The Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Note the latest position on the national Education Funding Reform and the likely implications for Barking and Dagenham;
(ii) Agree, in principle, the proposed model for allocating school funding in 2017/18 as set out in section 3 and Appendix A of the report; and
(iii) Delegate authority to the Strategic Director of Service Development and Integration, in consultation with the Schools Forum and the Cabinet Member for Educational Attainment and School Improvement, to approve the final 2017/18 school funding formula submission to the Education Funding Agency.