Venue: Committee Room - 2nd Floor West Wing, Guildhall
Contact: Emily Garland Email: emily.garland@cityoflondon.gov.uk
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, William Russell, Benjamin Murphy and Tijs Broeke.
Alderman Sir Peter Estlin issued apologies in advance for departing the meeting early.
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Members' declarations under the Code of Conduct in respect of items on the agenda Minutes: In respect of Item 24 on the agenda, Alderman Nicholas Lyons noted his membership of the Educators’ Company and his intention to abstain from voting due to both candidates also being members.
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To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 28 January 2021.
Minutes: The public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 28 January 2021 were approved as a correct record subject to the following amendments:
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Outstanding Actions PDF 112 KB Report of the Town Clerk. Minutes: Members received a report of the Town Clerk regarding outstanding public actions of the Board.
RESOLVED, that:-
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Nominations Sub-Committee Minutes PDF 89 KB To receive the draft public minutes and non-public summary of the Nominations Sub-Committee meeting held on 16 February 2021. Minutes: The public minutes of the Nominations Sub-Committee meeting held on 16 February 2021 were noted.
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Covid-19 Update The Director of Community and Children’s Services to be heard. Minutes: The Director of Community & Children’s Services was heard relative to the COVID-19 update. The following points were noted:
The Board thanked everyone involved in ensuring the continued provision of education within the City’s Family of Schools.
RESOLVED, that the update be received.
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Education Activities Update PDF 153 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Additional documents: Minutes: Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding an update on the City’s educational activities.
Members heard a presentation by a Level 3 Business and Events Apprentice, within the Education Unit, highlighting the following points: • The Education Unit alongside Chess in Schools and Communities hosted the annual Chess Tournament virtually with over 80 pupils joining. • There had been an increased emphasis on mental health within the schools and the wider community. The Education Unit supported the delivery of Suicide Prevention Awareness sessions organised by the Public Health team and delivered by the suicide prevention charity, PAPYRUS. • The Debating Tournament had been moved to April 2021 so as not to coincide with the reopening of schools in March. Members were invited to join this should they wish to do so. • The Find Fusion website had gone live and a formal launch was planned for after the Easter break. • The Midterm Strategy Review research had been completed and a report on this would be submitted to the May meeting of the Board. • Most events in the 2020-21 programme had not been cancelled but instead had taken place virtually.
Discussion took place as to the positive experience of the apprentice during their time at the Corporation and the Chair thanked her for her presentation.
A Member enquired whether cultural activities could be made available to educational foundations outside of the family of schools, in particular those supported by the Lord Mayor. The Strategic Education and Skills Director explained that while some remained exclusive to the family of schools, some events were already being made available to the wider schools and community.
Members were informed of a grant received by the Corporation to support a project designed to attract socially and ethnically diverse |
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Education Board Budget Update 2020/21 PDF 238 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Minutes: Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding the Education Board Budget update 2020/2021.
RESOLVED, that the report be noted. |
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Tackling Racism Taskforce - Education Workstream Update PDF 219 KB Joint report of the Town Clerk and Director of Community and Children’s Services. Minutes: Members received a joint report of the Town Clerk and the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding the education workstream recommendations of the Tackling Racism Taskforce.
The Strategic Education and Skills Director began by providing a summary of the report, highlighting that while action is already being taken to tackle racism in the education providers it should not allow for complacency.
The Chair highlighted the three key recommendations surrounding diversity, education and engagement and invited Members to comment.
The following points were made:
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Tomlinson Review Update The Chair to be heard. Minutes: The Chair was heard relative to the Tomlinson Review update. The following points were noted:
Discussion took place regarding budget cuts in the next financial year, with several Members supportive of reassessment.
RESOLVED, that the update be received.
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Governor Appointments Update PDF 114 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair requested that Item 11 and Item 12 be considered together.
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Governor Succession Planning and Recruitment PDF 254 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Minutes: Members received reports of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding the appointment of a Governor to the Local Governing Bodies (LGB) of City of London Academies Trust (CoLAT) and the Governor recruitment and planning processes for LGBs across the ten City of London academies.
Members noted that Randall Anderson had been appointed to the LGB of The City Academy Hackney and that this had been ratified by the CoLAT Board of Trustees since the last meeting of the Education Board.
The Director of Community and Children’s Services explained that the strategic interest of the Board commits to effective leadership and good governance across the family of schools. Succession planning was therefore important as it enabled an appropriate mix of skills and experience from governing bodies allowing them to be diverse and represent the school communities that they served. It also ensured that no gaps or long-standing vacancies existed and that governing bodies were compliant with all national and local policies. Members were informed that the report focused on the CoLAT Board as responsibility for appointment processes for the Independent Schools was assigned to the relevant governing Boards.
Recommendations were made, in consultation with CoLAT, for continual development of the process. Members were reminded that these had been previously shared with the CoLAT Board but were invited to provide comments.
Several Members expressed support for expertise to be shared across the family of schools with the Head of the City of London Freemen’s School adding that cross fertilisation across the leadership teams would be helpful. It was also suggested that Governors could be encouraged, where capacity allowed, to sit on more than one Board to facilitate this.
The Director of Community and Children’s Services highlighted the work of the Education Unit, in collaboration with the Volunteering Network, to encourage |
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Community and Partnerships Reports of City Independent Schools PDF 171 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: Members received partnership reports from the Heads of the City of London School, the City of London School for Girls and the City of London Freemen’s School.
A representative from each of the schools presented their reports, highlighted key developments and areas of focus for the forthcoming year.
a) City of London School - Working in Partnership 2020 b) City of London School for Girls - Working in Partnership 2020 c) City of London Freemen's School - Community and Partnerships Report 2020
It was agreed that the reports would be circulated to Members of the wider Court and shared on the Livery Committee website, to promote the community and partnership work of the schools.
RESOLVED, that the reports be noted.
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Academies Development Programme Update PDF 146 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.
To be read in conjunction with the non-public appendices at item 27 on the agenda. Additional documents: Minutes: Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services providing an update on the progress of the Academies Development Programme.
RESOLVED, that the report be noted.
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Review of funding to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for Scholarships PDF 84 KB Report of the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
To be read in conjunction with the non-public appendix at item 28 on the agenda. Minutes: Members considered a report of the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama regarding a review of funding to the Guildhall School Trust for Scholarships.
It was noted that in response to a request from the Board, an annual impact report had been produced to assess the impact of funds to the school and the scholarship recipients. The Board thanked the Guildhall School of Music & Drama for fulfilling their request.
It was clarified by the Town Clerk that the decision for approval of the grant continuation to 2021/22 was to be made by Policy & Resources.
RESOLVED, that:-
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Culture Mile Learning Update PDF 105 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Additional documents: Minutes: Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding Culture Mile Learning.
Members heard a presentation by officers in Culture Mile Learning providing an update on its activities since the last update to the Committee in November 2020.
A Member enquired as to whether data on impact measurements could be provided. It was confirmed that such data would be provided at a future Board meeting, as per the annual reporting cycle.
It was requested that the slides be circulated to Members after the meeting.
RESOLVED, that the report and presentation be noted.
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Skills Strategy Update PDF 219 KB Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services. Minutes: Members received a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services regarding an update on the delivery of the Skills Strategy 2018-2023 over the 2020/21 Academic Year.
The Director of Community and Children’s Services began by providing a short overview of the report’s content, including updates on the delivery of Skills Forums, work to strengthen Industry and Livery partnerships, and progression of the Adult Community Learning service.
A presentation was heard providing further information regarding the London Careers Festival, due to take place from 28 June to 2 July 2021. This year’s Festival was to take place virtually working in collaboration with several large organisations such as NatWest and Bloomberg and would work with ELSA Education to ensure measures were in place to engage young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Apprenticeship forums were to take place at the Festival with two webinar sessions featuring presentations by City of London apprentices followed by a Q&A session for pupils.
Members were invited to engage with the Festival’s social media presence.
RESOLVED, that the report and presentation be noted.
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Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Board Minutes: There were no questions.
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Any Other Business that the Chairman Considers Urgent Minutes: There was one item of urgent business.
Livery Skills The Deputy Chair provided an update on the Livery Skills initiative, explaining that the Livery Committee were due to hold a session on 21 April 2021 with a varied panel. So far there had been substantial engagement with over 100 RSVPs. Further updates would be provided to the Board in due course.
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Exclusion of the Public MOTION - That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act
Minutes: RESOLVED – That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act.
12.57 – Members voted to extend the meeting under Standing Order 40.
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Non-Public Minutes To agree the non-public minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2021.
Minutes: The non-public minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2021 were approved as a correct record.
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Non-Public Outstanding Actions Report of the Town Clerk. Minutes: Members received a report of the Town Clerk regarding the Board’s non-public outstanding actions.
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Nominations Sub-Committee Minutes To receive the draft non-public minutes of the Nominations Sub-Committee meeting held on 16 February 2021. Minutes: The non-public minutes of the Nominations Sub-Committee meeting held on 16 February 2021 were noted.
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Appointment of a Co-Opted Member of the Education Board Report of the Town Clerk. Minutes: RESOLVED, that Mary Robey be appointed to the Education Board, effective immediately, for a one-year term expiring in March 2022.
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Update on COLAT Sixth Form Strategy The Chair to be heard. Minutes: Members received a verbal update on the CoLAT Sixth Form Strategy.
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GW6: COLPAS Galleywall Primary Academy Report of the City Surveyor. Minutes: This item had been withdrawn.
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NON-PUBLIC APPENDICES: ACADEMIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UPDATE Report of the Director of Community and Children's Services.
To be read in conjunction with item 14 on the agenda. Minutes: The non-public appendices were received in conjunction with the report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services at Item 14.
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NON-PUBLIC APPENDIX: REVIEW OF FUNDING TO THE GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Report of the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
To be read in conjunction with item 15 on the agenda. Minutes: The non-public appendix was received in conjunction with the report of the Principal of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama at Item 15.
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Non Public Questions on Matters Relating to the Work of the Board Minutes: There were no questions.
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Any Other Business that the Chairman Considers Urgent and which the Committee Agree Should be Considered Whilst the Public are Excluded Minutes: There were no items of urgent business.
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