Decision
Analysis
outcome: The Committee acknowledged the financial pressures and noted the context within the Council's Medium Term Financial Strategy. They also thanked the Additional Learning Team for their hard work and achievements with reduced budgets, and requested investigation into utilizing additional funding from Welsh Government for the team.
summary: The decision is about acknowledging the financial pressures facing schools and the need to make suitable provision for children with Additional Learning Needs.
topline: The Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee has decided to acknowledge financial pressures facing schools and the need for suitable provision for children with Additional Learning Needs.
reason_contentious: This issue may be contentious as it involves financial pressures on schools and the allocation of funding for children with Additional Learning Needs, which can be a sensitive topic for stakeholders.
affected_stakeholders: ["Schools", "Children with Additional Learning Needs", "Additional Learning Team"]
contentiousness_score: 6
political_party_relevance: There are no mentions or implications of political parties or political influence on the decision.
URL: https://committeemeetings.flintshire.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=12419&LLL=0
Decision Maker: Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Outcome:
Is Key Decision?: No
Is Callable In?: No
Purpose: To provide an update on Specialist Provision and ALN Funding.
Content: (a) That the scale of the demand-led financial pressures facing schools and the Portfolio in order to make suitable provision for children with Additional Learning Needs, be acknowledged; (b) That the pressures within the context of the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy and future budget allocations be noted; (c) That the Chair, on behalf of the Committee, write to the Senior Manager (Inclusion and Progression) to thank her and the Additional Learning Team for their hard work and their achievements with reduced budgets; and (d) That the Committee request that the option of utilising, the additional funding of £1.205m from the introduction of the funding floor by Welsh Government (WG) for local authority funding, allocated to reserves at the County Council meeting on 24th February 2025, for the Additional Learning Team, be investigated.
Date of Decision: June 19, 2025