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142.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

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Noted.

143.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

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There were no apologies for absence.

144.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business.  (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear.  New items will be dealt with under item 6 below).

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There were no items of urgent business.

145.

Declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

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No declarations of interest were made.

146.

Haringey Council's Local Schools Funding Formula for the 2020-21 Financial Year pdf icon PDF 387 KB

This report seeks the Cabinet Member approval for changes to the Council’s local schools funding formula for the 2020-21 financial year in line with the Schools National Funding Formula set out by the Department for Education (DfE).

 

The Chair of Overview and Scrutiny has agreed that the call-in procedure shall not apply to this decision as the action being taken is urgent and time critical and any delay in implementation caused by the call-in procedure would seriously prejudice the Council's or the public's interests. This is in accordance with Part 4, Section H, Paragraph 18 (a) and (b) of the Council Constitution.

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The Cabinet Member for Children and Families considered a report which sought approval for changes to the Council’s local schools funding formula for the 2020-21 financial year in line with the Schools National Funding Formula set out by the Department for Education (DfE).

 

Following consultation by the Council with all maintained schools and academy schools in the borough, Schools Forum asked the Council to continue the existing local school funding formula. However, given the nature of the funding settlement, a number of adjustments are required to the local funding formula for the 2020-21 financial year, and these are set out in the recommendations below.

 

Following approval, the funding allocation for the year 2020-21 must then be submitted to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) via the Authority proforma tool (APT) by 21st January 2019.

Following a meeting of the Haringey Schools’ Forum on 16th January 2020, updated recommendations were put forward. These were put to the Cabinet Member in the form of a tabled addendum with legal and finance comments accompanying the updated recommendations.

RESOLVED

  1. To agree the (Model 1 – Option A) as the local schools funding formula for the 2020/21 financial year.
  2. To approve Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG)*: Set at 1.35% and capping at 1.84% per pupil.
  3. That the Growth Fund be maintained at £932,000 for the financial year 2020-21.
  4. That there be no transfer from Schools Block to High Needs Block in 2020-2021.
  5. To approve the transfer of £122,000 to Central Block from Schools Block DSG as a top slice mechanism for statutory service relating to the Education Welfare Services.
  6. To approve de-delegation of £179,000 for a support fund for School’s in Financial Difficulty.
  7. To approve de-delegation of trade Union Facilities Time of £117,000.

 

Reason for recommendations

 

As set out in the published report, in addition de-delegation of funding is charged to maintained schools only to provide services to these schools. It is part of the local funding formula that the School’s Forum agrees but this was not included in the published Cabinet Signing report but has been agreed by the Schools Forum.

 

The original funding models were calculated based on provisional allocation published by the ESFA.  

 

However, when ESFA published DSG allocation for financial year 2020-21, Haringey Council was awarded additional funding for the school budget which will be distributed by raising MFG level from 0.74 to 1.35 to ensure schools received maximum funding for the financial year.

 

Alternative Options Considered.

 

As set out in the published report, the alternative option to use Model 2[Option B] This option / model was not agreed with by the Schools Forum on the 16th of January 2020. The consultation results showed a strong preference for Model 1[Option A]. Model 2 contained: Minimum Funding Guarantee: Set at 0.54% and capping at 0.70%. High Needs Block Transfer: 0.25%

 

Additionally, the choice to disagree top-slicing the Education Welfare Service contribution of £122k from the Schools Block and transferring to the Central Services Block. This was not approved  ...  view the full minutes text for item 146.

147.

New Items of Urgent Business

To consider any items of urgent business as identified at item 3.

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N/A.