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Meeting

Name: Schools Forum
Start: 2025-12-03T16:30:00Z
End: 2025-12-03T18:30:00Z
Location: The Executive Meeting Room - Third Floor, The Guildhall, Portsmouth

Schools Forum - Portsmouth City

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Pending

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
4:30 PM

End:
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
6:30 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
03 Dec 2025

Location:
The Executive Meeting Room - Third Floor, The Guildhall, Portsmouth

Meeting Attendees

Committee Member

Carina Jacobs

Head Teachers, Primary Phase

Apologies

Committee Member

Simon Graham

Head Teachers, Secondary Phase

Apologies

Committee Member

Share D'All

Governor, Primary Phase

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Vacancy

Secondary Academies

Not required

Committee Member

Jack Jones

Primary Academies

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Sean Preston

Primary Academies

Apologies

Committee Member

Ruth Worswick

Primary Academies

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Vacancy

Primary Academies

Not required

Committee Member

Nick Giles

Secondary Academies

Apologies

Committee Member

Nys Hardingham

Secondary Academies

Apologies

Committee Member

Sharon Burt

Special Academies

Apologies

Committee Member

Heather Smith

Early Years

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Vacancy

Councillor - Conservatives

Expected

Committee Member

Councillor Tom Coles

Labour

Absent

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Committee Member

Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Greening the City

Councillor Kimberly Barrett

Liberal Democrat

Present, as expected

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Committee Member

Councillor Chris Dike

Portsmouth Independents Party

Apologies

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Vice-Chair

Dave Jones

Head Teachers, Primary Phase

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Jo Cooper

Primary Academies

Apologies

Committee Member

Teresa Cole

16-19 Education

Apologies

Chair

Nathan Waites

Secondary Academies

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Vacancy

Primay Academies

Not required

Committee Member

Dan Botting

Secondary Academies

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Vacancy

Secondary Academies

Not required

Agenda

1 Apologies

2 Declarations of Interest

3 Minutes of the previous meeting.

RECOMMENDED that the minutes of the meeting held on 8 October 2025 be agreed as a correct record.

Attachments:

Document SF 8 Oct 25 draft minutes 25 Nov 2025

4 Matters Arising.

5 Membership Updates.

6 School Funding Arrangements 2026-27

This report will follow.

Attachments:

Document School funding Arrangements 2026-27 25 Nov 2025
Document Appendix 4 - Growth Fund - 2025-26 - Proposed 25 Nov 2025

7 Dedicated Schools Grant 2025-26 Quarter 2 Budget Monitoring.

This report will follow.

Attachments:

Document DSG Q2 Budget Monitoring 2025-26 25 Nov 2025

Previous Meetings

7th Jan 2026

Schools Forum

3rd Dec 2025

Schools Forum

8th Oct 2025

Schools Forum

16th Jul 2025

Schools Forum

4th Jun 2025

Schools Forum

12th Feb 2025

Schools Forum

5th Feb 2025

Schools Forum

8th Jan 2025

Schools Forum

4th Dec 2024

Schools Forum

9th Oct 2024

Schools Forum

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