Devon Education Forum
This Independent Committee makes representations to the County Council
What does the Forum do?
Statutory responsibilities
Schools Forums are governed by the Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2010.
The Forum has a consultative and advisory role in school funding and financial matters. It will not hold a budget, and Regulations do not allow it a decision-making role. However, the Forum must be consulted and agree if the proposed percentage increase to the centrally managed share of the Designated Schools Grant (DSG) is greater than the overall DSG settlement. If the Forum does not agree, the Authority can appeal to the DfE.
Therefore a duty is laid on the Local Authority to consult the Forum about any proposed change to the school funding formula, about the financial effect of such a change and, annually, about the following matters relating to the schools budget:
- Pupils with Special Education Needs.
- Pupil Referral Units and "Education Otherwise".
- Early years education.
- Insurance.
- Any prospective revision to the funding scheme.
- Arrangements for paying Central Government grant to schools.
- Arrangements for free school meals.
The LA may also consult the Schools Forum about any other matter relating to the funding of schools.
Non statutory responsibilities
The County Council has agreed that the Forum will be consulted on all educational issues that affect young people aged 0 – 19.
The following standing groups (listed below) have been established to look at detailed proposals on all 0-19 education issues, leaving the Forum to consider significant strategic education issues.
- Schools Organisation and Policy Forum (SOPF)
- School Finance Group (SFG)
- Forum for Learning and Achievement
Please note: the Commissioning Board was disbanded in June 2011 with its work undertaken by the other standing groups as appropriate on a case by case basis.
Find out more about the Devon Education Forum
Additional papers from meeting of Devon Education Forum on 11 May 2011.
These reports were written late after the agenda was finalised. As such, the report numbers are not mentioned in the agenda:
DEF/11/13 report on the capital programme 
(18KB - pdf help) relates to agenda item 11(a)(iii) School Organsiation Forum
DEF/11/14 report (16KB - pdf help) and and its excel appendix (13KB - pdf help) "taking DEF forward " relates to agenda item 11(b) Representations from task&finish groups
Also on devon.gov.uk
Contact Us
If you need to contact the Schools Forum about anything, please phone or email.
01392 382305
