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Agenda

Agenda

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Contact: Jane Di Dino 023 9283 4060  Email: jane.didino@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to sign and return the annual declaration forms that they have received.

 

3.

Minutes and Matters Arising from the Previous Meeting Held on 18 December 2013. pdf icon PDF 108 KB

4.

Appointment of Vice Chair

5.

School Funding Reform 2014/15 pdf icon PDF 331 KB

Purpose of report

 

The purpose of this report is to inform Schools Forum of the progress being made towards the implementation of the changes to School Funding for 2014-15 and to seek approval for the final stage of the submission to the Department for Education (DfE) of the 2014-15 school funding proforma.

 

Recommendations

 

It is recommended that Schools Members:

 

a.     Approve the proposed changes to the mainstream schools revenue funding formula as set out in paragraphs 4.7 to 4.11.

 

b.    Approve the table at Appendix 1, showing the de-delegated budgets and the unit values to be used in 2014-15.

 

c.    Agree the growth fund for 2014-15 be set at £300,000 and the continued use of the growth fund criteria as set out in Appendix 2.

 

d.    Agree the establishment of a falling rolls fund for 2014-15 as set out in section 7, with the criteria set out in Appendix 3.

 

e.    Agree that £14.00 per pupil be de-delegated from all maintained schools to establish a contingency fund, together with the criteria set out in Appendix 4.

 

f.     Endorse the school funding pro-forma at Appendix 5 to be submitted to DfE by the 21st January 2014.

 

g.    Approve the proposal to fund the Fair Access Protocol support service directly from the High Needs Budget from 2014-15.

 

h.    Approve the transfer of an amount equivalent to the closing balances of the Arundel Court Infant and Junior schools to the new Arundel Court Primary School in 2014-15.

 

 

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