Introduction

The Schools Forum is a statutory body that provides a channel of communication between the local authority and schools. It serves as a mechanism for consultation on school funding.

It is made up of:

• school members
• non-school members
• other attendees and observers – including the Cabinet member for Education and officers of the Council

School membership is representative and proportionate to pupil numbers in the relevant sector. Non-school membership includes 16 to 19 and Early Years provision.

• Somerset Schools Forum Membership (PDF 82 KB)
• 2023-2024 Schools Forum Constitution (PDF 269 KB)
• Schools forum powers and responsibilities (PDF 110 KB)

Next meeting

An additional meeting is due to be scheduled for the summer term 2024. Details will be published here as soon as confirmed.

Meetings during the 2023 to 2024 Academic Year

Meetings will be held on the following dates:

• 27 September 2023
• 22 November 2023
• 17 January 2024
• 21 February 2024
• 4 March 2024

All meetings take place remotely using Microsoft Teams, and unless otherwise stated, begin at 2pm. Non-members are welcome to attend these meetings as observers.

If you would like to attend, please contact schoolsforum@somerset.gov.uk by no later than 2 working days before the meeting.

Previous meeting

The previous meeting was held on 4 March 2024

Agenda and Report pack: 4 March 2024 – Agenda Pack (PDF 120KB)
Draft minutes for the meeting: 4 March 2024 – Minutes (PDF 226KB)
Summary of Decisions made: 4 March 2024 – Decision Log(PDF 90.5KB)
Slide Deck: 4 March 2024 – Schools Forum Slide Deck (PDF 792KB)

Past meetings

Meetings before March 2022 can be found on our SCC Somerset Schools Forum meetings page.