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Schools Forum Update

This update provides information on the decision-making process, progress, and future plans regarding the High Needs deficit recovery plan and residential placements for children with Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs).

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Schools Forum Update

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  1. SchoolsForumUpdate Julian Wooster DCS

  2. Update for Schools Forum • CAF 01 – the LA decision • How we are addressing the High Needs deficit recovery plan • Progress to date • Future plans • Options for Schools Forum

  3. CAF 01 Contribution to residential placements of children looked after with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)(The LA has the final decision, but it is good practice to inform Forum and ask for a view) • Reasons for taking the decision • To redress the low number of CLA jointly funded by the CSC and High Needs Block where the young person has an EHCP, including young people placed in a CSE specialist residential. • To bring Somerset into line with other local authorities’ use of High Needs Block of the DSG • The costs are based on actual placements and we expect these will reduce with the Inclusion Strategy • Most of the residential units have an holistic educational approach – reflecting the children’s difficult school experiences

  4. Underpinning Model of Integrated Education, Health & Care Provision

  5. CAF 01 Actuals to be based on Individual Children

  6. 5Key spend areas in 18/19 within the High Needs Block £1.0 m ? £2.0 m ? £2.0 m ? DSG HN budget £49.7m

  7. 1. Place funding & Independent fees Combined £21.145m 245 Independent placements (181 day/ 64 residential) 660 Special schools places 197 PRU places for day 6 permanent exclusion and medical 58 Specialist resource bases 382 FE college places – element 2 place funding

  8. 2. Alternative provision – partnership £4.70m Pupil referral unit partnership places School commissioned partnership places including year 11 (£4.1m) Outreach support: PRU outreach (£622,000)

  9. 4. Services  £5.9m Inclusion resources; Learning centres (£200,000) Learning support (£589,200) ASC communications (588,800) Ed Psych’s (£1,219,00) HI and VI (£1.089,800) PIMS (£528,100) Portage (£318,400) SEND integration (£226,100) Area SENCOs (EY) (£560,200) Special school outreach (£366,900) Support for SENse (£100,000) Hospital provision ( £237,900) OT (£125,400)

  10. Progress to date(appendix 1 of agenda item 5) • Implementation of a universal banding system from September 2018 (£0.3m previously seeing a 5-10% increase per annum) • The PRU review (£0.3m) • Investment in additional specialist places (cost avoidance of independent day placements (£0.2m) • Closure of off site ASD bases (£0.2m) • Reduction in funding for vulnerable pupils from High Needs (where schools receive funding via proxy indicators) £0.1m • Utilising one off opportunities form CSSB (£1.2m) The full year affect of some of the above will apply to 2019/20.

  11. DSG recovery plan 2018 – 2022 At the consultation briefings, the LA presented a slide showing that it would take 3 years to balance the DSG, including the financial imperative programme The recovery plan was based on assumptions that included a transfer of 0.5% from the Schools Block in 2019/20 and 2020/21 If the transfer is not supported then the DSG recovery plan would take a minimum of another financial year to balance 2022/23 This is beyond the DfE expectations of the LA setting a recovery plan to balance the DSG within 3 years as per the recent consultation DfE may be inclined to direct actions required to the LA and Schools Forum to achieve a balanced DSG in context of a large CSSB and discretionary spend in HNB if no commitment shown (Please hold that thought for agenda item 9 later in the meeting)

  12. Options for Schools Forum • Transfer up to 0.5% from the Schools Block to the High Needs Block for 2019/20  • Ask SCC to apply to the Secretary of State for a block transfer above 0.5% in 2020/21 to address the deficit. • Agree not to increase the top-up funding by the planned 2% in April 2019 • Reduce spend/cease services to release funding to address High Needs funding pressures • Or a combination of the above

  13. Any Questions?

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