Observer Status Only

The Schools’ Forum is both a consultative and decision-making body who purpose is to advise the local authority in line with the Schools’ Forum (England) Regulations 2012.  In the event that any item within this constitution contradicts these regulations, the regulations will take precedence.

Regulations state that the local authority must consult the Schools’ Forum annually in connection with various schools’ budget functions, namely:

•           amendments to the school funding formula, for which the voting is restricted          by the exclusion of non-schools’ members except for PVI representatives

•           arrangements for the education of pupils with special educational needs in            particular the places to be commissioned by the local authority and schools        and the arrangements for paying top-up funding

•           arrangements for the use of pupil referral units and the education of children         otherwise than at school, in particular the places to be commissioned by the local authority and schools and the arrangements for paying top-up funding

•           arrangements for early years provision

•           administrative arrangements for the allocation of central government grants          paid to schools via the local authority