Schools forum
Schools forum
This page gives you information about the Northumberland Schools Forum.
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Please find below details of the schools forum, including agendas, minutes and appendices.
This page will be regularly updated to reflect the new terms of reference and mission of the schools forum.
Find the Schools Forum Work Programme here.
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Director of Children's Services County Hall Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2EF
Meeting and agendas
Agendas
- 19 February 2025
- 22 January 2025
- 27 November 2024
- 17 July 2024
- 14 February 2024
- 17 January 2024
- 22 November 2023
- 27 September 2023
- 19 July 2023
- 15 February 2023
- 18 January 2023
- 16 November 2022
- 28 September 2022
- 6 July 2022
- 16 February 2022
- 19 January 2022
- 17 November 2021
- 29 September 2021
- 7 July 2021
- 24 February 2021
- 13 January 2021
- 18 November 2020
- 30 September 2020
- 1 July 2020
- 12 February 2020
- 15 January 2020
- 20 November 2019
- 2 October 2019
- 3 July 2019
- 27 February 2019
- 16 January 2019
- 21 November 2018
- 26 September 2018
- 4 July 2018
- 20 February 2018
- 17 January 2018
- 14 November 2017
- 27 September 2017
- 12 July 2017
- 17 February 2017
- 18 January 2017
- 8 November 2016
- 29 September 2016
- 29 June 2016
- 23 February 2016
- 14 January 2016
- 21 October 2015
Minutes and appendices for:
19 February 2025
22 January 2025
27 November 2024
17 July 2024
14 February 2024
17 January 2024
22 November 2023
27 September 2023
19 July 2023
15 February 2023
18 January 2023
16 November 2022
- Full Agenda Pack
- Agenda Item 10 NFF and Consultation Report Appendix B
- Agenda Item 10 National Funding Formula and DSG Update FINAL
28 September 2022
6 July 2022
16 February 2022
19 January 2022
17 November 2021
29 September 2021
- Schools Forum Draft Minutes 07 July 2021
- Agenda Item 5 Draft Minutes Formula Funding Committee 15 September 2021
- Agenda Item 6 Schools Forum Capital update March 21 (29.09.21)
- Agenda Item 7 FFfA Consultation Questions and Draft Response
- Agenda Item 8 NFF Briefing
- Agenda Item 9 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021-2022
- Agenda Item 7 Fair Funding For All Consultation
7 July 2021
- 02 Agenda Item 4 Draft Minutes 24 February 2021
- 03 Agenda Item 5 10 March 2021 HN Minutes
- 04 Agenda Item 5 23 June 2021 HN Draft Minutes
- 07 Agenda Item 8 Maintained School Balances as at 31 March 2021
- 08 Agenda Item 9 NIES Update for Schools Forum July 2021
- 09 Agenda Item 10 Scheme for Financing Schools Report 2021-22
- 09a Scheme for Financing Schools September 2021 DRAFT
- 10 Agenda Item 11 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021
24 February 2021
- 02 Minutes 13 January 2021
- 03 Agenda Item 5 - Comms - HN NFF - DfE - Overview
- 04 Agenda Item 5 - Higher Needs Consultation Document
- 05 Agenda Item 6 - 2021-22 School Budget Shares
- 06 Agenda Item 6 - Budget Setting Report 2021-22
- 07 Agenda Item 7 - SF Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021
- 08 Agenda Item 8 - AOB De-delegation Refund 2020-21
13 January 2021
- 02 Minutes - 25 November 2020
- 03 Item 5 DfE Statement on 2021-22 School Funding 17 December 2020
- 04 Item 5 F40 Request for Schools Examples re Covid costs December 2020
- 05 Item 6 Setting the DSG 2021-22 FINAL
- 06 Item 7 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021
18 November 2020
- 02 Minutes 30 September 2020
- 03 Agenda Item 5 FFC 14 October 2020 Minutes
- 04 Agenda Item 5 FFC 04 November 2020 Draft Minutes
- 05 Agenda Item 5 Comms F40 Letter
- Agenda Item 6 SEN Briefing Final
- Agenda Item 7 National Funding Formula and DSG Update and Consultation
- Agenda Item 7 NFF Report Appendix B
- Agenda Item 7 NFF Report Appendix B Excel
- 08 Agenda Item 8 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2020-21
30 September 2020
- Agenda Item 4 - Minutes1 July 2020
- Agenda Item 5 - Communications
- Agenda Item 6 - School Balances
- Agenda Item 7 - DSG Outturns 2019-20 FINAL
- Agenda Item 8 - NFF School Funding Briefing 2021-22
- Agenda Item 9 - Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2020-21
1 July 2020
- Agenda Item 1 - Schools Forum Protocol - live meetings
- Agenda Item 5 - Minutes of last meeting
- Agenda Item 7 - Report Scheme for Financing Schools 2020-21
- Agenda Item 7 - Scheme for Financing Maintained Schools
- Agenda Item 8 - Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting dates 202-21
12 February 2020
- Item-4-Draft-Minutes-15-January-2020
- Item-5-Comms-F40-s-submission-to-Gov-review-on-SEND-Jan-2020
- Item-6-SEN-Update
- Item-6-SEN-Update-Presentation-Schools-Forum_3
- Item-7-2019-20-DSG-Monitoring-Dec-2019
- Item-8-Budget-Setting-Report-2020-21-FINAL
- Item-8-2020-School-Budget-Shares-all-schools-and-academies-DRAFT_1
15 January 2020
- 02 Minutes 20 November 2019
- Agenda Item 5 Comms MPPF Govt Response
- Agenda Item 6 School Balances Information
- Agenda Item 7 Setting the DSG 2020-21
- Agenda Item 8 Schools Forum Work Programme 2020-21
20 November 2019
- 02 Agenda Item 2 - Minutes of 2 October 2019
- 03A Agenda Item 5b AEN - 25.9.19 draft minutes
- Item 5 FF 05.11.19 draft minutes v2
- Item 5 HN 23.10.19 draft minutes
- Item 5 NCC Minimum per Pupil funding response
- Item 6 DSG Summary Sept 2019
- Item 7 Appendix B Overall DSG projections 3 options
- Item 7 Appendix C Primary School Examples
- Item 7 Appendix C Secondary School Comparisons
- Item 7 National Funding Formula and DSG update NOV 2019 FINAL
- Item 8 2020-21 Disapplication Requests
- Schools Forum Work Programme 2020-21
2 October 2019
- 02 Agenda Item 2 - Minutes of 3 July 2019
- 03A Agenda Item 5b AEN - 25.9.19 draft minutes
- 03B Agenda Item 5b.1 Additional Funding to Support SEND provision
- Agenda Item 10 National Funding Formula and DSG update
- Agenda Item 11 Schools Forum Work Programme 2019
- Draft minutes FFC 17 Sept 19
- F40 Response to Government Spending Review Sept 2019
- NE Formula Values report - FINAL
- School Funding Update - Ministerial statement - HCWS1828 - UK Parliament
- Schools Forum Report School Balances at 31 March 2019
- Special Educational Needs in Northumberland 2019
3 July 2019
- Minutes of 27 February 2019 Meeting
- 03 Item 5 Comms - Letters to MPs
- 04 Item 5 Comms - Response from minister re High Needs
- 05 item 5 Comms - Letter re additioanl funding Corbridge Middle School
- 06 Item 7 Call for evidence on SEND & AP funding Draft Response
- 07 Item 8 DSG Outturn 2018-19
- 08 Item 9 NFF update 11 June 2019
- Agenda Item 10 - Draft Educational Growth Funding Policy
- 11 Item 12 Work Programme
27 February 2019
- Minutes of 27 February 2019 Meeting (Draft)
- Item 4 - Minutes of January 2019 Meeting
- Item 5 - News Alerts from f40 Increase funding for Schools petition
- Item 5 - PHS HN letter and sf response
- Item 6 - Early Years funding consultation Feb 2019
- Item 7 - DSG Budget update Jan 2019 Schools forum
- Item 8 - Budget setting report 2019-20
- Item 10 - Schools forum work programme 2019
16 January 2019
- Item 4 - Minutes of November 2018 Meeting
- Item 6 - School Capital Programme Update
- Item 7 - 2017-18 School Balances Information
- Item 8 - Setting the Designated Schools Grant (DSG) 2019-20
- Item 9 - Schools Forum Work Programme 2019
21 November 2018
- 02 - Minutes of September 2018 meeting
- 03 - Comms School Funding Articles
- 04 - 6 November 2018 Formula Funding Committee Draft Minutes
- 05 - School Forum Report - Children Permanently Excluded
- 06 - DSG Budget Update Oct 2018 Schools Forum
- 07 - Formula Value Information and Modelling
- 08 - Teachers Pay Grant Update
- 09 - Appendix Teachers Pay Grant Oct 2018
26 September 2018
- 02 - Minutes of July 2018 meeting
- 03 - National Funding Forumula Information
- 04 - School Balances as at 31 March 2018
- 05 - Local Authority 2018/2019 Funding Reform Proforma
- 06 - Teachers' Pay Grant Methodology
4 July 2018
- 02 - Minutes of February 2018 meeting
- 03 - Fair Funding for schools and the impact of the minimum per pupil funding guarantee
- 04 - DSG Outturn 2017/2018
- 05 - Review of Scheme for Financing Schools
- 06 - Schools Forum Self Assessment Toolkit
- 07 - Scheme for Financing Schools (draft)
20 February 2018
- 04 - Minutes of January 2018 Meeting
- 05 - North of Tyne Devolution - Response
- 05 - F40 Update
- 06 - Final 18/19 DSG
- 07 - Setting the 18/19 High Needs Block Budget
- 09 - Director of Education & Skills - Annual Report 16/17
- 10 - Annual Education Outcomes 16/17
- 11 - 2018 Work Programme and Dates
- 12 - Educating the North
17 January 2018
- NFF Consultation Results
- 04 Minutes 14 November 2018
- 05 North of Tyne Devolution
- 06 Budget Setting 2018-19
- 07 SEN Update January 2018
- 08 2018 Work Programme and Meeting Dates
- 2017 SEN Top Up Payment Policy
14 November 2017
- 03 Minutes 27 September 2017
- 05 Update on the National Funding Formula
- Agenda Item 5 Appendix B
- 06 SEN Update November 2017
27 September 2017
- 04 Minutes 12 July 2017
- 06 Terms of Reference
- 07 DSG Monitoring 2017-18
- 08 Update on the National Funding Formula
- 09 School Balances at 31 March 2017
- 10 SEN Update
- 11 Inclusion Budget Update
- 12 Schools Forum Work Programme
12 July 2017
- 02 Minutes 17 February 2017
- 03.1 Formula Funding Committee 070317 NFF response
- 03.2 Additional Needs Committee 080317 NFF Response
- 03.3 Additional Educational Needs Committee 25 April 2017
- 04 DSG Outturn 2016-17 - Google Docs
- 05 Scheme for Financing Schools
17 February 2017
- Item 1 - Membership and Membership Update
- Item 4a - Final Schools Forum Minutes 18.01
- Item 4b - Matters Arising from Minutes 18 01 17
- Item 6 - Revisions to the DSG for 2017-18
- Item 7 - Setting the High Needs Block 2017-18
- Item 8a - Draft Northumberland letter to SoS - NFF
- Item 8a - National Funding Formula Consultation Stage 2 - Response
- Item 8b - Use of the Contingency Fund
18 January 2017
- 02 (Final) Schools Forum Minutes 08.11.17
- 02.1 AEN Sub Committee minutes 04.01.17
- 03.0 Budget Setting the DSG 2017-18
- 03.1 Annex 1
- 03.2 Early Years Funding Consultation 2017-18
- 04.0 Outcome of Consultation with Schools on DSG (final)
- 05.2 National Funding Formula (NFF) - Stage 2 Consultation - Google Docs
- 05.1 Impact of the Proposed National Funding Formula on School Budgets
- 06 Recoupment of Academy Conversion Costs
- 07 School Apprenticeship Levy
- Addendum DSG
- (New) Annex 3 Schools Block 2017-18
- (New) Annex 4 Proposed Funding Values for 2017-18
Archive 2015/16
8 November 2016
- 02 Schools Forum (Final) Minutes 29.9.16
- 03 Copy of SEND funding and affordability
- 03.1 Appendix A anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per-pupil funding October 2016
- 03.2 Appendix b anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per pupil funding October 2016
- 03.3 Appendix C anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per pupil funding October 2016 impact of High Needs 6K on individual schools
29 September 2016
- 02 (final) SF Minutes 18.05.16
- 03 AEN minutes14.6.16
- 04 Funding streams for education functions
- 06 Funding update
- 07 Holy Island and Longridge Towers
- 08.1 School Balances at 31 March 2016
- 08.2 2015-16 schools balances data
- 08.3 2016-17 school deficit position for AW
- 09.1 Summary of schools in financial difficulty
- 09.2 Summary of DSG underspend 2015-16
- 10 Pupil Premium Update
- Pupil Premium Plus 2016-17 Virtual School planned expenditure
- School Post MFG per pupil 2016-17
- SEND Funding Challenges and Options 2017
29 June 2016
- 02 (final) SF Minutes 18.05.16
- 03 Funding Streams for Education Functions
- 04.1 School Funding Reform Update
- 04.2 Table 2 formula factor values
- 04.3 Table 3 funding cuts
- 05 Dates of SF meetings 2016-17
- Copy Letter to Nicky Morgan MP, DfE re Academy Conversion
- Copy Letter to Nicky Morgan MP, DfE re Inadequate funding
- For Info MEMBERSHIP FOR SUBS Cs
- For Info Schools' Forum Members 2016-17 Current
23 February 2016
- 02 (Final) SF Minutes 14.01.16
- 03 Briefing Note for Formula Funding Committee - St Wilfrid's
- 04 Annual Report of the Director of Education and Skills
- 05 SEND - Self Evaluation Report 2015-16 - draft
- 06 Special Educational Needs and Disability Strategy draft version 4 (Revised)
- 07 Setting the High Needs Block for 2016-17
14 January 2016
- 02 (Final) SF Minutes 21.10.15
- 03.0 Budget Setting 2016-17
- 03.1 Copy of Annex 1-DSG Breakdown 2016-17
- 03.2 Copy of Annex 2 - Schools Block 2016-17
- 03.3 Annex 3 - Proposed Formula Funding Values for 2016.17
- 04.0 Schools Forum Report re Outcomes of Consultation on Admission Appeals
- 04.1 Scheme for Financing Schools April 2016 draft
- 05 Funding for Alternative Provision
- 06 Schools Forum Membership at 2016aj
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