Funding services to schools consultation 2025-2026
9 September 2024
Kent County Council has reviewed the services it provides to its maintained mainstream and special schools and pupil referral units (PRUs).
This consultation sets out proposals to change how four areas of service provision are funded from Tuesday 1 April 2025. These are:
- School improvement and intervention
- Moderation of national curriculum assessments and tests
- Headteacher recruitment support
- Redundancy and early retirement.
Headteachers; school business managers or bursars; and governing bodies or management committees; of local authority maintained schools and PRUs are invited to give their views on the proposals, to help the Council formalise its proposals before these are recommended to the Schools Funding Forum for their consideration.
Ahead of responding, we strongly recommend that you read the consultation document ahead of completing the questionnaire. The consultation document, response questionnaire and equalities impact assessment can be found at the funding services to schools consultation webpage
The consultation closes on Friday 18 October 2024.