Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Lisa Corrigan, Emma Moncado, Orienne Langley Sadler and Paul Lord.

Paper attached

Yusuf Erol presented the Schools & Academies Funding update and explained that the focus of the Forum meeting was to consider and make recommendations on the 2023/24 funding factors that are required to be submitted to the DfE by the 21st January 2023 deadline. The recommendations will also be included in the Council budget setting requirements which go to full Council for approval on 22 February 2023.

The report set out the Dedicated Schools Grant 2023/24 for Bury the Schools Block including Formula Unit Value, Mainstream Schools additional grant, de-delagation, Schools Block Transfer to High Needs Block, Central Schools Services Block (CSSB), High Needs Block, Early Years Block, Business Rates and the Pupil Premium Grant.

It was asked that more narrative be provided within the report in relation to the de-delegation amount per pupil set out in the report and whether academies had been asked to make a contribution as the funding was only taken from maintained school budgets.

The Forum would reconvene on 17 January 2023 when the final recommendations would be made to allow for quoracy.

The next meeting of the Schools’ Forum will be on Tuesday 17 January 2023 at 4pm via Microsoft Teams.

The next meeting of the Forum was due to be held on Tuesday 17 January at 4.00pm.