Somerset Schools Forum

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.

Next meeting

The next meeting will be held on 5 March at 2pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend as observers and submit questions to the forum.

The deadline to submit questions or request a link to observe the next meeting is 5pm on Friday 28 February to schoolsforum@somerset.gov.uk.

Meetings during the 2024 to 2025 Academic Year

Meetings will be held on the following dates:

• 2 October 2024
• 27 November 2024 – this meeting will be face to face for members.
• 15 January 2025
• 5 March 2025
• 11 June 2025

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place remotely using Microsoft Teams and 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 the Friday before the meeting.

Previous meeting

The previous meeting was held on 15 January 2025.

• Agenda and Report pack
• Decision Log
• Draft minutes of the meeting
• Schools Forum Slide Deck
• Meeting Recording

Past meetings