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• 14 February 2024
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• 22 November 2023
• 27 September 2023
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• 18 January 2023
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• 28 September 2022
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• 19 January 2022
• 17 November 2021
• 29 September 2021
• 7 July 2021
• 24 February 2021
• 13 January 2021
• 18 November 2020
• 30 September 2020
• 1 July 2020
• 12 February 2020
• 15 January 2020
• 20 November 2019
• 2 October 2019
• 3 July 2019
• 27 February 2019
• 16 January 2019
• 21 November 2018
• 26 September 2018
• 4 July 2018
• 20 February 2018
• 17 January 2018
• 14 November 2017
• 27 September 2017
• 12 July 2017
• 17 February 2017
• 18 January 2017
• 8 November 2016
• 29 September 2016
• 29 June 2016
• 23 February 2016
• 14 January 2016
• 21 October 2015

Minutes and appendices for:

• Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 6 Setting the DSG 2024-25 FINAL

• Agenda Pack

• Agenda Pack

• Agenda Pack
• Agenda 8 DSG Budget Update 2023/24
• Agenda Item 6 Schools Forum Membership

• Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 7 DSG Provisional Outturn 2022-23

• Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 7 Budget Setting Report 2023-24 FINAL

• Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 7 Setting the DSG 2023-24 FINAL

• Full Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 10 NFF and Consultation Report Appendix B
• Agenda Item 10 National Funding Formula and DSG Update FINAL

• Full Agenda Pack

• Full Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 6 DSG Outturn 2021-22

• Full Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 6 Budget Setting Report 2022-23 Final

• Full Agenda Pack
• Agenda-Item-7-De-delegation-Decision-2022-23

• Full Agenda Pack
• Agenda Item 7 Sparsity Funding Consultation Response and 2022-23 Funding Formula

• Schools Forum Draft Minutes 07 July 2021 
• Agenda Item 5 Draft Minutes Formula Funding Committee 15 September 2021 
• Agenda Item 6 Schools Forum Capital update March 21 (29.09.21) 
• Agenda Item 7 FFfA Consultation Questions and Draft Response 
• Agenda Item 8 NFF Briefing 
• Agenda Item 9 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021-2022 
• Agenda Item 7 Fair Funding For All Consultation 

• 02 Agenda Item 4 Draft Minutes 24 February 2021 
• 03 Agenda Item 5 10 March 2021 HN Minutes 
• 04 Agenda Item 5 23 June 2021 HN Draft Minutes
• 07 Agenda Item 8 Maintained School Balances as at 31 March 2021 
• 08 Agenda Item 9 NIES Update for Schools Forum July 2021 
• 09 Agenda Item 10 Scheme for Financing Schools Report 2021-22 
• 09a Scheme for Financing Schools September 2021 DRAFT 
• 10 Agenda Item 11 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021 

• 02 Minutes 13 January 2021
• 03 Agenda Item 5 – Comms – HN NFF – DfE – Overview 
• 04 Agenda Item 5 – Higher Needs Consultation Document 
• 05 Agenda Item 6 - 2021-22 School Budget Shares
• 06 Agenda Item 6 - Budget Setting Report 2021-22
• 07 Agenda Item 7 – SF Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021 
• 08 Agenda Item 8 - AOB De-delegation Refund 2020-21

• 02 Minutes - 25 November 2020
• 03 Item 5 DfE Statement on 2021-22 School Funding 17 December 2020 
• 04 Item 5 F40 Request for Schools Examples re Covid costs December 2020
• 05 Item 6 Setting the DSG 2021-22 FINAL 
• 06 Item 7 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2021 

• 02 Minutes 30 September 2020
• 03 Agenda Item 5 FFC 14 October 2020 Minutes 
• 04 Agenda Item 5 FFC 04 November 2020 Draft Minutes 
• 05 Agenda Item 5 Comms F40 Letter 
• Agenda Item 6 SEN Briefing Final 
• Agenda Item 7 National Funding Formula and DSG Update and Consultation 
• Agenda Item 7 NFF Report Appendix B 
• Agenda Item 7 NFF Report Appendix B Excel
• 08 Agenda Item 8 Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2020-21 

• Agenda Item 4 – Minutes1 July 2020 
• Agenda Item 5 – Communications 
• Agenda Item 6 – School Balances 
• Agenda Item 7 – DSG Outturns 2019-20 FINAL 
• Agenda Item 8 – NFF School Funding Briefing 2021-22 
• Agenda Item 9 – Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting Dates 2020-21 

• Agenda Item 1 - Schools Forum Protocol - live meetings
• Agenda Item 5 - Minutes of last meeting
• Agenda Item 7 - Report Scheme for Financing Schools 2020-21
• Agenda Item 7 - Scheme for Financing Maintained Schools
• Agenda Item 8 - Schools Forum Work Programme and Meeting dates 202-21

• Item-4-Draft-Minutes-15-January-2020
• Item-5-Comms-F40-s-submission-to-Gov-review-on-SEND-Jan-2020
• Item-6-SEN-Update
• Item-6-SEN-Update-Presentation-Schools-Forum_3
• Item-7-2019-20-DSG-Monitoring-Dec-2019
• Item-8-Budget-Setting-Report-2020-21-FINAL
• Item-8-2020-School-Budget-Shares-all-schools-and-academies-DRAFT_1

• 02 Minutes 20 November 2019
• Agenda Item 5 Comms MPPF Govt Response
• Agenda Item 6 School Balances Information
• Agenda Item 7  Setting the DSG 2020-21
• Agenda Item 8 Schools Forum Work Programme 2020-21

• 02 Agenda Item 2 – Minutes of 2 October 2019 
• 03A Agenda Item 5b AEN - 25.9.19 draft minutes 
• Item 5 FF 05.11.19 draft minutes v2
• Item 5 HN 23.10.19 draft minutes
• Item 5 NCC Minimum per Pupil funding response
• Item 6 DSG Summary Sept 2019
• Item 7 Appendix B Overall DSG projections 3 options
• Item 7 Appendix C Primary School Examples
• Item 7 Appendix C Secondary School Comparisons
• Item 7 National Funding Formula and DSG update NOV 2019 FINAL
• Item 8 2020-21 Disapplication Requests
• Schools Forum Work Programme 2020-21
   

• 02 Agenda Item 2 – Minutes of 3 July 2019 
• 03A Agenda Item 5b AEN - 25.9.19 draft minutes 
• 03B Agenda Item 5b.1 Additional Funding to Support SEND provision
• Agenda Item 10 National Funding Formula and DSG update
• Agenda Item 11 Schools Forum Work Programme 2019
• Draft minutes FFC 17 Sept 19
• F40 Response to Government Spending Review Sept 2019
• NE Formula Values report – FINAL
• School Funding Update – Ministerial statement - HCWS1828 - UK Parliament
• Schools Forum Report School Balances at 31 March 2019
• Special Educational Needs in Northumberland 2019

• Minutes of 27 February 2019 Meeting
• 03 Item 5 Comms - Letters to MPs
• 04 Item 5 Comms - Response from minister re High Needs
• 05 item 5 Comms - Letter re additioanl funding Corbridge Middle School
• 06 Item 7 Call for evidence on SEND & AP funding Draft Response
• 07 Item 8 DSG Outturn 2018-19
• 08 Item  9 NFF update 11 June 2019
• Agenda Item 10 – Draft Educational Growth Funding Policy 
• 11 Item 12 Work Programme

• Minutes of 27 February 2019 Meeting (Draft)
• Item 4 - Minutes of January 2019 Meeting
• Item 5 - News Alerts from f40 Increase funding for Schools petition
• Item 5 - PHS HN letter and sf response
• Item 6 - Early Years funding consultation Feb 2019
• Item 7 - DSG Budget update Jan 2019 Schools forum
• Item 8 - Budget setting report 2019-20
• Item 10 - Schools forum work programme 2019

• Item 4 - Minutes of November 2018 Meeting
• Item 6 - School Capital Programme Update
• Item 7 - 2017-18 School Balances Information
• Item 8 - Setting the Designated Schools Grant (DSG) 2019-20
• Item 9 - Schools Forum Work Programme 2019

• 02 - Minutes of September 2018 meeting
• 03 - Comms School Funding Articles
• 04 - 6 November 2018 Formula Funding Committee Draft Minutes
• 05 - School Forum Report - Children Permanently Excluded
• 06 - DSG Budget Update Oct 2018 Schools Forum
• 07 - Formula Value Information and Modelling
• 08 - Teachers Pay Grant Update
• 09 - Appendix Teachers Pay Grant Oct 2018 

• 02 - Minutes of July 2018 meeting
• 03 - National Funding Forumula Information
• 04 - School Balances as at 31 March 2018
• 05 - Local Authority 2018/2019 Funding Reform Proforma
• 06 - Teachers' Pay Grant Methodology

• 02 - Minutes of February 2018 meeting
• 03 - Fair Funding for schools and the impact of the minimum per pupil funding guarantee
• 04 - DSG Outturn 2017/2018
• 05 - Review of Scheme for Financing Schools
• 06 - Schools Forum Self Assessment Toolkit
• 07 - Scheme for Financing Schools (draft)

• 04 - Minutes of January 2018 Meeting
• 05 - North of Tyne Devolution - Response
• 05 - F40 Update
• 06 - Final 18/19 DSG
• 07 - Setting the 18/19 High Needs Block Budget
• 09 - Director of Education & Skills - Annual Report 16/17
• 10 - Annual Education Outcomes 16/17
• 11 - 2018 Work Programme and Dates
• 12 - Educating the North

• NFF Consultation Results
• 04 Minutes 14 November 2018
• 05 North of Tyne Devolution
• 06 Budget Setting 2018-19
• 07 SEN Update January 2018
• 08 2018 Work Programme and Meeting Dates
• 2017 SEN Top Up Payment Policy

14 November 2017

• 03 Minutes 27 September 2017
• 05 Update on the National Funding Formula
• Agenda Item 5 Appendix B
• 06 SEN Update November 2017

• 04 Minutes 12 July 2017
• 06 Terms of Reference
• 07 DSG Monitoring 2017-18
• 08 Update on the National Funding Formula
• 09 School Balances at 31 March 2017
• 10 SEN Update
• 11 Inclusion Budget Update
• 12 Schools Forum Work Programme

• 02 Minutes 17 February 2017
• 03.1 Formula Funding Committee 070317 NFF response
• 03.2 Additional Needs Committee 080317 NFF Response
• 03.3 Additional Educational Needs Committee 25 April 2017
• 04 DSG Outturn 2016-17 - Google Docs
• 05 Scheme for Financing Schools

17 February 2017

• Item 1 - Membership and Membership Update
• Item 4a - Final Schools Forum Minutes 18.01
• Item 4b - Matters Arising from Minutes 18 01 17
• Item 6 - Revisions to the DSG for 2017-18
• Item 7 - Setting the High Needs Block 2017-18
• Item 8a - Draft Northumberland letter to SoS – NFF
• Item 8a - National Funding Formula Consultation Stage 2 – Response
• Item 8b - Use of the Contingency Fund

18 January 2017

• 02 (Final) Schools Forum Minutes 08.11.17
• 02.1 AEN Sub Committee minutes 04.01.17
• 03.0 Budget Setting the DSG 2017-18
• 03.1 Annex 1
• 03.2 Early Years Funding Consultation 2017-18
• 04.0 Outcome of Consultation with Schools on DSG (final)
• 05.2 National Funding Formula (NFF) - Stage 2 Consultation - Google Docs
• 05.1 Impact of the Proposed National Funding Formula on School Budgets
• 06 Recoupment of Academy Conversion Costs
• 07 School Apprenticeship Levy
• Addendum DSG
• (New) Annex 3 Schools Block 2017-18
• (New) Annex 4 Proposed Funding Values for 2017-18

8 November 2016

• 02 Schools Forum (Final) Minutes 29.9.16
• 03 Copy of SEND funding and affordability
• 03.1 Appendix A anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per-pupil funding October 2016
• 03.2 Appendix b anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per pupil funding October 2016
• 03.3 Appendix C anonymised Northumberland mainstream schools per pupil funding October 2016 impact of High Needs 6K on individual schools

29 September 2016

• 02 (final) SF Minutes 18.05.16
• 03 AEN minutes14.6.16
• 04 Funding streams for education functions
• 06 Funding update
• 07 Holy Island and Longridge Towers
• 08.1 School Balances at 31 March 2016
• 08.2 2015-16 schools balances data
• 08.3 2016-17 school deficit position for AW
• 09.1 Summary of schools in financial difficulty
• 09.2 Summary of DSG underspend 2015-16
• 10 Pupil Premium Update
• Pupil Premium Plus 2016-17 Virtual School planned expenditure
• School Post MFG per pupil 2016-17
• SEND Funding Challenges and Options 2017

29 June 2016

• 02 (final) SF Minutes 18.05.16
• 03 Funding Streams for Education Functions
• 04.1 School Funding Reform Update
• 04.2 Table 2 formula factor values
• 04.3 Table 3 funding cuts
• 05 Dates of SF meetings 2016-17
• Copy Letter to Nicky Morgan MP, DfE re Academy Conversion
• Copy Letter to Nicky Morgan MP, DfE re Inadequate funding
• For Info MEMBERSHIP FOR SUBS Cs
• For Info Schools' Forum Members 2016-17 Current
   

23 February 2016

• 02 (Final) SF Minutes 14.01.16
• 03 Briefing Note for Formula Funding Committee - St Wilfrid's
• 04 Annual Report of the Director of Education and Skills
• 05 SEND - Self Evaluation Report 2015-16 - draft
• 06 Special Educational Needs and Disability Strategy draft version 4 (Revised)
• 07 Setting the High Needs Block for 2016-17

14 January 2016

• 02 (Final) SF Minutes 21.10.15
• 03.0 Budget Setting 2016-17
• 03.1 Copy of Annex 1-DSG Breakdown 2016-17
• 03.2 Copy of Annex 2 - Schools Block 2016-17
• 03.3 Annex 3 - Proposed Formula Funding Values for 2016.17
• 04.0 Schools Forum Report re Outcomes of Consultation on Admission Appeals
• 04.1  Scheme for Financing Schools April 2016 draft
• 05 Funding for Alternative Provision
• 06 Schools Forum Membership at 2016aj

• schools forums: powers and responsibilities 2015-2016
• schools forums: structure
• schools forums: self-assessment toolkit
• schools forums: good practice guide