Agenda item

To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 3 December 2015.

The public minutes and summary of the meeting held on 3 December 2015 were approved as a correct record.

Matters Arising

Sir John Cass Foundation

The Director of Community and Children’s Services noted that the application deadline for primary places was 15 January 2016, and around 100 applications had been made to the school to date. DID WE UPDATE MEMBERS ON DECISION TO OPERATE A BULGE CLASS?

City Corporation Education Events

Members noted the short notice received for events such as the Prefects’ Dinner (12 November 2015) and the forthcoming City Schools Concert (26 January 2016) and reiterated their request that more notice be given to allow members of the Board to attend.

City of London Academies Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman thanked officers for the work they had put into the ‘scaling up’ of the City of London Academy Southwark MAT to cover all of the City’s sole sponsored academies.