Issue - decisions

The Director of Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for All-Age Learning, after considering and taking into account all items listed above

1. agreed to withdraw the existing arrangements for payment to mainstream schools of additional discretionary funding delivered through the Surrey local funding formula from 1 April 2021;
2. agreed to provide a full term of transitional funding for the existing schools eligible in 2020/21 during the Summer 2021 term in order to prepare for the changes i.e. the existing 69 schools that currently receive funding  will continue to receive their existing funding levels until the end of the summer term 2021.
3. agreed to convene a small advisory group of school leader representatives from Schools Forum including the Chair of the Forum and Vice Chairs or their representatives to make recommendations to the Director for Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture on the mechanism for identifying those schools currently who will receive transitional funding for whom the withdrawal of funding in September 2021 would be too onerous and recommend a mechanism for supporting these schools from September 2021. 
4. agreed to ensure that communication with schools will be timely in order to make appropriate arrangements for the start of the 2021/22 academic year based on the recommendations of the advisory group.