Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Education on the above.

The report of the Head of Education was submitted regarding School Grants 2016/17 and the Forum was guided through the contents by the Senior Manager Education Resources Service.

            Reference was made to the individual grants and it was noted:

            Pupils Deprivation Grant - £2,203,350 - a grant based on the number of pupils entitled to free school meals in order to improve the standards of literacy, numeracy and also to close the gap between deprived children and their peers.

            Education Improvement Grant - £4,171,818 - a grant to raise teaching standards

            Sixth form Grant (£3,277,221) - Of the 14 secondary schools, 7 provided sixth form courses with the above grant distributed on the basis of a combination of pupil numbers / number of courses, deprivation, dispersion and Welsh medium education. 

            It was confirmed that the above grants were not dependent on European funding.

            The Finance Manager added that in terms of the EIG that one sum of money was received regionally and was then allocated based on the statistics. 

Foundation Phase : specific formula mainly based on foundation phase pupils with a requirement to work towards the ratio of 1:8 adult per pupil in nursery and reception years and a ratio of 1:15 in years 1 and 2.   It was noted that the remainder of the EIG was allocated on the basis of 80% number of pupils and 20% based on the numbers receiving Free School Meals.

            Resolved:       To accept and note the above.