19th January 2022

Discussions at this meeting included:

• Year end journals
• Curriculum funding for our schools
• Update in respect of the new central admin function for Access Budgets and the impact this has on our schools
• Standardisation of personnel files
• Confirmation of dates for internal audits
• Overview of Every
• Trust 20 Mile March and SMac principles
• Current vacancies within the Trust

17th March 2022

Discussions at this meeting included:

• Budget setting assumptions for 2022/23 academic year
• Review of personnel files 
• Recruitment and the need to involve the Trust in all recruitment discussions
• Apprenticeships and the use of the Apprenticeship Levy
• Staff Sickness & Absence Insurance
• Internal audits, including scheduled dates and feedback from audits that have already taken place
• Asset registers and the importance of these being current
• Lockdown procedures for schools - templates shared for schools to adapt to fit their own environments
• Cyber update including requirements for RPA cover
• Risk registers
• Implementation of the Scholarpack App