A report by the Acting Director of Children’s Services recommended the Cabinet to approve a Schools Budget for 2013/14 of £236,732,400 for maintained schools and academies in Wirral.  As well as the funding of a further £250,000 of Schools Planned Programmed Maintenance from Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG).  The report included some minor changes to the Early Years Single Funding Formula.  Reports on these areas were presented to a meeting of the Schools Forum on 23 January 2013.

Councillor P Davies, on behalf of the Cabinet, thanked all of the staff in the Children and Young People’s Department who had helped to put the Budget together for their hard work.

RESOLVED: That taking account of the Schools Forum:

(1)  the DSG funded Schools Budget for maintained schools and academies be approved at the sum of £236,732,400;

(2)  the headroom of £333,400 be allocated within the formula to all schools;

(3)  the High Needs Contingency totalling £880,200 be agreed;

(4)  a further £250,000 of PPM included in the Schools Budget be funded from DSG;

(5)  the contributions to combined budgets be approved; and

(6)  the changes to the Early Years Single Funding Formula be agreed.