Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
The Cabinet will be provided with an update on the school funding position in the light of the new funding regime and asked to approve the school funding formula for 2018/19.
The Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Note the latest position on the national Education Funding Reform and the expected implications for Barking and Dagenham as set out in section 2 of the report;
(ii) Approve the 2018/19 strategy for the Dedicated Schools Budget as set out in section 3 of the report;
(iii) Agree, in principle, the proposed model for allocating school funding in 2018/19 set out in section 4 and Appendix A of the report; and
(iv) Delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Service Development and Integration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement, the Chief Operating Officer and the Schools Forum, to approve the final 2018/19 school funding formula submission to the Education Funding Agency.
Report author: Jane Hargreaves
Publication date: 13/12/2017
Date of decision: 12/12/2017
Decided at meeting: 12/12/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 21/12/2017
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