Decision details

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 2019/20.

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 2019/20 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 2019/20, as set out in section 4 and Appendix A to the report; and

(iv)   Delegate authority to the Commissioning Director of Education, in consultation with the Schools Forum, the Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement and the Chief Operating Officer, to approve the final 2019/20 school funding formula submission to the Education Funding Agency.