Issue - meetings

Report CEF19006

The Schools’ Forum considered an outline of the Local Authority’s draft response to the DfE consultation entitled: Financial Transparency of Local Authority Maintained Schools and Academy Trusts.

The Head of Schools’ Finance Support Team provided an overview of the consultation explaining that following a review of the consultation the Schools’ Finance Team had concluded that there would be no significant impact to the LA’s Maintained School as many of the proposals were already a requirement placed on schools by the LA.

The Primary Maintained Headteacher Representative noted that additional resources should be in place to mitigate against any additional burden.  In response, the Head of Schools’ Finance Support Team explained that it would be difficult to quantify any additional burden but if schools were able to quantify any additional burdens arising from the proposals they were encouraged to respond to the consultation on an individual basis.

RESOLVED: That the Local Authority Response to the DfE consultation into Financial Transparency of Local Authority Maintained Schools and Academy Trusts be endorsed.