Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Borough Treasurer.

The report provides Schools’ Forum members with details of the 2018/19 Schools Funding Settlement released on 20 December 2017 by the Department for Education (DfE).

Schools Forum Members are asked to note the report.

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 Schools’ Forum members with details of the 2018/19 Schools Funding Settlement released on 20 December 2017 by the Department for Education (DfE).

The following comments were made/issues raised:

·         Headteacher representatives sought information as to how the new School Improvement and Brokering grant would be deployed.  In response, Members were advised that in the main, funding would be used to support interventions and strategies for schools identified in an Ofsted category or a Local Authority school which was causing concern, alongside school to school support programmes.  A further update and spend plan details would be provided to Schools Forum members in due course.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.