Issue - meetings

Briefing ED14047

The Sub-Committee considered an information briefing outlining the details of the documentation on fairer schools funding recently released for consultation by the Department for Education.

The Department for Education was currently undertaking a consultation on plans to allocate an additional £350m funding to schools in 2015/16, to increase the per-pupil budgets for the least fairly funded local areas.  The proposal aimed to ensure that in 2015/16, every local area would attract a minimum level of funding for each of its pupils and schools, making the distribution of funding fairer, whilst ensuring that no area received a cut to its per-pupil budget.  The consultation on these proposals would close on 30^th April 2014, and it was expected the results of the consultation would be published in Summer 2014.

Bromley was currently one of the lowest funded local authorities in London and under the proposals could potentially benefit from £19.1m additional funding for all schools in the Borough in 2015/16, including Local Authority Maintained schools and academy and free schools.

In discussion, Members were advised that the Schools Forum would develop its response to the consultation at its meeting on 24^th April 2014.

RESOLVED that the information briefing be noted.