Please can you provide me of copies of all papers – including agendas, minutes, and other papers such as reports – for meetings
of the High Needs Funding Sub Group of the Devon Schools Forum held within the last 12 months.
The Sub Group is referenced here:
https://www.devon.gov.uk/educationandfamilies/school-information/devon-education-forum/
The Devon Education Forum (DEF) is the parent committee of the High Needs Funding Sub Group. DEF is open to the public to attend and the meetings calendar, agenda and minutes are published. The Forum is governed by statutory regulation and also follows the ESFA Schools Forum Guide.
The Schools Finance Group (SFG) is a permanent working group of the Forum and its meetings are not open to the public. Discussions on detail can be sensitive at working group level where finance issues are being developed and its meeting documents are not published except for its minutes which contain any recommendations to DEF. In line with the ESFA Guide the working group does not have delegated powers, so that all decisions are made in the full Forum where there is the opportunity for scrutiny and challenge in an open/public meeting. To assist DEF in this, the Schools Finance Group minutes together with a Finance report which takes account of SFG’s views (amongst other factors), are published on the DEF agenda and the finance Officers and/or SFG representatives explain the reasoning for SFG recommendations to the DEF meeting before decisions are taken.
The public are able to make representations in advance of Forum meetings either via the meeting clerk or via a DEF member if they wish to do so.
We enclose links for DEF’s meetings, membership etc for your information.
Browse meetings – Devon Education Forum – Democracy in Devon