Agenda item

Coral Miller presented an information paper on the 2015-16 out-turn position. It was noted that there has been a significant underspend in the Early Years Block.

It was noted that the High Needs Block underspent by £195k. It was noted that the HNB included £190k moved from the Schools Block and this amount had already been included in the budget build for 2016-17 budget.

The Growth Fund underspend of £187k had already been agreed to be carried forward into the 2016/17 provision at the previous Schools Forum.

The DFE has stated that the CERA budget no longer has any contractual commitment from 2013 therefore the budget should be returned to the Schools Block. The CERA budget has underspent in 2015-16 and this will be returned to the 2017-18 Schools Bock budget. A clarification of the £100k referred to in CERA was requested.

It was noted that the reference to the Virtual Head should refer to ‘Virtual School’.