Background to the review

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Documents - Dedicated Schools Grant Formula Review

These are the documents relating to the launch of the DSG formula review.

Statement to Parliament by Schools Minister Jim Knight

Review letter to stakeholders

Terms of Reference and outline timetable

DSG Review Group - programme of work (revised 09.05.08)

More about the government's review is available on Teachernet.gov.uk

f40 consultancy and evidence for the review

The task of producing evidence for consideration during the review has been considerable. The group appointed Lindsey Wharmby, a specialist education consultant, to assist in this work.

View the consultant's brief

View consultant's first report relating to targeting areas of low deprivation

f40 Activity-Led Funding paper
This paper was submitted to the DSG Review Group on Thursday 15th May 2008. The Review Group will be considering Area Cost Adjustment at its meeting scheduled for Monday 9th June 2008.

f40 Area Cost Adjustment paper
This paper was submitted to the DSG Review Group on Tuesday 17th June 2008. Area Cost Adjustment will be the subject of the DSG Review Group's deliberations at their meeting on Monday 14th July 2008.

f40 Arguments for a fairer funding system for education
This paper was prepared in March 2009 as part of f40's ongoing contribution to the DSG Funding Review. It was also presented to PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC), the company undertaking funding research for the DCSF.

Update on formula review process October 2009
This paper, prepared by f40's financial consultant Lindsey Wharmby, presents an update on the formula review process as of 20 October 2009.

Questions submitted to the DCSF
One of f40's Executive Committee (Tony Norton, North Lincs) recently presented a series of questions to the Schools Minister, Jim Knight and received the following response, with a series of spreadsheets. The department has not answered every single question, but what has been supplied will be of interest to many f40 authorities and School Forums.

On the 8th March 2010, the f40 Group wrote to the Secretary of State for Children Services to query the delay in launching the Formula Review consultation and also brought to his attention a wide range of additional Cost Pressures which are beginning to stack up and which will potentially have significant impact of f40 authorities. Also see news release.