Issue - meetings

To consider a report from the Borough Treasurer.

The report provides Schools’ Forum members with an update on the Schools’ Financial Consultation.

Schools Forum Members are asked to:

a)    Note the report and

b)   Offer any views or comments in relation to the proposals outlined at Section 6.3 for the Services to People SMT to consider prior to confirming final proposals to be presented to the Cabinet for approval.

c)    Determine if the secondary split site factor value issue is to be taken back to the consortia meeting for further discussion.

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

A representative of the Borough Treasurer submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) which provided members with an update on the Schools’ Financial Consultation.

The following comments were made/issues raised:

·         Some Members of the Forum raised the issue of headroom monies and felt that the addition of new Free Schools meant that there would not be any headroom.  In response, Members were advised that this was not necessarily the case.  Some updated modelling had been done and there was still headroom in both the primary and secondary sectors but the level of headroom will not be as much.  It was envisaged that the DfE would release updated data in the next couple of weeks and that this would be reported to the January meeting of the Schools Forum.

RESOLVED – (i) That the report be noted.

(ii) That Schools’ Forum members support the LA ‘minded to’ proposals presented.

(iii) The secondary split site factor value issue had been taken back to the consortia meeting for further discussion earlier today and the revised voting position was now 4 for and 5 against, with Marple Hall abstaining.