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School Funding 2006-08 December Twilight Briefing Gary Redhead Acting Services to Schools Director

School Funding 2006-08 December Twilight Briefing Gary Redhead Acting Services to Schools Director. Issues. Increase in School Funding Multi Year Budgets Additional & Special Educational Needs Teachers’ Pay Grant Specific Grants Personalised Learning. Multi-Year Budgets.

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School Funding 2006-08 December Twilight Briefing Gary Redhead Acting Services to Schools Director

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  1. School Funding 2006-08 December Twilight Briefing Gary Redhead Acting Services to Schools Director

  2. Issues • Increase in School Funding • Multi Year Budgets • Additional & Special Educational Needs • Teachers’ Pay Grant • Specific Grants • Personalised Learning

  3. Multi-Year Budgets • Average national 6 per cent increase in 2006/07 and 2007/08 • Guaranteed minimum funding to be determined • Two year budgets for Authorities updated by pupil numbers

  4. Multi Year Budgets • 31 March 2006 schools to receive 2006/07 budget and indicative budget for 2007/08 • Updating non-pupil factors and cash values • Single pupil count date January PLASC • In-year re-determinations • Changes in DSG • Significant increases in roll • Involving schools in pupil projections

  5. Additional and Special Educational Needs • Changes agreed last year • Band B Statements • Special Needs Allowance

  6. Teachers’ Pay Grant • £6.2m TPG – top sliced for VI forms • Possible Formula Factors • Good overall fit with awpu • Additional allocation for SEN Units • Transitional Arrangements

  7. Specific Grants • Enlarged School Development Grant • End match funding for school grants • Some targeted grants remain • School Standards Grant to remain separate until at least 2008 • SSG fairer formula

  8. School Development Grant • AST • EiC • BiP • Leading Edge • Gifted & Talented • Enterprise Learning • Specialist schools • Revenue element 31a • ICT infrastructure & Support

  9. School Development Grant • LEA gets a guaranteed increase per pupil • Estimated totals (based on 3 percent) are: • 2006-07 £9.3m • 2007-08 £9.6m • Propose to retain existing sub-formulae for each grant

  10. Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant • DfES funding rules has limited changes to the formula • There is likely to be a growing gap between allocations and needs • Formula needs to be updated • Transitional arrangements

  11. Personalised Learning • £335m within the DSG for Key Stage 3 • Allocations to Las to be announced • Consultation document includes indicative allocations

  12. School Forum Proposed Approval Powers • Members no longer have voting rights • More powers for Schools Forums - eg • Agree level of schools contingency within the centrally retained budget • Agree CEB above CEL • Agree changes to the formula within a multi year budget period • Agree deductions from retained SB for children’s services

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