Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education.

The report provides an update on the key announcements made by the Department for Education (DfE) on the education funding settlement for 2024/25.

The Cabinet is recommended to:

(1) Note the details of the Education Funding Settlement for 2024/25.

(2) Approve the construction of the early year’s budget as per section 3.1 to 3.2 and the updated 2024/25 local funding formula for schools as outlined in sections 3.3. to 3.5 and detailed in the table(s) in section 6.2 which will form the basis of the calculation of school budgets and be notified to the DfE in accordance with statutory requirements.

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

The Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education (Councillor Wendy Meikle) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the key announcements made by the Department for Education (DfE) on the education funding settlement for 2024/25.

RESOLVED - (1) That the details of the Education Funding Settlement for 2024/25 be noted.

(2) That approval be given to the construction of the early year’s budget as per section 3.1 to 3.2 and the updated 2024/25 local funding formula for schools as outlined in sections 3.3. to 3.5 and detailed in the table(s) in section 6.2 which will form the basis of the calculation of school budgets and be notified to the DfE in accordance with statutory requirements.

To consider a report of the Director of Children’s Services.

The report provides an update on the key announcements made by the Department for Education (DfE) on the education funding settlement for 2024/25 and the local funding formula models to be used to determine the individual 2024/25 budgets for early years providers and schools in Stockport.

The Scrutiny Committee is asked to consider and comment on the report.

Officer contact: Peter Hughes, 0161 474 3947| peter.hughes@stockport.gov.uk

The Director of Children’s Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on the key announcements made by the Department for Education (DfE) on the education funding settlement for 2024/25 and the local funding formula models to be used to determine the individual 2024/25 budgets for early years providers and schools in Stockport.

The Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education (Councillor Wendy Meikle) attended the meeting to respond to questions from the Scrutiny Committee.

Members welcomed the report and thanked the officers for the details of the report.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.