Decision

Schools Block Budget
2025/26 Financial Year:

 

To approve the Local
Authority formula for allocating resources to Hammersmith &
Fulham schools for 2025/26 as set out in Appendix 1 the Authority
Proforma Tool (APT) for setting school budgets.

 

To approve the
National Funding Formula (NFF) funding formula factor rates (as set
out in Appendix 1) as the basis for calculating the 2025/26 schools
funding formula, together with a minus 0.25% per pupil Minimum
Funding Guarantee (MFG) protection for individual schools versus
2024/25 levels with respect to pupil led funding. Minus 0.25%
represents the affordable protection achievable within the grant
funding allocation confirmed.

 

To approve the
transfer of £1.23m being 1.0% of the total schools' block
allocation from the schools' block to the high needs block in the
2025/26 financial year. This is to support high needs education
expenditure for special educational needs in Hammersmith and
Fulham.  This is subject to Ministerial
agreement from the Department of Education which is expected in
February 2025.

 

If the 1% block
transfer is rejected by the Minister of State in February 2025, to
approve the budget allocation as per the alternative model as set
out in Appendix 2 with a reduced 0.5% block transfer to High
Needs.

 

To approve
de-delegation budgets of £0.555m for maintained mainstream
schools only as confirmed by Schools Forum on 21 January
2025.

 

To approve the
education functions budgets of £0.289m for maintained
mainstream schools only, as confirmed by Schools Forum on 21
January 2025.

 

Central Services
Schools Block Budget 2025/26.

To approve the
proposed budget allocation for Central Services Schools Block DSG
totalling £1.939m.