Charles Roberts
Council: Wandsworth
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
7 meetings · Page 1 of 2
Agenda and minutes
The Wandsworth Schools Forum convened to discuss and approve several key initiatives, including the High Needs Budget for the financial year 2025-26, an Enhanced Reception Support Project, and updates on the SEN Support Fund and Enhanced Transition Project. The forum also noted future meeting dates and approved the minutes from the previous meeting.
Agenda and decisions
The Wandsworth Schools Forum was scheduled to meet to discuss the Dedicated Schools Grant recovery strategy, school balances, and the potential use of AV1 robots to support children with medical needs. The meeting was also scheduled to review the minutes from the previous meeting and note future meeting dates.
Agenda and decisions
The Wandsworth Schools Forum met to discuss the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), therapy provisions, and emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA). Gareth Evans, Assistant Director Children’s Finance, was scheduled to present reports on the DSG outturn and recovery, while Zarah Lowe, Lead Commissioner for Education, SEND and Health, was set to provide an update on therapy provision. Andy Fish, Inclusion Service Manager, was expected to present a proposal for an EBSA outreach pilot project.
Agenda and decisions
This meeting of the Wandsworth Schools Forum was scheduled to receive an update on the Enhanced Transition Project, an update on pupil projections, and a report on high needs benchmarking. It was also scheduled to discuss the National Funding Formula for the 2025-26 financial year.
Decisions from Meetings
41 decisions · Page 6 of 9
FY 2025-26 Growth Fund Criteria
From: Agenda and decisions - January 20, 2025
...to allocate £0.350m to the growth fund for FY 2025-26 to support school expansions and bulge classes not funded through the Local Funding Formula, maintaining the FY 2024-25 criteria.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes - 2nd December 2024
From: Agenda and decisions - January 20, 2025
...to approve the minutes of the December 2nd, 2024 meeting as a correct record, with a minor correction to the attendees list.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes - 14th October 2024
From: Agenda and decisions - December 02, 2024
...to approve the minutes of the October 14th, 2024 meeting as a correct record, with a minor amendment to the attendees list.
Recommendations Approved
Pupil Population Projections and Implications
From: Agenda and decisions - December 02, 2024
...to discuss the report on pupil population projections and implications, approving the recommendations outlined within it.
Recommendations Approved
High Needs Benchmarking
From: Agenda and decisions - December 02, 2024
...to note the report on High Needs Benchmarking for information, which included data on Wandsworth's Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocation and High Needs Block funding compared to other Inner London authorities and nationally.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 7
Average per Month: 0.4
Decisions Recorded: 41