All local authorities must establish a school 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 School Forum documents:
- The Constitution (PDF, 232KB)
- Membership listing (XLS, 20KB)
- School forum powers and responsibilities (PDF, 126KB)
- School 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.
2025-2026 dates
- Thursday 23 October 2025 – 4-6pm
- Thursday 11 December 2025 – 4-6pm
- Thursday 15 January 2026 – 4-6pm
- Thursday 19 March 2026 4-6pm
2024-2025 dates
- Thursday 10 October 2024 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 12 December 2024 – 4pm to 6pm
- Wednesday 15 January 2025 – 4pm to 6pm
- Thursday 19 June 2025 – 4pm to 6pm
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
Meeting papers
View recent Lambeth Schools Forum meeting papers These papers include agendas and minutes for meetings held in the current academic year. You can find these documents at the bottom of the page.
For older meeting minutes and papers, contact schfinance@lambeth.gov.uk.