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
7 February 2024
- Minutes of 16 January 2024 (doc format, 100KB)
- Agenda (doc format, 100Kb)
- 3. APT - Schs Funding Formula 24-25 APT Update (docx format, 238 KB)
- 3.1 Special Schools Funding and High Needs (DBV) schools 2024-25 (docx format, 148KB)
- 4.1 Early Years Funding Formula 2024-25 DRAFT (docx format, 972KB)
- 7.2 Support for School Forum (docx format, 173KB)
- 5. Buyback Paper (pdf format, 568KB)
22 March 2024
- Extraordinary meeting agenda (docx format, 18KB)
- Special Schools and Special Academies funding 2023/24 and 2024/25 (pdf format, 175KB)
25 June 2024
The Oxfordshire Schools Forum meets five times a year and recent non-confidential papers for meetings that have taken place can be downloaded below.
Previous meetings
If you would like copies of papers from earlier meetings contact the Schools' Forum.