All local authorities must establish a schools' forum. They are consultative bodies who advise local authorities on regulations relating to the repeat funding arrangements for schools and other non-school-based pupil provisions.
The Lambeth Schools' Forum is a statutory body that advises the council on issues related to schools budgets, such as formula funding, contracts and provision for the education of pupils with special educational needs.
Lambeth Schools' Forum helps maintain, develop and review Lambeth's Scheme of Devolved Funding, as well as the Lambeth Schools' Funding Formula.
It meets about 4 times a year, giving time for its views to be taken into account in deciding how the schools' budget for the following financial year should be used.
See the most recent versions of Lambeth Schools' Forum documents:
- The Constitution (PDF, 232KB)
- Membership listing (XLS, 20KB)
- Schools' forum powers and responsibilities (PDF, 126KB)
- Schools' forum operational and good practice guide (PDF, 314KB)
Find out more about schools forums on the Department for Education website.
Forum members
Schools members and academies members must together make up at least two thirds of the membership of the forum.
School members are divided in groups according to representation. The primary group is the sector, the sub-group is the type of school and the sub sub-group is the headteacher, governor or headteacher’s representative.
A headteacher’s representative means a senior member of staff representing a headteacher as nominated by the Headteachers Forum
A school members structure is:
- 9 primary sector representatives – 8 maintained and 1 academy
- 5 secondary sector representatives – 2 maintained and 3 academy
- 1 special sector representative
- 1 nursery sector representative
- 1 pupil referral unit representative
- 1 through school representative
Forum meetings
Schools' forum meetings are open to members of the public to observe. Meetings are held at nominated schools. For information regarding the meeting venue contact schfinance@lambeth.gov.uk.
If you have any specific needs to help you attend, contact Lambeth Schools' Finance at least 24 hours before the meeting, at schfinance@lambeth.gov.uk.
2023-24 dates
- Thursday 5 October 2023 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 14 December 2023 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 11 January 2024 – 4pm to 6pm
- Wednesday 19 June 2024 – 4pm to 6pm
2022-23 dates
- Thursday 6 October 2022 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 8 December 2022 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 12 January 2023 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 16 March 2023 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 22 June 2023 – 4pm to 6pm
2021-22 dates
- Thursday 07 October 2021 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 09 December 2021 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 13 January 2022 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 17 March 2022 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 23 June 2022 – 4pm to 6pm
Meeting papers
January 2024
December 2023
October 2023
- School forum papers 05 Oct 2023 (PDF, 231KB)
- School forum papers 05 Oct 2023 (PDF, 554KB)
- School forum papers 05 Oct 2023 (PDF, 1.5MB)
June 2023
- School forum papers 22 June 2023 (PDF, 2MB)
- School forum papers appendix 22 June 2023 (PDF, 4.5MB)
- School forum papers appendix 22 June 2023 (PDF, 1.8MB)
January 2023
- School forum papers 12 January 2023 (PDF, 5.3MB)
- School forum papers appendix 12 January 2023 (PDF, 280KB)
December 2022
October 2022
June 2022
March 2022
January 2022
December 2021
October 2021
- School forum agenda
- School forum draft minutes
- School forum dedicated schools grant overview
- School forum early years update
- School forum national funding formula response
- School forum schools block
- School forum schools block appendix
- School forum high need block update
- School forum high needs budget position
- School forum licenced deficit
June 2021
- School forum agenda
- School forum minutes
- School forum dedicated schools grant overview
- School forum early years update
- School forum school block
- School forum high needs block
- School forum high needs block appendix
- School forum term time only update
March 2021
- School forum agenda
- School forum minutes
- School forum dedicated school grant overview
- School forum early years update
- School forum early year update appendix
- School forum block update
- School forum block appendices
- School forum high needs block
- School forum DfE consultation on high needs DSG national funding formula
- School forum high needs block consultation appendix 1
- School forum high needs block consultation appendix 2
- School forum back dated term time only claims
January 2021
December 2021
2020
- School forum papers 8 Dec 2020 (PDF, 8.1MB)
- School forum papers 6 Oct 2020 (PDF, 1.20MB)
- School forum papers 23 Jun 2020 (PDF, 2.99MB)
- School forum papers 24 Mar 2020 - No meeting due to Covid-19
- School forum papers 14 Jan 2020 (PDF, 4.54MB)
2019
- School forum minutes 10 Dec 2019 (PDF, 206KB)
- School forum papers 10 Dec 2019 (PDF, 1.64MB)
- School forum minutes 13 Nov 2019 (PDF, 258KB)
- School forum papers 13 Nov 2019 (PDF, 1.79MB)
- School forum minutes 10 Sep 2019 (PDF, 260KB)
- School forum minutes 26 Mar 2019 (PDF, 259KB)
- School forum papers 26 Mar 2019 (PDF, 558KB)
- School forum minutes 15 Jan 2019 (PDF, 351KB)
- School forum papers 15 Jan 2019 (PDF, 1.74MB)
2018
- School forum minutes 16 Oct 2018 (PDF, 229KB)
- School forum papers 16 Oct 2018 (PDF, 938KB)
- School forum minutes 13 Jun 2018 (PDF, 271KB)
- School forum papers 13 Jun 2018 (PDF, 732KB)
- School forum minutes 6 Mar 2018 (PDF, 330KB)
- School forum papers 6 Mar 2018 (PDF, 590KB)
For older meeting minutes and papers, contact schfinance@lambeth.gov.uk.