(a)  Welcome Ms Jo Fear, Head of Admission and Education Welfare and Ms Clara Seery, Head of School Standards.

(b)  The Forum is advised that the pupil numbers from the January PLASC had been assessed and the table provides a summary of the current membership requirements.

Members are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relating to items on the agenda.

a)    Schools Forum meeting held on 18 January 2017.

b)    Matters arising from these minutes.

a)    Schools Budget 2017/18 – Update

b)    SEND & High Needs Places – Update

c)    C) School Academy Transfers – Contribution towards Costs.

d)    Scheme for Financing.

a)    DIE Consultation Documents: Schools and High Needs National Funding Formula – Draft Response.

b)    Link to consultation documents is as follows: https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/schools-national-funding-formula2/?utm_source=EFA%20e-bulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e-bulletin&mxmroi=2305-10816-68330-0

a)    Date of next meeting to be changed to Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 05:30pm, tbc.

·         19 April 2017 – TBC

·         05 July 2017

To consider which items should be treated as confidential.