Agenda item

Jane Seymour introduced the report (Agenda Item 8), which aimed to inform the Schools’ Forum of the proposed action in response to concerns expressed by some mainstream schools with resourced units, in that they had a shortfall in funding, and to seek agreement from the Schools’ Forum regarding the action proposed within the report.

It was proposed under section five of the report that a survey was sent to all schools with resourced units in December 2019 to identify specific pressure areas and enable a targeted review of resourced school funding to take place.  It was also proposed that any potential changes required to the resourced unit banding system were identified and considered by the Heads Funding Group and Schools Forum in March 2020, in the context of the High Needs Block (HNB) shortfall in 2020-21. Jane Seymour stressed that it was important that pressure on the HNB was kept in mind when considering what action should be taken.

The Chairman invited members of the Schools’ Forum to consider and vote on the proposals contained within the report. Catie Colston proposed that the Schools’ Forum agreed the proposals set out in section five of the report and this was seconded by Jon Hewitt. At the vote the motion was carried.

RESOLVED that the proposals under section five of the report were agreed by the Schools’ Forum.