Agenda

Clerk to report.

Declarations are only required where an individual member of the Forum has a pecuniary interest in an item on the agenda.

To review the membership of the Forum.

To advise the Schools Forum of the feedback on the audit work undertaken in          2014/15.

(i)            To advise the Schools Forum of the latest Dedicated Schools Grant allocation for 2015-16.

(ii)          To advise the Schools Forum of the Schools Budget carry forward from the 2014-15 financial year and the balances carried forward by individual schools.

(iii)         To request the appointment of a panel of the Forum to allocate the contingency for schools in financial difficulty.

To provide Schools Forum members with an update on the Governments proposals for extending the free entitlement for working parents. 

To provide the Schools Forum with an update on activity since the last forum and detail financial plans for the previous and current financial year in response to questions raised at the May 2015 Schools Forum.

To provide Schools Forum members with an update on Educational Placements for 16 -25 years olds with Special Educational Needs and Complex Needs, and the potential impact on the High Needs Block budget.

To provide Schools Forum members with an update on support for preschool children with Special Educational needs and Complex Needs in Childcare Settings

• Early Years
• High Needs
• Traded services

To inform the Forum of the proposed work plan for 2015-16 and provide members with an opportunity to add additional items.

·         22 October 2015

·         3 December 2015

·         14 January 2016

·         25 February 2016

·         19 May 2016

·         30 June 2016