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School Business Manager Network LA Update

School Business Manager Network LA Update. Wednesday 9 th February 2011 Julie Bowdidge. Three Big Things. Financial context New Government and political climate Traded Services. Financial Context. Severe cuts in local government budgets

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School Business Manager Network LA Update

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  1. School Business Manager NetworkLA Update Wednesday 9th February 2011 Julie Bowdidge

  2. Three Big Things • Financial context • New Government and political climate • Traded Services

  3. Financial Context • Severe cuts in local government budgets • Locally we have to reduce spending by £84 million over 3 years • Innovation and Efficiency (I & E) • All services reducing budgets – staffing implications • Leaner, meaner statutory, no! • Grant funding going or divert to schools

  4. New Government • More autonomy for schools plus less red tape • More accountability direct to parents • Free schools / Academy/ “Free” from LA “control” • Many agencies gone or changing remit • LA moving from being a provider of school improvement to a commissioner

  5. Some Key Changes • No more SIPs • New concise National curriculum • No specification of teaching methods • Review of EYFS curriculum • Proportionate approach to inspection • New framework • Greater teacher authority to deal with behaviour

  6. English Baccalaureate • English • Maths • Double Science • Humanities • Language (Ancient or modern) Leaving age raised to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 • Schools working together – school to school support

  7. Funding – more grants direct to schools Pupil Premium • Loosening up of pay and conditions framework • Revised regulations to make it easier to deal with underperforming staff members

  8. More flexibility in models of Governance • Removal of centralised target setting • New natural floor targets 35% GCSE – 60% L4 English and maths

  9. More standardised information from schools • Attainment • Trends • Class size • Class composition • Attendance • Finance • Curriculum details • Reading schemes • Saving for schools on back office and procurement £1bn by 2014-15

  10. Traded Services • New approach to schools • Not just CPD • Commissioning / brokerage • Web based applications

  11. No buyback – service will go. • More on working with neighbouring LAs – economies of scale

  12. What are we doing? Reviewing / Reviewing / Reviewing “cutting out cloth” New relationships Big Conversation Partnerships are key to preserving what we value in Kirklees

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