Schools Forums were
established under the Education Act 2002 to formally give schools a voice in
the disbursement of funding for schools. Whilst subsequent legislation
has changed the role of the Forum since this time, specifically the
introduction of the National Funding Formula, Members
of the Forum continue
to represent the
views of Headteachers and Governors across all school phases and school type. The Forum has
some decision-making powers but also a significant consultative role in all
aspects of the Schools Budget, including the budgets distributed to Schools and
also the centrally retained schools budget which funds services such as student
support, special educational needs and early learning and childcare and are increasingly seem by
the Department of Education as the local voice of schools.
All
members of the Forum serve to represent the groups that either elect or
nominate them, they are a strategic group and can commission work or establish
working groups to consider issues in more detail.
Further information
on the Schools Forum and pre-December 2012 meetings can be found here.
Membership
Rachel Simpson (Secretary)
Martin Towers (Chairman) Secondary Academies Governor
Suzanne Uprichard (Vice-Chair) PRU Representative / Primary School Governor
Ed Petrie Primary Academy Headteacher
Felicity Clarke Primary Academy Headteacher
Val Moore Primary Academy Governor
Lauren Charlton Primary Academy Trustee
Dan Cleary Secondary Academy Headteacher
Jude Mellor Secondary Academy Headteacher
Kath Kelly Secondary Academy Headteacher
Mark Mitchley Secondary Academy Headteacher
Peter Leatherland Secondary Academy Headteacher
Simon Grindrod Secondary Academy Governor
Alison Ruff Primary Maintained Headteacher
Jane Dawda Primary Maintained Headteacher
Jo Beaumont Primary Maintained Headteacher
Rebecca Jones Primary Maintained Governor
Kelly Dryden Special Academy School Headteacher
Rosalind Hopkins Special Maintained School Executive Headteacher
Jason Brooks Special Maintained School Headteacher
Robert Martin Maintained Nursery Governor
Beverley Coltman PVI Early Years Representative
Lisa Craddock Post-16 Provider
Carolyn Lewis CoE Representative - Leicester Diocese Director