Issue - meetings

To consider a briefing paper giving an update on DFE/ESFA funding announcements.

The Forum received and noted a briefing paper detailing updates on the Provisional National Funding Formula announcement and additional support provided as part of the Homes for Ukraine programme.

The Forum noted that schools had been allocated an interim payment for the Homes for Ukraine programme but, that the authority was awaiting the full package of funding from Central Government.

In response to questions regarding 2023-24 funding it was explained that no additional funding had been announced but that that anxieties over both the rate of inflation nationally and the need to teachers pay rise were of concern. It was not clear whether there would be any additional funding or whether the additional SSG received in 2022-23 would be regarded as advanced funding for these pressures.

To consider a briefing paper giving an update on DFE/ESFA funding announcements.