Agenda item

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

Members considered a report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services on priorities for academy expansion. The Chairman noted that the emphasis should be on ‘delivery’ of existing academies rather than expansion. The following comments were made.

·         The Deputy Chairman noted that he had raised the academy programme at the Audit and Risk Management Committee, and that Committee had agreed to include the programme in its work stream.

·         The Town Clerk agreed to bring an update report on the new City academies to the September meeting, so that the Board could update the Court of Common Council on the new City academies.

·         Members agreed that further expansion was not a priority at present and any further proposals for new academies would need to be judged in line with their local context.

·         The Chairman noted that Mark Emmerson had been appointed Chief Executive of the City of London Academies Trust, and that Marc Wolman (Transport for London) had been appointed as a Director on the Trust.