Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed all to the meeting and reminded all of the basic etiquette for a MS Teams meeting.

Apologies were received from:

Ms J Pearce- Waterside Primary Academy

Mr H Beveridge- Long Crendon School

Mr S Sneesby- Kite Ridge School

To disclose any Personal or Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2021.

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2021 were AGREED as an accurate record.

The actions from the meeting held on 12 October 2021 were reviewed and AGREED as completed or carried forward as below.

A verbal update to be provided by MS K Tamlyn, Chairman of the Schools Forum Funding Group

Ms K Tamlyn- Chairman of the Schools Forum Funding Group gave an overview of the SFFG meeting. The action notes were appended to the minutes.

To be presented by Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

Schools Forum is asked to note the revenue budget monitoring forecast at the end of October.

Resolved:

Schools Forum NOTED the revenue budget monitoring forecast at the end of October.

To be presented by Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

Schools Forum is asked to:

a.     Note the information set out in the report, including the accompanying appendices, showing indicative allocations for 2022-23. (Note that modelling is based on October 2020 census data. Final DSG allocations are due in December 2021 and will be updated for October 2021 census data.)

b.     To note the indicative funding allocations for the Central Schools Services Block and the High Needs Block for 2022-23.

Resolved:

Schools Forum RESOLVED TO:

a.     To NOTE the information set out in the report, including the accompanying appendices, showing indicative allocations for 2022-23. (Note that modelling is based on October 2020 census data. Final DSG allocations are due in December 2021 and will be updated for October 2021 census data.)

b.     To NOTE the indicative funding allocations for the Central Schools Services Block and the High Needs Block for 2022-23.

To be presented by Ms J Freeman Williams, Chairman of the De-Delegation Sub- Committee.

Ms J Freeman- Chairman of the DE-Delegation Group overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

To consider and agree the proposals for de-delegation in 2022-23 based on the recommendations of the Maintained Schools Committee as outlined in Appendix A and Appendix B to this report.

Resolved:

Schools Forum CONSIDERED and AGREED the proposals for de-delegation in 2022-23 based on the recommendations of the Maintained Schools Committee as outlined in Appendix A and Appendix B to this report.

Vote:

The forum unanimously AGREED the vote.

To be presented by Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

Schools Forum is asked to note the recommendations for investment in early intervention and support agreed by the DSG Spending Review Group for inclusion in the budget setting for the High Needs Block in 2022-23.

Resolved:

Schools Forum NOTED the recommendations for investment in early intervention and support agreed by the DSG Spending Review Group for inclusion in the budget setting for the High Needs Block in 2022-23.

To be presented by Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

Schools Forum is asked to agree to apply for a disapplication to the special school Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for 2022-23.

Resolved:

Schools Forum AGREED to apply for a disapplication to the special school Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for 2022-23.

Vote:

For: 18

Against: 0

Abstain: 0

Resolved: Unanimously AGREED.

To be presented by Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council.

Ms E Williams, Head of Finance (Children’s Services)- Buckinghamshire Council gave an overview of the report provided.

Recommendations:

Schools Forum is asked to note the correspondence from the F40 group to the Department for Education highlighting the cost implications of Covid-19 for schools and local authorities.

Resolved:

Schools Forum NOTED the correspondence from the F40 group to the Department for Education highlighting the cost implications of Covid-19 for schools and local authorities.

There were no items of AOB.

Tuesday 18 January 2021- 1.30pm

MS Teams Virtual Meeting

Tuesday 18 January 2021- 1.30pm

MS Teams Meeting