Ruth Wright
Council: Wandsworth
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
27 meetings · Page 1 of 6
Wandsworth Council
The Wandsworth Schools Forum convened to discuss several key issues impacting education in the borough. The forum members agreed to set aside £40,000 from the SEN Support fund for Year 3 of the Enhanced Transition Project (ETP), and they also discussed the National Funding Formula (NFF) for the upcoming financial year, and pupil population projections. The Schools Forum also noted reports on high needs benchmarking and future meeting dates.
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 minutes
The Wandsworth Council Planning Applications Committee is scheduled to meet on 26 February 2025 to review several planning applications, enforcement actions regarding alleged breaches of planning control, and reports on recent planning decisions and closed enforcement appeals. The committee will also look at a request to vary an existing Section 106 agreement[^2] related to affordable housing.
Agenda and minutes
The Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee are scheduled to discuss a range of topics at their meeting, including a petition regarding Bradstow School, the performance of Pupil Referral Units, school budget allocations, educational performance, and capital maintenance schemes for schools. The meeting will also cover the 2024/25 quarterly budget monitoring and the proposed budget for 2025/26.
Wandsworth Council
The Wandsworth Borough Council's Children's Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss a report by the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Task and Finish Group on its scoping report. The Task and Finish Group was established to look at the prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The report sets out the scope of the review for the Children's OSC's and Health OSC's consideration.
Decisions from Meetings
71 decisions · Page 10 of 15
Forward Plan
From: Agenda and decisions - January 20, 2025
...to approve recommendations regarding items on the Forward Plan, with no immediate actions required as they will be presented at a future meeting.
Recommendations Approved
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
De-delegation & Education Functions Budget
From: Agenda and decisions - January 20, 2025
...to approve the de-delegation and education functions budget, with primary schools voting in favor of lines 1-3 concerning school improvement, support for minority groups and bilingual learners, and contingency costs, while secondary schools unanimously agreed on all lines.
Recommendations Approved
FY 2025-26 Schools Block Funding - Local Funding Formula
From: Agenda and decisions - January 20, 2025
...to agree to a 20 percent move towards the National Funding Formula and a -0.5 percent change to the Minimum Funding Guarantee for the FY 2025-26 school budget Local Funding Formula.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 27
Average per Month: 1.4
Decisions Recorded: 71