The Schools' Forum 

The Schools Forum is a statutory body made of up of schools and non-schools members. Local Authorities are obliged to consult their Schools Forums annually in respect of issues relating to the schools budget, specifically in connection with the following:

• arrangements for the education of pupils with special educational needs
• arrangements for the use of pupil referral units and the education of children otherwise than at school
• arrangements for early years provision
• administrative arrangements for the allocation of central government grants paid to schools via the authority

The DfE has published a guide on the role of the Schools' Forum.

Schools' Forum reference documents   

• Schools’ Forum Constitution & Terms of Reference 2024-25 (PDF, 190KB)
• Schools' Forum membership (PDF, 137KB)
• Cheshire East Schools’ Forum funding Working Group Terms of Reference 2024 (PDF, 100KB)
• Cheshire East Schools' forum early years reference group terms of reference 2024 (PDF, 300KB)
• Schools' forum funding working group membership 2024 (PDF, 170KB)
• Schools' Forum Declarations of interest 2023-2024 (PDF, 155KB)
• Growth Fund Criteria – as requested by Schools Forum from 2022-2023 (PDF, 88KB)
• Schools’ Forum Glossary of terms and acronyms 2023 (PDF, 196KB)

Schools Funding Formula Consultation 2025/2026

• Consultation document (PDF, 152KB)
• Scenario 1 Lower MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0% (MS Excel, 92KB)
• Scenario 2 Lower MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0.5% (MS Excel, 90KB)
• Scenario 3 Lower MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0.75% (MS Excel, 93KB)
• Scenario 4 Upper MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0% (MS Excel, 92KB)
• Scenario 5 Upper MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0.5% (MS Excel, 92KB)
• Scenario 6 Upper MFG Limit, School Block Transfer 0.75% (MS Excel, 92KB)
• Summary of Scenarios (MS Excel, 39KB)
• School Block Consultation 2025-2026 (PDF, 339KB)

Briefing Presentation

October 2024 Schools' Forum meeting

• Schools’ Forum 3 October 2024 Minutes draft (PDF, 335KB)
• Meeting agenda and papers 3 October 2024 (PDF, 513KB)

June 2024 Schools' Forum meeting

Agenda and papers for this meeting:

• Schools’ Forum 20 June 2024 Minutes agreed (PDF, 301KB)
• Meeting agenda and papers 20 June 2024 (PDF, 871KB)

February 2024 Schools' Forum meeting

Agenda and papers for this meeting: 

• Schools Forum 15 February 2024 Minutes draft (PDF, 367KB)
• Meeting agenda and papers 15 February 2024 (PDF, 487KB)
• Item 6 Appendix 3: Provisional School Listing and Proforma 2024-25 (MS Excel, 195KB)

Schools’ Forum meetings 2024-2025

The meetings of the Schools’ Forum for 2024-2025 are as follows:

• Thursday 03 October 2024 - MS Teams
• Thursday 05 December 2024 - MS Teams
• Thursday 13 February 2025 - MS Teams
• Thursday 12 June 2025 - MS Teams

Meetings to take place 4.30pm - 6.00pm

If you are a member of the Public, please contact Schools.ForumClerk@cheshireeast.gov.uk for details on how to join the meeting.

Agendas and minutes of previous meetings can be accessed below:

• Schools finance information
• 2023 meetings
• 2022 meetings
• 2021 meetings
• 2020 meetings
• 2019 meetings

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