Issue - meetings

Report CEF20022

The report provided the information on the levels of use of the falling rolls fund.

It was noted that many of the schools in receipt of the funding had rolls consistently lower than their PAN and it was suggested that it was not sustainable to fund rolls consistently lower than PAN.  The intention had been for the fund to meet a shorter term need not a longer term structural issue.

The Forum noted that 10 schools had received falling rolls funding for two years or more.

The Vice-Chairman proposed that the recommendations in the report be approved:

Funding should be awarded to schools for no more than 2 years and that the Local Authority consider encouraging any school that has not reached PAN in 3 years or more to reduce PAN.

The motion was seconded by David Wilcox, put to the vote and CARRIED.

The Chairman highlighted that he had asked Officers to circulate details of the allocations to members of the Schools’ Forum.

The Schools’ Forum also noted that any surplus monies from the falling rolls fund would transfer back into the Schools’ Block and be distributed to all schools.

RESOLVED: That the Falling Rolls Fund continue with the additional criteria that funding should be awarded to schools for no more than 2 years and that the Local Authority consider encouraging any school that has not reached PAN in 3 years or more to reduce PAN.