Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members considered a report of the Town Clerk regarding the outreach and partnerships reports of the three City of London Corporation Independent Schools.

There was discussion about the independent schools taking on pupils from academies within the City’s Family of Schools. Whilst it was felt that there should be more pupils within the Family benefitting from the bursaries available at CLS, CLSG and CLFS, there was trepidation expressed by Members and the Heads that the most able students were not perceived to be being poached from the academies. It was agreed that Heads of academies were in the best position to recommend pupils they felt would not only qualify for admission at one of the schools with a bursary and would uniquely benefit from receiving their education within an independent school and/or boarding environment.

Members commented on the report’s three appendices.

RESOLVED, that

·         the report and its appendices, be noted; and

·         the Board of Governors of the City of London School, City of London School for Girls and the City of London Freemen’s School be invited to commission their annual Outreach and Partnership reports for their March round of Board meetings.