Agenda item

Wendy Howells introduced the report (Agenda Item 7) that summarised the bid that had been received from the Willows Primary School to the Primary Schools in Financial Difficulty De-delegated Fund. It was noted that there was a typographical error under section 4.1 as the report did not include an Appendix A.

Wendy Howells reported that the bid was for an amount of £36,118 to cover the cost of staff restructuring and executive support following a formal warning to the school.

At its meeting on the 3^rd July 2018, the Heads Funding Group had agreed to recommend that the Schools’ Forum approve the bid in full, since the costs had already been incurred and had contributed to the deficit position. Approval of the bid would not clear the school’s deficit and it would still be required to implement savings. Receipt of the funding would help repay the deficit in year as planned.

Jonathon Chishick proposed that the Schools’ Forum approve the bid in full and this was seconded by Chris Davis. At the vote the motion was carried.

RESOLVED that the Schools’ Forum approved the bid from the Willows Primary School as set out in section 2.1 of the report.