Issue - meetings

RESOLVED to:

1)   Note the overall Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) settlement for 2023-24 and the additional grant for schools;

2)   Note the Schools Block allocation for 2023-24;

3)   Note the National Funding Formula multipliers set out at Appendix 2 to the report;

4)   Approve the local mainstream formula multipliers, set out at Appendix 3 to the report, as the basis for calculating Derbyshire school and academy budgets;

5)   Approve a Minimum Funding Guarantee of 0.5% per pupil for 2023-24;

6)   Approve that no cap on individual school gains will be applied in 2023-24;

7)   Approve the request from the Schools Forum to de-delegate/top-slice funds from LA maintained primary and secondary schools’ 2023-24 budgets for the services listed at Appendix 4 to the report;

8)   Note the Pupil Growth Fund settlement and the budget decisions approved by the Schools Forum;

9)   Approve that any matters of detail regarding the calculation of school budgets be delegated to the Executive Director for Children’s Services and the Interim Director of Finance & ICT in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education; and

10)                Agree to receive further reports on the other DSG blocks at future meetings.

Councillor A Dale introduced a report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, seeking approval of the basis for calculating mainstream school and academy budgets for 2023-24.

RESOLVED to:

1)   Note the overall Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) settlement for 2023-24 and the additional grant for schools;

2)   Note the Schools Block allocation for 2023-24;

3)   Note the National Funding Formula multipliers set out at Appendix 2 to the report;

4)   Approve the local mainstream formula multipliers, set out at Appendix 3 to the report, as the basis for calculating Derbyshire school and academy budgets;

5)   Approve a Minimum Funding Guarantee of 0.5% per pupil for 2023-24;

6)   Approve that no cap on individual school gains will be applied in 2023-24;

7)   Approve the request from the Schools Forum to de-delegate/top-slice funds from LA maintained primary and secondary schools’ 2023-24 budgets for the services listed at Appendix 4 to the report;

8)   Note the Pupil Growth Fund settlement and the budget decisions approved by the Schools Forum;

9)   Approve that any matters of detail regarding the calculation of school budgets be delegated to the Executive Director for Children’s Services and the Interim Director of Finance & ICT in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education; and

10)                Agree to receive further reports on the other DSG blocks at future meetings.