Remit
The Resources & Sustainability Policy Committee (RS) has lead responsibility for all issues relating to:
- National and local organisation of children’s services
- Funding (capital and revenue) of children’s services, including of schools
- School admissions, place planning and home to school transport
- Strategic planning and commissioning
- The overall use of resources and sustainability.
The Committee liaises closely with the Educational Achievement Policy Committee on admissions, capital funding and strategic place planning. Members of the Committee represent the Association on various reference groups organised by the Department for Education, including the Service Working Group on Education and Children’s Services (SWEGECS) the Schools Funding Implementation Group (SFIG), and the EFA Advisory Group.
2019 Meeting Dates
- 31 January 2019 (Joint meeting with the Educational Achievement Policy Committee)
- 17 May 2019
- 24 September 2019 (Joint meeting with the Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee)
- 3 December 2019 (Joint meeting with the Health, Care & Additional Needs Policy Committee)
Contacts
Chair: Matt Dunkley CBE, Corporate Director – Children, Young People and Education, Kent County Council. To contact Matt, email Matt.Dunkley@kent.gov.uk
ADCS Policy Officer: NIcola Harrison supports the work of the committee. To contact Nicola, email nicola.harrison@adcs.org.uk
Resources & Sustainability Policy Committee Articles
Rachel Dickinson responds to the Education Select Committee’s SEND...
In General
ADCS submission to the schools national funding formula consultation
In General Funding
10 Facts You Need to Know About the Department for Education’s Finances...
In General Funding
Letter to the Secretary of State for Education regarding the Education...
In General Funding
ADCS response to the new national funding formula for schools
In General Funding
ADCS response to the stage 2 consultation on the schools national funding...
In General Funding
ADCS response to the consultation on changes to the criteria for agreeing...
In General Funding
Comment on new analysis of school funding by the School Cuts Coalition...
In General Funding
Comment on new analysis by national children’s charities on children’s...
In General Funding
ADCS comment on figures showing overspend on children’s social care
In General Funding
Comment on the HCLG report on local government finance and the Spending...
In General Funding
ADCS response to the Department for Education’s call for evidence on...
In SEN and Disability
ADCS written response to the National Audit Office value for money study:...
In General Funding
I first became a DCS in 2005, which equates to the Paleolithic Age in DCS...
In General
ADCS response to the HCLG Committee report on children’s services...
In General Funding
Comment on future funding of the Troubled Families Programme
In General Funding
ADCS response to the Public Accounts Committee report on children’s...
