Schools Forum Elections
Schools Forum still has several vacancies representatives form the following:
- 2 vacancies for primary maintained schools
- 2 vacancies for primary academies
- 4 vacancies for secondary academies.
- 1 Headteacher or a senior leadership member for a primary academy
- 1 Headteacher or a senior leadership member for a secondary academy
The role of The Schools Forum is to act as a consultative body with regard to a range of funding decisions as listed in the terms of reference and the Education and Skills Funding Agency publication Schools Forum Powers and Responsibilities.
Over the next couple of years School Forum will be consulted on a number of important areas which will have a significant impact on Warwickshire schools.
These areas will cover:
- Proposed changes to the way children with an Education, Health and Care Plan are funded
- Anticipated government consultation on moving to the full National Funding Formula
- Different ways to support our smallest primary schools which have not benefited for recent changes to the funding formula as opposed to our larger primary schools
- Work with Warwickshire in developing a deficit recovery plan for our high needs funding overspend.
- Ensure money allocated to our early year’s providers is in line with national funding guidelines.
If you are elected to Schools Forum you will be required to serve for a period of two years.
The term of office for successful candidate’s will start in the autumn term 2020. Meetings are on a Thursday starting at 1pm and finishing around 3.30pm. It is likely these meeting for the foreseeable future will be done virtually.
Future meetings dates
- 1 October 2020
- 3 December 2020
- 14 January 2021
- 18 March 2021
You can find the :
School Governor Nomination form here
School Headteacher (or their representative) Nomination form here
Deadline for nominations to be submitted is Friday 18 September.
Please send any enquiries to schoolfunding@warwickshire.gov.uk