Ms Julie Cordiner

·           Advisory Service for Autism Annual Report and Early Intervention to support pupils with autism: To be presented by Ms Rachel Walker

·           New place provision: To be presented by Mr Neil Best

(d)       New Developments

·           Early Years intervention: To be presented by Ms Christiana Kromidias

·           Trauma Informed Practice: To be presented by Ms Suzy Francis

(e)       General Discussion

None

(a)          Date of next meeting is Wednesday 14 July 2021 at 5.30pm.  This meeting will be a virtual meeting.

(b)          Dates of future meetings are detailed below.  The Forum are asked to consider whether future meetings should be held on a school site, virtually on Teams or a mixture of both.

To consider which items should be treated as confidential.