The Business Advisor (Schools) will present a report, Document IL (Appendices 1 -5), which shows the indicative value of delegated allocations for individual schools, academies and other settings for the 2018/19 financial year and also shows the draft Primary and Secondary and Early Years Pro-formas. Please note that the allocations and the Pro-formas are subject to the final decisions and recommendations to be made by the Schools Forum under agenda item 11.

Recommended –

The Forum is asked to note the information provided. This will inform decisions and recommendations to be taken under agenda item 11. 

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The Business Advisor (Schools) presented a report, Document IL (Appendices 1 - 5), which showed the indicative value of delegated allocations for individual schools, academies and other settings for the 2018/19 financial year and also showed the draft Primary and Secondary and Early Years Pro-formas. He explained that the allocations and the Pro-formas are subject to the final decisions and recommendations to be made by the Schools Forum under agenda item 11. The presentation of this information flowed from the discussion in the previous agenda item and therefore, the action items from the previous item are recorded below.

Referring to the notification from the Authority’s Census Team about possible software issues, a Members stated that schools should be reminded to check the accuracy of their FSM data to be recorded in the January 2018 Census,

Resolved –

(1)  That the information contained in Document IL be noted.

(2)  That further consideration is given to the relationship between DSG Growth Funding and ESFA Post 16 funding, and the knock on financial implications, where secondary schools and academies close their Post 16 provisions and increase their pre-16 numbers. This is with particular reference to the difference between the lagged Post 16 funding methodology and the funding of pre-16 provision in ‘real time’.

(3)  That information is provided to the next meeting on the Local Authority’s monitoring framework in place to ensure compliance with the post 16 participation legislation. 

(4)  That schools and academies are reminded to check the accuracy of their ever 6 FSM data to be recorded within their January 2018 Census returns.