Oxfordshire Schools' Forum
Our schools' forum, which represents the governors and headteachers of our schools.
About the Schools' Forum
The government requires every local authority to set up a schools' forum.
Its purpose is to provide strategic direction for the funding of schools in the local authority and support services in relation to new school funding arrangements covering:
- the Dedicated Schools' Grant (DSG)
- the Schools' Budget (centrally retained and Individual School Budget)
- wider issues such as service contracts and service level agreements.
The following regulations govern the composition, constitution and procedures of the schools' forum:
- Section 47A of The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (as amended) requires every local authority to establish a schools' forum.
- The Schools Forums (England) Regulations 2012 No 2261 (pdf format, 72Kb) govern the composition, constitution and procedures of the schools' forum.
Constitution
The forum is required to operate in accordance with a formal constitution:
- Constitution and Terms of Reference (pdf format, 42Kb)
- Schools' Forum membership list (pdf format, 41Kb)
Further information and guidance
- Responsibilities of the schools' forum (pdf format, 223Kb)
- Schools Forums: Operational and Good Practice Guide for Local Authorities and Members of Schools Forums (pdf format, 325Kb)
- Schools forums structures (pdf format, 183Kb)
- Template for Schools Forum papers (pdf format, 126Kb)
- Protocol for papers to Schools Forum (pdf format, 90Kb)
The Oxfordshire Schools Forum has two committees and one working group affiliated to it:
- Schools and High Needs Committee
- Services and Contracts Committee
The minutes of these committees/working groups can be found with the papers for Schools Forum meetings.
Meetings
Calendar of Forum Meetings
- Wed 14 September 2022
- Tues 8 November 2022
- Tues 17 January 2023
- Wed 8 February 2023
- Tues 27 June 2023
The Oxfordshire Schools Forum meets five times a year and recent non-confidential papers for meetings that have taken place can be downloaded below.
13 June 2022
26 April 2022
- 0. SF Agenda 260422 (pdf format, 299KB)
- 2. Schools Forum Full Minutes 090222 (pdf format, 319KB)
- 3. Minutes SF S&HN Committee 090322 (pdf format, 194KB)
- 4. SEND Consultation Top-Ups (pdf format, 320KB)
9 February 2022
- 0 Agenda (docx format, 44Kb)
- Minutes 130122 (docx format, 49Kb)
- 3.1 Update on Schools Funding Formula (docx format, 92Kb)
- 3.1 DFE letter 4.2.22 re: supporting CYP with SEND in AP
- 3.2 Early Years funding formula 2022-23 (docx format, Kb)
- 3.2 Appendix 1: Survey Responses – available on request
- 3.3 Special schools funding report (docx format, 41Kb)
- 5 School Climate Support slides (pptx format, 600Kb)
- 6 High Needs Transformation Project (pptx format, 2Mb)
13 January 2022
- Agenda (docx format, 39Kb)
- Minutes 101121 (docx format, 59Kb)
- School improvement de-delegation request (docx format, 37Kb)
- DSG 2022-23 (docx format, 127Kb)
- School investment in SEND reforms (docx format, 31Kb)
- De-delegated union duties (docx format, 136Kb)
- Schs funding formula 22-23 APT (docx format, 159Kb)
- APT report annex 2 - models 22-23 summary (xlsx format, 20Kb)
- APT report annex 3 - detailed model 2 with full NFF factor values (xlsx format, 33Kb)
- Place planning submitted version (docx format, 53Kb)
Previous meetings
If you would like copies of papers from earlier meetings contact the Schools' Forum.