Update on High Needs Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) Funding and Deficits
March 17, 2026 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Key decision Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
The Cabinet of Oxfordshire Council decided to approve recommendations on High Needs Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) funding and deficits on 17 March 2026. The Cabinet noted the update on the treatment of High Needs DSG deficits up to 31 March 2026, approved the mid and worst-case forecast deficits for 2026/27, and noted the planned funding for the residual element of the deficit.
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Purpose
Explains the arrangements for funding High
Needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits up to the end of 2025/26 as
set out by the Government as part of the Final Local Government
Finance Settlement for 2026/27.
Provides an update on the estimated share of the 2025/26 deficit
that will need to be funded by the relevant council(s) when the
statutory over-ride ends on 1 April 2028.
Decision
Recommendations approved.
Related Meeting
Cabinet - Tuesday, 17 March 2026 2.00 pm on March 17, 2026
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Effective from | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Expected date | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Originally due | 17 Mar 2020 |
| Lead officer | Lorna Baxter, Jane Billington, Kathy Wilcox |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |