To approve school forum’s recommended budget proposals for school budgets, central school services and early years within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for 2021/22.

Dedicated Schools Grant funding for the schools block in 2021/22 is £112.95m, which is an increase of £4.5m for primary pupils, £3.8m for secondary pupils, a total of £8.3m although this includes £5m of grant for Teachers pay and pensions which was previously paid separately. The funding for high needs and early years block are provisional and are both subject to final adjustments for pupil numbers and commissioned places. The school funding values and formula calculations are in accordance with the national school funding formula as set by government. The funding above that required to implement the national funding formula is proposed to be distributed to schools at £17 per pupil and £300,000 transferred to the high needs block for 2021/22