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Kirklees Schools Forum (Schools Funding Consultative Group)
November 2009
warwick.firmin@kirklees.gov.uk
The Kirklees Schools Forum is the legally constituted (Education Act 2002) group which is the principal mechanism for consultation on all
school funding issues between Kirklees LA (Local Authority) and schools.
Minutes of the Kirklees Schools Forum
Membership of the Kirklees Schools Forum
- Schools are represented by headteachers, elected in proportion to the number of pupils to reflect the type and category of school in Kirklees
- There are non-school representatives from the teacher associations
- Additional non-voting places are reserved for invited elected members and representatives of other interested bodies
- Kirklees LA officers support the work of the Kirklees Schools Forum.
The forum members work together to provide a clear consensus of professional advice to education decision-makers, presenting the best and
fairest deployment of limited resources.
Principles and Terms of Reference
The Schools Forum:
- provides a formal channel of communication between the LA and schools as the principal mechanism for consultation concerning the funding
of schools
- provides unambiguous professional advice and strategic direction to education decision-makers regarding the funding of schools
- aims to agree recommendations which present the best possible, most equitable compromise between competing claims on limited resources
through a transparent and properly informed process of discussion in a framework of agreed principles
- has strategic oversight of ALL funding decisions affecting schools so that it can agree recommendations in the context of the full
picture of funding
- has limited powers to make decisions (transferred from Secretary of State in 2006)
- involved in annual consultation in respect of the LA's functions relating to the schools budget in connection with the following:
- pupils with SEN (Special Educational Needs)
- use of PRUs (Pupil Referral Unit) and ETHOS (Educating Those Outside of School)
- early years
- insurance
- revisions to the LA's scheme for the financing of schools
- administration of central government grants to schools including Standards Funds
- arrangements for free school meals
- shall be consulted on any proposed changes to the LEA (Local Educational Authority) school funding formula, and the financial effects of
any proposed changes.
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Schools Forum Constitution (PDF 91kb)