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  01

  Election of Chair and Vice-Chair

  

  To elect a Chair and Vice-Chair of Schools Forum for the 2023-24 academic year.
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  02

  Schools Forum Membership List

  

  To note the Schools Forum membership list and any updates.

  Schools Forum Membership (Sept 23)
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  03

  Apologies

  
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  04

  Declarations of Interest of Items on this Agenda

  
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  05

  Announcements

  
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  06

  Minutes

  

  To consider and approve the minutes of the meeting held on 6 June 2023.

  Printed minutes 06062023 1800 Schools Forum
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  07

  Terms of Reference

  

  To note the Schools Forum terms of reference.

  Camden Schools Forum - Constitution and Terms of Reference
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  08

  Notification of any items of business that the Chair considers urgent

  
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  09

  Funding Update and Schools Funding Consultation: 2024/25

  

  This report updates Schools Forum on the national funding position following the latest July 2023 ESFA technical updates and guidance on schools funding for 2024/25. It provides forum with estimates of the possible impacts on resources up to and beyond 2023/24. It then sets out a draft consultation document for comment by the Forum, seeking the views of schools and other interested parties about any changes to the school funding arrangements for 2024/25.

   

  The report recaps that the schools national funding formula (NFF) was introduced in April 2018 with transitional arrangements whereby local authorities maintain a local funding formula for the distribution of schools and high needs block grants, until 2019/20. It then explains how the updated Education Schools Funding Agency (ESFA) July Guidance for 2023 2024-25 on NFF has now extended this arrangement to 2024/25 and continued its “mirroring” requirement to reduce the difference between individual local formulas and the NFF factors annually by 10%. This now makes 2025/26 the earliest year for the completed national funding formula proposals.

   

  The report also indicates the current budget pressures and the position regarding any possible draw down or addition to Designated Schools Grant (DSG) reserves following the uplifted DSG allocations for 2024/25 announced in July 2023.

   

  The draft consultation section of the report outlines the current and any proposed changes or ESFA statutory requirements to the local Camden funding formula (primary and secondary schools) used for the distribution of the schools DSG block. The recommendation is that there be no changes to the current formula beyond uplifting the local formula factors in line with the general DSG inflation increase for 2024/25 (currently 2.64%) subject to the new ESFA statutory “mirroring” requirements. These ESFA requirements are mainly maximum and minimum factor value requirements introduced to reduce any difference between individual local formula and NFF factors by 10% per year. This approach continues forums earlier aim to wherever possible continue with its current agreed local formula with minimal changes. This is to enable schools to concentrate on dealing with the real terms funding reductions to school budgets (caused by ongoing high levels of inflation and a significant period of below inflation increases to per pupil funding in past years) without introducing new redistributive effects from changes to the local formula at this stage.

   

  The report also explains the timetable leading up to a decision on the funding formula by the authority, which is required prior to the end of October in order to comply with a requirement to inform the government of any changes by 30th November.

  Report - Funding Update and Schools Funding Consultation 2024-25

  Appendix 1 - Consultation re. the allocation of funding to schools in 2024-25

  Appendix 1a - Camden’s School Funding Formula 2023-24

  Appendix 1b - ESFA DETERMINED - MAXIMUM and MINIMUM LOCAL FUNDING FORMULA FACTORS Required for MIRRORING NFF in 2024-25

  Appendix 2 - Camden’s School Funding Formula 2023-24

  Appendix 3 - Summary of Schools Block Funding 2023-24- APT(Jan23) Camden Formula Calculation compared with notional ISB NFF Calculation as at July2023 for 2024-25

  Appendix 4 - ESFA DETERMINED - MAXIMUM and MINIMUM LOCAL FUNDING FORMULA FACTORS Required for MIRRORING NFF in 2024-25- issued by ESFA on 17July 2023

  Appendix 4a - NFF PROFORMA - Factor values and total spend in 2024- 25

  Appendix 5 - The schools national funding formula (NFF) - schools block allocations for LAs 2024-25- as at 17 July 2023

  Appendix 6 - TPAG 2023-24 Allocation Rates – Sept 2023 to March 2024 – 7.12ths

  Appendix 7 - Extract-52.Annex 5 - split site eligibility criteria
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  10

  Schools Forum High Needs Block Sub-group: Recommended Terms of Reference

  

  Following discussion at July Schools Forum, this report sets out proposals for the development of a High Needs Block sub-group of the Schools Forum.  The purpose would be to allow more in-depth consideration of the use of the HNB in partnership with the local authority, bringing high level recommendations back to the Schools Forum.

  Report - Schools Forum High Needs Block Sub-group - Recommended Terms of Reference
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  11

  School Meals Delivery in Schools

  

  Report of the Head of Education Commissioning and School Organisation.

   

  Camden Council reported to Schools Forum in February 2023 concerning the development of the School Meals contract.

   

  This paper sets out the Council’s current position with regard to the future of school meals delivery and the range of options available to the Council.

  Report - School Meals Delivery in Schools

  Appendix Part II - School Meals Delivery in Schools
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  12

  Future Meeting Dates

  

  To note all Schools Forum meeting dates for academic year 2023/24, that will take place at 6.00pm on:

   

  -       13 September 2023

  -       1 November 202

  -       5 December 2023

  -       6 February 2024

  -       4 June 2024

   

   
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  13

  Any other business that the Chair considers urgent

  

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  Schools Forum Membership (Sept 23)

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  Printed minutes 06062023 1800 Schools Forum

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  Camden Schools Forum - Constitution and Terms of Reference

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  Report - Funding Update and Schools Funding Consultation 2024-25

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  Appendix 1 - Consultation re. the allocation of funding to schools in 2024-25

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  Appendix 1a - Camden’s School Funding Formula 2023-24

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  Appendix 1b - ESFA DETERMINED - MAXIMUM and MINIMUM LOCAL FUNDING FORMULA FACTORS Required for MIRRORING NFF in 2024-25

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  Appendix 2 - Camden’s School Funding Formula 2023-24

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  Appendix 3 - Summary of Schools Block Funding 2023-24- APT(Jan23) Camden Formula Calculation compared with notional ISB NFF Calculation as at July2023 for 2024-25

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  Appendix 4 - ESFA DETERMINED - MAXIMUM and MINIMUM LOCAL FUNDING FORMULA FACTORS Required for MIRRORING NFF in 2024-25- issued by ESFA on 17July 2023

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  Appendix 4a - NFF PROFORMA - Factor values and total spend in 2024- 25

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  Appendix 5 - The schools national funding formula (NFF) - schools block allocations for LAs 2024-25- as at 17 July 2023

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  Appendix 6 - TPAG 2023-24 Allocation Rates – Sept 2023 to March 2024 – 7.12ths

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  Appendix 7 - Extract-52.Annex 5 - split site eligibility criteria

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  Report - Schools Forum High Needs Block Sub-group - Recommended Terms of Reference

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  Report - School Meals Delivery in Schools

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  Appendix Part II - School Meals Delivery in Schools

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