Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

Members considered an update report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services on the Education Strategy. The following points were raised.

·         The Director agreed to provide Members with a list of businesses being approached to take part in the planned careers fair in April 2016.

·         Members noted the success of the City Schools Concert held at Guildhall in February 2016.

·         A member noted that the City law firm roundtable to promote apprenticeships had similarly been a success.

·         The Education Strategy Director noted that the City of London Academies Trust had now been constituted and its Board had held its first meetings. The next meeting was scheduled for the end of March, and the current work of the board included academy applications for two new schools in Newham and Islington. He added that the relationship between the City Corporation and the Trust would be kept under review.

·         Members noted that, given the government’s academy target, it was likely that the City Corporation would be approached with a view to expanding its existing academy sponsorship.

·         In response to a suggestion from the Chairman, the Town Clerk agreed to look into convening discussion breakfasts for the Board.