Budget Briefings Special Schools and PRUs 2014-15 Financial Year

1. Budget Briefings Special Schools and PRUs 2014-15 Financial Year

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3. Today’s Session • Context and Key Points • 2014-15 Budget - High Needs Overview - High Needs Block - Dual Placement Recap • 2015-16 and Beyond • Messages from our Partners – Schools Choice and EFMS

4. Context • Cash flat per pupil funding for Schools & Early Years Blocks • Final High Needs Block figures in March • Pupil Premium will continue to be funded as an allocation outside of DSG • Minimum Funding Guarantee -1.5%. No indication for 2015-16 as yet • Protection arrangements still in place – all things being equal • SCC funding pressures • New Free School Meal (FSM) arrangements

5. Pupil Premium • This is the only source of growth in funding to schools New Rates • £1,300 for primary-aged pupils • £935 for secondary-aged pupils • £1,900 for all looked after children • £300 for service children

6. Pupil Premium • Pupil Premium is specific to individual children • As an LA we would advise schools to direct and transfer this funding appropriately: i.e. • Where a child moves school • Where a child is in a dual placement • Recommended that any Year 7 Catch Up funding is also directed appropriately

7. Suffolk County Council Future Funding Challenge

8. New arrangements for Free School Meals (FSM) • From Sept 2014 every child in YR, Y1 and 2 will be offered a FSM. • Suffolk has £1.7m capital funding to help upgrade Kitchens and Dining facilities. - this will be allocated based on LA assessment of need - insufficient funding for all schools needs so will be based on greatest need

9. New arrangements for Free School Meals (FSM) - Revenue • The government has announced that Schools will be allocated a flat rate of £2.30 per meal taken. Allocated on School Census next year • No clear guidance on funding in 2014-15 • We assume that this year an allocation will be made based on January Census with an assumed % taken up • We assume this will be allocated as a targeted grant that we will passport through to schools • We assume this funding will be available to allocate before September

10. Key Points • DSG is allocated in to the three blocks; • These blocks are not ring-fenced • Funding can be moved between blocks – with School Forum approval. Schools Total DSG Early Years High Needs

11. Academies • Schools Accountancy Team calculates academy budgets in the same way as Local Authority (LA) maintained schools • Funding recouped by Education Funding Agency (EFA) who calculate academy budgets • EFA uses same Formula as LA • Extra funds for additional responsibilities • Funded from September to August to reflect the academic year This session is primarily aimed at maintained schools, but still apples to academies General Annual Grant (GAG)

12. Capital • Funding remains at low level for both schools and Local Authority • Projected Funding to Local Authority • Plus additional £1.7m for FSM policy • SCC priorities remain: • School Organisational Review • Urgent Health and Safety condition work • Place provision

13. Devolved Formula Capital Rates

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15. Schools Block

16. National Data set • All data used is provided by the EFA • It is based on returns submitted by schools • The main driver is pupil numbers • October 2013 census • With the exception of pupil numbers all other data comes in as a % profile Overall Pupil led funding is 88.40%

17. High Needs Block

18. High Needs Block • A high needs pupil is any pupil whose needs cost more than £10k p.a. to support. £8k p.a. for PRUs. • The funding supports: • Pupils in specialist provision • Central CYP services such as EOTAS and Out of County Placements • Top Up Funding for those in specialist provision and pupils in Mainstream school • High needs funding is based on the ‘place plus approach’ • High Needs Block allocations still to be finalised • No DfE changes for 2014-15 funding arrangements

19. High Cost pupils The ‘Place–Plus’ approach will comprise two parts: • Place Funding – Each ‘place’ will attract £10k. £8k for PRUs • Top up funding: can be claimed for from the LA. • Based on the assessment of individual pupil needs and using current banding • New bandings required for PRUs

20. Bandings and Top Ups • Currently individual banding values • Result of MFG like protection and historical budgets • Special School Bandings likely to remain the same although further work required • PRUs to have new bandings and included in the same moderation process as Special and Mainstream Schools

21. Bandings and Top Ups • The aim is to have consistent bandings • These will be set across Suffolk for Specials (currently no time frames) and PRUs (during 2014-15) • Likely that MFG like protection will still need to be applied • Historical supplement added, which would have included: • Premises and other running costs specific to the building/land

22. Dual Placements - Review • The LA have been working on and discussing Dual Placements with schools during 2013-14 • This was the first year of such arrangements • There have been a number of amendments in 2013-14 and proposed changes for 2014-15: • Dual placements to work both ways between Special and Mainstream Schools • Mainstream Schools will also receive admin fee for dually placed children when placing at a Special School • Changes when a child leaves a setting or arrangements change at a setting, important to ensure the funding is correctly allocated

23. Dual Placements - Special School • This is where the special school is listed on the census as the main school and is dually placed at a Mainstream School. • Special School receives: • Full place funding of £10,000 • Top up funding for the full year based on the needs of the individual child even if the child leaves permanently • £500 admin fee per dually placed child • Mainstream School receives: • £15,000 pro rata based on the number of sessions delivered at £1,000 per day, per term • The Special School is responsible for processing the payment

24. Dual Placements - Mainstream School • This is where the Mainstream school is listed on the census as the main school and is dually placed at a Special. • Mainstream School receives: • Schools Block funding – i.e. the first £10,000 • Top up funding for the full year based on the needs of the individual child. Cannot claim if child leaves permanently • £500 admin fee per dually placed child • Special School receives: • If under subscribed on commissioned places - £5,000 Top up pro-rated for the actual sessions attended • If over subscribed on commissioned places - £15,000 pro-rated for the actual sessions attended • The Mainstream School is responsible for processing the payment

25. How the Funding works • This is the basic flow of the Top Up return process and timings of payments • This illustrates a child being in the same setting for the full year • This also illustrates the slight delay from the return to the payments

26. Dual Placements with a PRU Key Stage 4 PRUs • Pupils are full time at the PRU. Key Stage 2/3 PRUs • Pupils attend full time for an agreed period of time. The mainstream school will attract funding through the schools’ block First Base PRUs • Pupils attend PRU on a part-time basis. The mainstream school will attract funding through the schools’ block

27. Inter authority recoupment • What is Inter authority recoupment? • This is where pupils are placed outside the ‘home LA’ with other LAs (OLAs) schools and vice versa. Mainly impacts on Special Schools • The LA where the pupil lives is then responsible for thetop-upfunding • What do you need to do? • Schools will need to liaise with the OLAs to arrange for a payment to be made in respect of the top up funding for the OLA pupil at your school • The OLA will pay Suffolk top up banding values for that pupil

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29. Future Funding

30. Budget Process Two Step Process • First Step: 2014-15 Budget • Detailed line-by-line • Agreed by governors by 31st March 2014 • Electronic copy to LA by 2nd May 2014 • Submitted via AVCO

31. Strategic Plans: 2015-17 Second Step: 2015-16 & 2016-17 Budgets High level plans: • focus on change, not detail • includes LA’s indicative assumptions • Only 2 versions: • realistic and worst-case • Governors to agree Strategic Plans by Summer half-term • Electronic copy to LA by 30th May 2014

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33. School Finance Helpline: 08456 037684 finance.schools@csduk.com Schools Accountancy Team: 01473 265626 schoolsaccountancyteam@csduk.com SOR Policy: 01473 260791 fiona.heath@csduk.com Enhanced Finance Service: 01473 264054 Efs.schools@csduk.com Contacts

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