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PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS NETWORK: June 2012

PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS NETWORK: June 2012. Angela Farmer. School Funding Reform. MAIN PRINCIPLES Increased delegation of services & funding to schools Number of formula factors permitted to be reduced to 10

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PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS NETWORK: June 2012

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  1. PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS NETWORK:June 2012 Angela Farmer

  2. School Funding Reform MAIN PRINCIPLES • Increased delegation of services & funding to schools • Number of formula factors permitted to be reduced to 10 • DSG funding will be allocated in 3 notional blocks ie Schools, Early Years and High Needs block • Schools block to be based on October pupil numbers, with the expectation that school budgets can be set earlier • High needs block will cover funding for high needs pupils from birth to 25 • MFG of -1.5% per pupil to continue in 13/14 & 14/15

  3. Permitted Formula Factors • Per pupil element with single amount for primary pupils & either a single amount for secondary pupils or different values for KS3 & KS4 • Deprivation: basis for allocation is FSM and/or Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) • Looked After Children • Low cost, high incidence SEN: basis for allocation is attainment (EYFSP for primary and KS2 secondary) • EAL (max of 3 years per individual pupil) • Lump sum of limited size: same amount for all schools • Split sites • Rates • PFI • London fringe area

  4. Kirklees Factors No Longer Permitted • KS1 class size • Small schools protection • Premises factors • Teaching cost adjustment • 5% loss protection • Advanced skills teacher support funding • Specialist schools funding

  5. Exceptional Circumstances • The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has discretion to consider exceptional circumstances relating to premises such as rented buildings & swimming pools. • Must apply to less than 5% of schools in LA • Account for more than 1% of the budget of the school or schools affected

  6. New Delegation – Centrally Funded Services • Expectation is that funding for central services, within the schools block, should be delegated to schools in the first instance. • There are 3 exceptions to this. Exceptions have to be agreed by maintained schools in a phase collectively, through Schools Forum • In these circumstances, funding can either be returned or retained by the LA for central provision of the service

  7. Exception 1: schools agree service should be provided centrally Support for schools in financial difficulties Contingencies FSM eligibility Insurance Licences/Subscriptions Staff Costs: long term sickness, maternity, trade union & public duties) Support for minority ethnic pupils or underachieving groups Behaviour support services Library & museum services

  8. Contingencies A contingency budget can only be retained centrally for limited circumstances: • Schools in financial difficulties • Additional costs relating to new, re-organised or closing schools • Significant pupil growth • Exceptional unforeseen costs where unreasonable for GB to meet.

  9. Exception 2: Historic Commitments Services where costs are historic or activity normally funded from wider LA budgets • Contribution to combined services • Redundancy costs • Revenue contribution to capital expenditure • Transport for pupils with SEN (Such expenditure must meet certain criteria ie as providing a saving to the budget for schools or an educational benefit)

  10. Exception 3: LA Statutory Functions Services that have been met through the budget for schools, which relate to statutory functions of the authority : • Co-ordinated admissions scheme • Servicing schools forum • Carbon reduction commitment • Capital expenditure funded from revenue

  11. Exceptions 2 & 3 • Expenditure will be allowed up to the total budgeted for in 2012/13 ie: no new commitments or additional expenditure will be allowed • Funding for threshold & performance pay is not an exception and therefore will be delegated by formula

  12. High Needs Block • A high needs pupil is identified as one requiring provision costing £10k or more • Mainstream schools will be expected to provide the first £10k from their budget (£4k AWPU & £6K notional SEN) • Where agreed, top ups to this will be provided from the High Needs funding block • Special schools, RP units and alternative provisions will be funded from the High Needs Block

  13. High Needs Block Special Schools & RP units Funding will be based on 2 factors only: i) Base place allocation of £10k ii) Top up funding ie costs in excess of the base allocation AP units will receive base place allocation of £8k plus top up funding

  14. EARLY YEARS • No major changes proposed • The LA will now be funded for these pupils on the basis of termly counts rather than just the January census

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