Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services.

The report outlines the update on the high needs review undertaken by Isos partnership and details of the Department for Education (DfE) “call for evidence” responses received to the consultation launched autumn 2014.

Schools Forum is asked to note the report.

Officer Contact: Peter Hughes on 0161 474 3947 or email peter.hughes@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the high needs review undertaken by Isos partnership and details of the Department for Education (DfE) “call for evidence” responses received to the consultation launched autumn 2014.

It was not known what the next steps in the process for change would be for high needs funding; however given the information that had been released by DfE over the summer relating to 2016/17 funding arrangements for the DSG, it was highly likely that further detailed consultation would be undertaken from either autumn 2015 or spring 2016 before any implementation plan was outlined commencing April 2017 at the earliest.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.