10. Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) Budget Proposals
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Decision:
Cabinet approved
1. Schools Block
(detail in Appendix A3 of the report)
- the Schools Block budget be set at
£304.661m for 2022/23, as per Table 1 in the report.
- £1.531m of the overall Schools
Block DSG is transferred to the High Needs Block and earmarked to
support the Education Transformation programme.
- the basis for distributing the
funding to mainstream schools be as set out and agreed by
Schools.
- the Growth Fund for established
schools expanding in September 2022 be set at £2.0m (a
component of the total Schools Block budget).
2. Central School
Services Block (detail in Appendix A.2 of the report)
- Following Schools Forum agreement,
the Central School Services Block budget is set at £2.742m
for 2022/23.
3. High Needs Block
(detail in Appendix A2 of the report)
- The High Needs Block budget be set
at £77.054m for 2022/23 as per Appendix A2, after receiving
transfers of £1.531m from Schools Block noting that this
level of budget is estimated to lead to a cumulative deficit in the
High Needs Block in the region of £41m by the end of March
2023.
4. Early Years Block
(detail in Appendix A2 of the report)
- the Early Years Block budget be set
at £34.388m for 2022/23, noting that spend and DSG income
will fluctuate, according to participation levels in each of the
three school terms.
- Funding for Early Years should be
distributed in line with the arrangements explained in report to
Schools Forum (Appendix A2).
Cabinet noted:
5. Overall
position
- the 2022-23 DSG overall allocation
is £418.846m, an uplift of £13.257m or 3.3% from the
previous year.
- Education Service will continue to
work with the Schools Forum and respective Task and Finish Groups
(High Needs Task and Finish Group; Early Years Task and Finish
Group) and via Transformation Programme to explore sustainable
mitigation options to get back to affordable budget position over
the medium term.