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Formula Review Group

Formula Review Group. Autumn 2005. Membership of the Group. Chris Price, St Botolph's, Shepshed David Herd, Thurnby, St Lukes Adrienne Holland, Headteacher, The Grove, Melton Jill McLaughlan, Headteacher, Westfield Infants School Pat Young, Headteacher, Newbridge High

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Formula Review Group

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  1. Formula Review Group Autumn 2005

  2. Membership of the Group • Chris Price, St Botolph's, Shepshed • David Herd, Thurnby, St Lukes • Adrienne Holland, Headteacher, The Grove, Melton • Jill McLaughlan, Headteacher, Westfield Infants School • Pat Young, Headteacher, Newbridge High • Jenny Lawrence, Education Finance Service • Chris Bristow, SENA • Charlie Palmer, SEO • Phil D’Mello, Senior Accountant • Christine Cassell, Assistant Director of Education • [additional secondary reps being sought via LSH]

  3. Formula Review Group:Terms of Reference • Seek views of stakeholders on the principles of SEN delegation • Work within national guidance on school funding • Identify improvements to the delegation formula, transition arrangements and related procedures • Share the work of the group in brief with colleagues via the Education Bulletin • To make recommendations to the Schools Funding Forum on changes to LMS arrangements around SEN funding

  4. Arrangements for 2005-06 • The resources for nearly all mainstream statements (including those with 25 hour and above LSA support) have been delegated. • Only enhanced packages remain centrally funded. • The major features of SEN delegation for 2005-06 are: • £12.9m delegated to schools • £154K mid year transfer budget held centrally • £140K Top-up budget to be allocated in May-June 2005 (where schools’ statement costs exceed the delegated budget) • 45% formula funding (55% historic costs of statements) • Formula factors: • Prior attainment (two thirds) • Disadvantage (one third) • Plan to move to full formula funding by 2007-08 providing losers can be protected • Statements of special educational need now make clear that grouped arrangements can be used to support pupils, often to their considerable advantage. Discussion of how the arrangements to schools with significant numbers of City Pupils is here. http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/education/special_education_needs/sen_delegation.htm

  5. Proposals for 2006-07 • Transitional support budget • Budget of £85,000 proposed to schools forum (decision in March) • Enhanced Packages budget • Proposal to delegate to Area Placement and Support Panels needs more work with heads at schools forum- this underway • 16+ statements in mainstream • Agreed by schools forum • Balance between historic and formula funding • Schools forum have agreed 67% formula funding for 06-07 and 100% for 07-08 • Mid year transfer support • Small budget proposed to be held centrally to help small schools with high cost pupils arriving at non-standard times.

  6. Discussion at Forum Feb 06 • The link between Area Placement and Support Panels (APSPs) and delegation noted • Primary schools need to be better engaged with APSPs • Secondaries have some concerns about the frequency of meetings • APSPs not yet ready to manage delegated responsibility for Enhanced Packages

  7. Detailed Issues to Address • Inclusion/dual placement support • Move in support for low flying LAC • Dowry arrangements for LAC and other pupils • Support for schools in budget difficulty • No clawback of delegated funds • Funding for turbulence • Schools close to city boundary

  8. Mid Year Transfer Support • Letter to schools, 20th October, 2005 • Mid Year Transfer support for high cost pupils (25 hour plus) arriving at non-standard transfer time • To be restricted to schools where statement costs exceed delegated budget

  9. Area Placement and Support Panels: Funding Role • Mid Year Transfer Support • Extend to LAC low cost statements new arrivals* • Dowry for HtP LAC new to a school? (Hard to place LAC: 25 pupils @ £2000 each = £50,000 per year * East Midlands LAC protocol provides for voluntary recoupement for non-statemented LAC. However, because of SEN delegation, schools currently do not get additional funding for statemented LAC- this seems perverse to schools, and many say they would take pupils but need funding to do it.

  10. Revised Proposals for 2006-07 • Transitional support budget • Budget of £85,000 agreed by schools forum- will support schools with statement costs in excess of delegated budgets • Enhanced Packages budget • Propose to run shadow budgets and engage APSPs with decision making in 06-07 and work on formal agreement to support delegation for 07-08 approved by forum • 16+ statements in mainstream • Agreed by schools forum • Balance between historic and formula funding • Schools forum have agreed 67% formula funding for 06-07 and 100% for 07-08 • Mid year transfer support • Small budget proposed to be held centrally to help small schools with high cost pupils arriving at non-standard times.

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