The Chair welcomed new members to the meeting.  Apologies for absence were received from J Johnson, D Woollard, E White, R Bevan, N Kelly, S Ayub, B Williams, D Taylor and D Allen.

The appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair was deferred to the next meeting in December 2023.

J Ladner (current Chair) – has indicated she would like to resign from the role but of course will continue until the next Chair is appointed.

Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 20 June 2023, be confirmed as a correct record.

Verbal report (no papers)

The Principal Democratic Services Officer provided a verbal update on the membership and vacancies.

The Board noted that a meeting of the Sub-Group Chairs / leads and the Board’s Chair and Vice-Chair would take place on 13^th October to review the Board’s Constitution / terms of reference and the future governance arrangements, with a view to bring a report to the next meeting in December 2023.

Resolved:

That the update covering the Constitution, membership and vacancies, be noted.

Report to follow

Prior to consideration of the report the Senior Finance Business Partner advised that the Department for Education (DfE) announced on the 6^th October 2023 4.59 pm, that they had made an error during the initial calculations of the National Funding Formula (NFF), specifically an error processing and forecasting pupil numbers into 2024/25 which meant that the overall allocation of the core schools budget for 2024/25 now needs to be revised. And effectively, what this therefore means, that in one part of the formulae, that instead of the original intended  2.4% uplift per pupilfor those schools on the  minimum amounts per pupil, it was now revised to a 1.4% uplift.

The Board noted that a revised report on the DSG would be circulated following the meeting.  The Board expressed its disappointment regarding the DfE error and emphasised that this would have significant implications for all schools in the City.

The Board also asked that a further note for information to be shared to Board Members on the of the newly defined DfE guidance for a Falling Rolls fund.

Resolved:

That the revised report and the remaining valid considerations of this paper at this stage of planning the DSG for 2024/25, be noted.

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(a) Resources S.Group

(b) Performance S. Group

(c) Vulnerable Learners S. Group

Sub-Group minutes to follow

The Board noted that the Performance SG and the Vulnerable Learners Sub Group had not met since the last meeting of the Board.  Reference was made to Minute 13 above in terms of the review of the Schools Forum Constitution and governance arrangements.

The minutes of the Resources Sub Group held on 3^rd October 2023 were noted.

There was no other business conducted at this meeting.

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 12^th December 2023 at 8.45am.