Issue - meetings

This report accompanies the document called the BCP Pupil Premium (PP+ and PP+ post 16) policy April 2024 to March 2025. The policy is in draft format and aims to informs the reader of our intention to spend the grant funding provided by the DfE including allocation to schools and central retention.

The Lead for Education Interventions, Assurance and Safeguarding presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. The report accompanied the document called the BCP PupilPremium (PP+ and PP+ post 16) policy April 2024 to March 2025.The policy was presented in draft format and aimed to inform the forum of the intention to spend the grant funding provided by the DfE, including allocation to schools and central retention. The Forum was advised that the final settlement was yet to be received but the terms and conditions had not changed dramatically from the previous year. It was expected that it would only be around £40k per local authority in comparison to the previous year which was £146k.

There was some discussion around the allocation of funding per pupil and the funding provided for pupils in early years settings. It was resolved:

That the Schools Forum note that report and that Schools Forum members share the report with the group colleagues and that any feedback is provided by 1 March.