To approve school forum’s recommended budget proposals for school budgets, central school services and early years within the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) for 2022/23.

Dedicated Schools Grant funding for the schools block in 2022/23 is £116.5m, which is an increase of £1.6m for primary pupils, £1.8m for secondary pupils, a total of £3.4m. In additional the government have announced a supplementary grant for schools valued at £3.8m (£3m for mainstream schools and £0.8m for high needs). 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 £0.5m funding above that required to implement the national funding formula is to be transferred to the high needs block for 2022/23.