Issue - decisions

Schools Block Funding Settlement 2023-24

23/02/2023 - Schools Block Funding Settlement 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.