Schools forum

The Schools Forum was established by virtue of Sections 47 (1) and 47A of the School Standards Act 1998 as amended by the Schools Forum Regulations 2002/2114 and the Schools Forum (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005/3299. The regulations govern the composition, constitution and procedures of the Schools Forum.

The purpose of the Forum is to provide strategic direction for the funding of Sefton schools and support services in relation to the new school funding arrangements covering the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), The Schools Budget (centrally retained and Individual School Budget), School Standards Grant (SSG), School Development Grant (SDG), and wider issues such as service contracts and service level agreements.

The membership of the Forum is 30. The membership is divided into school and non-school members. The school members are drawn from headteachers and governors and represent all types of schools within Sefton (proportionate to the ratio of pupils in each type). The composition of the Forum is set out below.

School Members (24)

School Type	Headteacher members - Numbers	Governor members – Numbers
Primary	5	5
Secondary	5	5
Special	1	1
Nursery	1	1

Non-School Members (6)

Organisation Type	Numbers
Elected Members	2
Officer(s) – vulnerable pupils	1
Trade Unions	1
Early Years	1
Youth	1

Meetings 2013

18th March 2013

Schools Forum 18th March - Agenda 20.6KB
Item 3 - Minutes of Meeting 28th January 2013 179KB
Item 4 - Progress Report on Working Groups 53KB
Item 5 - Two Year Old Offer Funding 139KB
Item 6 - High Needs and Early Years Budgets 393KB
Item 6 - High Needs and Early Years Budgets Annex 1&2 71KB
Item 7 - Schools Block Analysis 2013-2014 1.15MB
Item 7 - Appendix Schools Block Analysis Funding 100KB
Item 8 - DfE Review of 2013 - 2014 School Funding Arrangements 3.10MB
Item 9 - Exceptional Factors in Minimum Funding Guarantee Exclusion 26KB

28^th January 2013

Schools Forum 28th January - Agenda 34KB
Item 3 - Minutes of Meeting 10th December 2012 159KB
Item 5 - Fisher Family Trust Subscription Options 55KB
Item 7 - Dedicated Schools Grant for 2013/14 73KB
Item 7 - Appendix: School Funding Allocations 2013/14 169KB
Item 9 - Facility Time 37KB
Item 10 - Internal Audit Review of Leasing Arrangements in Schools 59KB

Meetings 2012

Meetings 2010/11

12^th December 2011

Schools Forum 12th December - Agenda 54KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting 31st October 105KB
Item 8 - Appendix 2 - School Balance Control Mechanism to Chairs 693KB
Item 8 - Review of School Balances 2010/11 82KB
Item 8 - School Balances Control Mechanism Consultation 80.5KB
Item 8 - Appendix 1 - School Balance Totals 2010-11 1.97MB
Item 12 - The Dedicated Schools Grant Outturn 2010/11 111KB

31^st October 2011

Schools Forum 31st October - Agenda 52.5KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting 26th September 103KB
Item 5 - Sefton SEN Review Consultation- Draft 111KB
Item 6 - Schools Forum Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme 104KB
Item 7 - Integration of Specific Grants into Dedicated School Grants 191KB
Item 8 - Fischer Family Trust (FFT) Subscription Options 2012/13 98KB
Item 8 - Fischer Family Trust (FFT) Primary Schools 1.55MB
Item 8 - Fischer Family Trust (FFT) Secondary Schools 1.55MB
Item 9 - Admissions - Infant Class Additional Teachers 77.5KB
Item 10 - Schools Forum Best Practice Guidance: Procedures 73.5KB
Item 11 - NNDR (National Non Domestic Rates) Charges to Schools 184KB

26^th September 2011

Schools Forum 26th September - Agenda 53KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting 18th July 86KB
Item 5 - Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS) 111KB
Item 9 - Schools Forum Best Practice Guidance: Election of Members 73KB

18^th July 2011

Schools Forum 18th July 2011 - Agenda 36KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 13th June 2011 70KB
Item 5 - Terms of Reference for SEN Review 50KB
Item 6 - LA Update 314KB
Item 7 - DfE Operational and Good Practice Guidance 117KB

13^th June 2011

Schools Forum 13th June - Agenda 284KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting 14th March 100KB
Item 5 - SEN Funding Primary Schools 2011/12 65KB
Item 5 - Annex 1 - SEN Funding - Primary FFT Options 2012 37.5KB
Item 6 - Pupil Referral Unit Costs 91.5KB
Item 7 - Appendix 1 - DSG Early Years 2011 41KB
Item 7 - Appendix 2 - DSG Primary 2011 74.5KB
Item 7 - Appendix 3 - DSG Secondary 2011 46KB
Item 7 - Appendix 4 - DSG Special 2011 68.5KB
Item 7 - Appendix 5 - DSG Budget 2011-12 (Final) 112KB
Item 7 - Final Confirmation of the Dedicated Schools Grant 2011/12 136KB
Item 9 - Appendix 1, 2 and 3 5MB
Item 9 - School Balances 2010-11 Report (June 2011) 93KB
Item 10 - Appendix 1 - Letter from Stephen Kingdom 22 March 2011 535KB
Item 10 - Appendix 2 - Letter Stephen Kingdom 1 April 2011 481KB
Item 10 - Appendix 3 - Letter to Gove - Standards Fund April 2011 153KB
Item 10 - Appendix 4 - Letter to local authorities - Standards Fund - 15 April 2011 596KB
Item 10 - Appendix 5 - Shortfall in Standards Funds Grant Funding 2011 2011 112KB
Item 10 - Standards Funds 2011 2011 -Shortfal in final payment 97.5KB

Job Evaluation Implications for Special Schools 41KB

14^th March 2011

Schools Forum Meeting 14th March 2011 - Agenda 28KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 31st January 2011 78KB
Item 5 - Job Evaluation Implications for Special Schools 31KB
Item 6 - Resourced Nursery Place Funding 29KB
Item 7 - SEN Funding 2011-12 31KB
Item 8 - Dedicated Schools Grant (Schools Budget) 2011/12 106KB
Item 8 - Appendices 135KB

31^st January 2011

Schools Forum Meeting 31st January 2011 - Agenda 31KB
Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 29th November 2010 67KB
Item 5 - Newly Qualified Teacher Support Programme 44KB
Item 6 - Advanced Skills Teacher Scheme 48KB
Item 7 - Social Inclusion Pupil Retention 37KB
Item 8 - Review of School Balances 2009/10 77KB
Item 9 - Additional Funding for LAC 40KB
Item 10 - Allocation of Personalisation Funding 50KB
Item 11 - Day and Residential budget 2010/11 38KB
Item 12 - Early Years Funding Formula Update 56KB
Item 15 - Education Capital Allocation - 2011/12 49KB
Recommendations from the Schools Forum of 31st January 2011 50KB

2009/10

Schools Forum Meeting 21st June - Minutes 56KB
Schools Forum Meeting 21st June - Agenda 28KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 17th May 2010 62KB
- Item 9 - Carbon Reduction 37KB
Schools Forum Meeting 17th May - Agenda 30KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 22nd March 2010 61KB
- Item 6 - School Funding announcement 99KB
- Item 7 - Grant 121 219KB
- Item 8 - School Forum Regulations 345KB
- Item 9 - School Lunch Grant 2010 132KB
- Item 10 - Early Years Single Funding Formula Update 94KB
- Item 11a - Extended Services Subsidy Funding 2010 60KB
- Item 11b - Extended Schools Disadvantage Subsidy Grant 2010/11 44KB
- Item 11c - Calculation example 1 30KB
- Item 11d - Calculation example 2 35KB
Schools Forum Meeting 22nd March - Agenda 31KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 22nd February 2010 56KB
- Item 5 - Learning Platform 47KB
- Item 6 - NQT Support Program 36KB
- Item 6 - NQT Support Program (Appendices) 165KB
- Item 7 - Dedicated Schools Grant (Schools Budget) 2010/11 125KB
- Item 8 - School Development Grant 2010/11 43KB
- Item 8 - School Development Grant 2010/11 (Appendix) 133KB
- Item 9 - Distribution of School Standards Grant (SSG) and School Standards Grant (Personalisation) (SSGP) 2010/11 209KB
- Item 10 - Draft Guidance on Control of School Balances 58KB
- Item 11 - Grant 121 – Harnessing Technology Grant 70KB
- Item 11 - Appendix 1 177KB
- Item 11 - Appendix 2 118KB
Schools Forum Meeting 22nd Feb - Agenda 93KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 14th Dec 2009 48KB
- Item 6 - Personalised (Vulnerable Pupil) Funding 2009-10 229KB
- Item 7 - Schools Forum Report Pupil Places Update 45KB
- Item 8 - Day and Residential overspend 2008/09 40KB
- Item 9 - SEN Review and funding Issues 44KB
- Item 9 - Annex 1 (Sefton SEN Strategy Review Terms of Reference) 44KB
- LSC Presentation - 14th Dec 2009 44KB
Schools Forum Meeting 14th Dec - Agenda 93KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 21st Sept 2009 48KB
- Item 5 - The Dedicated Schools Grant Outturn 2008/9 229KB
- Item 6 - Early Years Funding Formula – Implications for the Maintained Sector 273KB
- Item 7a - Early Years Funding Formula Update 45KB
- Item 7b - Explanatory Notes to the School Finance Regulations 2010 40KB
- Item 8 - Pupil Places in Southport 44KB
Schools Forum Meeting 21st Sept - Agenda 93KB
- Item 3 - Minutes of meeting on 8th June 2009 48KB
- Item 5a - School Finance Regulations 2008 - Proposed amendments 229KB
- Item 5b - Consultation on Schools Finance Regulations 2010 - covering letter 273KB
- Item 5c - Consultation on proposed amendments to the School Finance Regulations 2010 45KB
- Item 5d - Explanatory Notes to the School Finance Regulations 2010 40KB
- Item 6 - Draft Schools Forums Regulations 2009 and term of office for Schools Forum Representatives 44KB
- Item 7 - Implementation of Early Years Formula 2010 158KB
- Item 8 - Update on kitchen dining room funding 61KB

2008/09

Schools Forum meeting 8th June 2009 482KB
- Item 6: Appendix 3 - Formula Allocations to Schools 2009/10 and Indicative Allocations 2010/11 253KB
- Item 9: Appendix 1 - Subsidy Cluster Selection 2009-10 2.00MB
- Item 9: Appendix 2 - Extended Schools Development Workers 118KB

2007/08

Schools Forum meeting 21st April 2008 201KB
Schools Forum meeting 10th March 2008 194KB
Schools Forum meeting 18th February 2008 1,205KB
Schools Forum meeting 12th November 2007 658KB
- Item 5 - Review of Deprivation Funding Appendix 506KB
Schools Forum meeting 24th September 2007 1.29MB
- Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2007 94KB
- Schools Finance (England) Regulations 2008 493KB
- School Balances Analysis 2006-07 1.47MB
- Minutes of meeting 24th September 2007 (draft) 48KB

2006/07

Schools Forum meeting 11th June 2007 246KB
- Schedule of Meeting Dates 2007/08 27KB
Schools Forum meeting 12th March 2007 317KB
- Secondary School Formula Review 492KB
Schools Forum meeting 29th Jan 2007 1.16MB
Schools Forum meeting 6th Nov 2006 1.09MB

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