Agenda item

Lisa Potts introduced the report (Agenda Item 7), which set out the details, cost and charges to schools of the services on which maintained school representatives were required to vote (on an annual basis).

Lisa Potts reported that none of the services identified in the report for de-delegation had changed from previous years. A list of these services could be found under section 2.1 of the report along with a breakdown of the costs for each of the individual services for primaries and secondaries. The values in Appendix A were based on the previous year’s census data from October 2023 and the actual calculations would be based on the October 2024 census data once available.

Lisa Potts reported that the consultation with schools had included a question asking if schools agreed that the services should be de-delegated. There were 15 responses, and all had agreed. For next year, all the services would be reviewed along with the implications if they were not de-delegated in 2026/27. This piece of work would be brought back to the Schools’ Forum around springtime 2025.

(The Chair directed the Schools’ Forum back to item six to consider recommendation 2.1 (e))