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Update on f40. Author : Sharon Campbell Strategic Manager Finance. What is f40?. Represents a group of the lowest funded education authorities in England Has 32 members representing 1,924,704 pupils Somerset County Council is a member Website with a host of links to information
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Update on f40 Author : Sharon Campbell Strategic Manager Finance
What is f40? • Represents a group of the lowest funded education authorities in England • Has 32 members representing 1,924,704 pupils • Somerset County Council is a member • Website with a host of links to information • Frequent e-mails from f40 with links to news items of interest
Recent Activities - NFFF • Drawn up outline proposal suggesting how a national funding framework for schools might work • Strong support for national funding • Existing model seen as unfair with no rationale • Inconsistencies in funding schools with similar characteristics across the country are too great • No room for any school to be over-funded • Academy programme is a national programme and should have a national funding model • Full proposal available on their website
Recent Activities – Meetings • Recent meeting with Rt Hon David Laws MP to discuss the NFFF on 29th October • Minutes again available on the website • Meeting held between f40 and DfE’s Director of Education Funding and Special Advisor • Particular mention of sparsity • F40 hope to organise an NFFF conference in late Jan/early Feb
Contact Details • Link to the web-site will be on i-post • www.f40.org.uk