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Hertfordshire County Council

 

The Hertfordshire schools forum is established in accordance with Section 46a of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and the Schools Forums (England) Regulations.

Please read our terms of reference and standing orders for our membership, meetings and conduct regulations.

 

Members of the forum

There must be at least 16 members, made up of both school and non-school members. School members are elected by the groups they represent.

Representatives of maintained schools

  • 5 primary school headteachers
  • 1 secondary school headteacher
  • 2 special school headteachers
  • 1 nursery school headteacher
  • 1 maintained school governor
  • 1 ESC headteacher

Academy representatives

  • 7 Academy Members

Non-school members

  • Elected Member representative of Hertfordshire County Council
  • 1 representative of 14 – 19 partnerships
  • 2 representatives of PVI early years settings

 

The Executive Member for Education & Skills is invited to attend every meeting of the Forum with speaking rights.

Read our schools forum membership document (PDF 108KB) for the full list of members.

Our schools forum election results November 2023 document shows the election results for academy secondary school and secondary school representatives.

 

What the forum does

The main functions of the schools forum are:

  • to be consulted on the funding formula
  • to be consulted on issues in connection with the schools budget
  • to be consulted on service contracts where the costs will be met from the schools budget
  • to determine a range of financial and budget matters affecting schools.

The forum approves proposals for the Secretary of State in the following areas:

  • changes to the operation of the Minimum Funding Guarantee
  • the retention and levels of funding for Combined Services, growth in pupil numbers, premature retirement and redundancy costs, admissions and the cost of the Carbon Reduction Commitment
  • changes to the Authority's Scheme for Financing Schools
  • the central retention (de-delegation) of budgets for matters delegated to schools. (This applies only to maintained mainstream schools and decision-making is restricted to their representatives.)

 

Meetings

Meetings are held in public and venues are subject to change.


Upcoming meetings

28 February 2024, 1pm to 4pm

8 May 2024, 1pm to 4pm

26 June 2024, 1pm to 4pm

18 September 2024, 1pm to 4pm

20 November 2024, 1pm to 4pm

15 January 2025, 1pm to 4pm

26 February 2025, 1pm to 4pm

07 May 2025, 1pm to 4pm

25 June 2025, 1pm to 4pm


Contact caroline.inglis@hertfordshire.gov.uk if you want to join an upcoming meeting.

Previous Meetings

28 February 2024

10 January 2024

30 November 2023

20 September 2023

28 June 2023

3 May 2023

Meeting Cancelled

22 February 2023

11 January 2023


Published Documents

scheme for financing schools (PDF 608KB) Opening in a new window

Previous meetings (2014 - 2022)

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