The forum acts as a consultative body on some issues and a decision making body on others.
The forum acts in a consultative role for:
- changes to the local funding formula (the Council is responsible for the final decision, although in some cases it may delegate the decision-making power to the schools forum)
- proposed changes to the operation of the minimum funding guarantee
- changes to or new contracts affecting schools (e.g. school meals)
- arrangements for pupils with special educational needs, in pupil referral units and in early years provision.
The forum is responsible for decisions on:
- how much funding may be centrally retained within the dedicated schools grant (e.g. for the admissions service, prudential borrowing costs, additional funding available for growing schools)
- any proposed carry forward of deficits on central spend from one year to the next
- proposals to de-delegate funding from maintained primary and secondary schools (e.g. for staff supply cover, insurance, behaviour support)
- changes to the scheme of financial management.
The Schools Forums Regulations 2012 set out requirements relating to membership of schools forums, their proceedings and the financial issues on which they must be consulted.
Documents
- Updated Agenda and paper schools forum 19 Jan 23
- Schools Forum Papers 1 Dec 2022
- Schools forum agenda and papers 20.10.22
- Schools forum agenda and papers
- Schools Forum 16 June 2022 agenda & papers
- Minutes Schools Forum -16th June 2022
- Schools forum: Minutes 23.02.22 (PDF 0.85MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 23.02.22 (PDF 2.33MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 12.01.22 (PDF 0.45MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 12.01.22 (PDF 7.62MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 08.12.21 (PDF 0.43MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 08.12.21 (PDF 4.33MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 13.10.21 (PDF 0.43MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 13.10.21 (PDF 4.74MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 16.06.21 (PDF 0.37MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 16.06.21 (PDF 1.82MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 11.02.21 (PDF 0.67MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 11.2.21 (PDF 0.94MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 14.01.21 (PDF 1.50MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 22.10.20 (PDF 0.89MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 10.12.20 (PDF 0.77MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 04.06.20 (PDF 0.40MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 04.06.20 (PDF 1.31MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 19.03.20 (PDF 4.17MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 16.01.20 (PDF 1.28MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 11.07.19 (PDF 0.67MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 13.06.19 (PDF 0.89MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and pack 07.02.19 (PDF 0.87MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and pack 15.01.19 (PDF 0.85MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 27.09.18 (PDF 0.79MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda and papers 14.06.18 (PDF 0.80MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 15.1.18 (PDF 0.19MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda 19.09.19 (PDF 0.15MB)
- Schools forum: Agenda 21.11.19 (PDF 0.15MB)
- Schools forum: AOB RPA briefing note (PDF 0.21MB)
- Schools forum: De-delegated funding November 2019 (PDF 0.30MB)
- Schools forum: Item 5 Provisional DSG allocation November 2019 (PDF 0.30MB)
- Schools forum: Item 7 Exclusions November 2019 (PDF 0.23MB)
- Schools forum: Minutes 19.09.19 (PDF 0.37MB)