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Where school funding comes from
How schools are funded
Notional SEN Funding
Statement Funding
Proposed changes
School Funding Reform from
2013-14
• Prior to 2013-14, LA’s could use their own local formula
to fund schools
• DfE announced in March 2012 this would change
• Changes announced following consultation- 28 June
2012
• Only allowed to use 12 specific factors within the schools
block – not the current 37 by the East Riding- reduces
flexibility of targeting funding to schools
• Data provided by the DfE- pupil numbers based on the
October school census prior to the start of the financial
year (April to March)
Where does school funding
come from?
• DSG- Dedicated Schools Grant – from the
Department for Education (DfE)
Each Local Authority (LA) receives a different
Guaranteed Unit of Funding (GUF)- based on
historic spending patterns and ministerial
decisions.
High Needs based on 12-13 budgets recorded
on the Section 251 return
No funding increase since 2010-11
Where is the ERYC in the DSG rankings?
• In 2012-13 a GUF of £4,613.11 placed us as the
8th worst funded LA out of 151 across the
country.
• (ranges Leicestershire £4,428.70 to City of London £9,372.60)
• In 2013-14 the per pupil units of funding are:
Schools Block £4,257.73 34 worst
Early Years Block £4,184.41 91 worst
High Needs Block £423.51 ‘the worst’
Overall £4,984 per schools block pupil numbers = 3rd worst
High Needs Block 2013/14
Budget Title
13/14 Base
Budget (£)
Budget Title
13/14 Base
Budget (£)
Local Authority Alternative Provision
752,000
Top Up Funding for Nursery, Primary
and Secondary Schools
3,887,428
Autism Outreach
152,150
Top up Payments to other LA schools
1,111,185
Pre School Statements
106,680
Top up Payments for Post 16
300,000
SEN Support Team
149,110
Enhanced Resource Units
344,000
SEN in year resource allocations
456,500
Special Schools
Hearing & Visually impaired and Physical
Disability
Home Tuition
Payments to Independent Schools
1,543,880
331,440
5,136,994
Pupil referral units
704,111
SEN LA Central Costs
875,392
2,526,130
TOTAL
18,377,000
How primary and secondary
schools are funded in 2013-14
• Basic per pupil entitlement (AWPU)- Age
Weighted Pupil Units (78.25%)
• Deprivation funding- FSM’s (Free School
Meals and IDACI (Income Deprivation
Affecting Children Index) (5.57%)
• These 2 factors are compulsory
continued
• A lump Sum – currently £130,000 for all
primary and secondary schools (10.52%)
• Low cost, high incidence (LCHI) SEN
(2.67%)
• Rates – fund schools at cost (1.89%)
Remaining 0.92% EAL, LAC, Split sites, PFI
Low cost, high incidence SENSecondary schools
• 2013-14 number of pupils not achieving
level 4 in English and Maths at Key Stage
2
• 2014-15 number of pupils not achieving
level 4 in English or Maths at Key Stage 2
Low cost, high incidence SENPrimary schools
2013-14 based on the Early Years Foundation
Stage Profile (EYFSP). LA could choose to use
the number of pupils achieving below either 73
or 78 points (ERYC 78 points)
2014-15 will include those who failed to achieve a
good level of development for the cohort of
pupils in the 2013 assessments. For older year
groups in the school the old profile will still be
used.
Notional SEN Funding – within
the Schools Block
• LA should identify within each school’s budget a
notional SEN budget
• This should not be regarded by a school as a
substitute for their own budget planning and
decisions about how much they need to spend
on SEN support.
• ERYC only has used a % of basic per pupil
entitlement and LCHI SEN but deprivation
funding can also be part of the notional SEN
allocation
Notional SEN Funding – within
the Schools Block
LA should identify within each school’s budget a
notional SEN budget
• Primary Schools
4.33% of the basic per pupil entitlement plus LCHI SEN
• Secondary schools
4.20% of the basic per pupil entitlement plus LCHI SEN
Basic per pupil entitlement KS1&2 £2,685.73, KS3
£3,493.01, KS4 £4,814.99
Targeted Support above
notional SEN allocation
• LAs can provide additional targeted
support to schools where it would be
unreasonable to expect the first £6,000 of
additional support for all high needs pupils
to be provided due to an exceptional
number of such pupils on roll.
• We are working on a funding model to do
this to be implemented from 2014-15
Statemented Pupils
• In 2012-13 schools only received a specific amount
of funding for pupils with a level L, M or N statement
• As part of the DfE funding reforms from 2013-14,
the new guidance stated that the first £6,000 of a
statement had to be found from within the schools
budget.
• To phase in this change the LA protected schools
for the first year so £3,000 was given for one year
only – 2013-14.
Statemented Pupils -continued
• The amount of funding above the first
£6,000 is known as ‘top-up’ funding.
• A school will only receive ‘top-up’ funding
for those pupils resident in the ERYC.
• For pupils living outside the ERYC and
attending your school, the ‘top-up’ element
will come direct to the school from the LA
responsible for that pupil as income.
Pupil Premium
• A separate grant introduced by the government
in 2011-12, £488 per pupil eligible for a free
school meal (FSM)
• Announced for 4 years
• 2012-13 changed ever6 fsm – any pupil
recorded as being eligible for a FSM in the last 6
years - £623
• 2013-14 £900
• 2014-15 £1,300 for primary and £900 plus at
least the rate of inflation for secondary
Pupil Premium- continued
• According to the DfE around 40 per cent of
pupils with SEN are known to be eligible
for free school meals during the last 6
years and will therefore benefit from pupil
premium.
Statement Funding
• Special school funding 4 levels (low, medium,
high and intensive)
• Mainstream school funding 8 levels
• Desscriptors for banding levels (1-8) being
devised
• Amend funding system from April 2014
Proposed changes to
statements
Current banding
New banding
Level
Value £
Level
Indicative Value £
F
440
0
0
G
1,040
1
1,000
H
1,280
I
2,080
2
2,000
J
2,800
3
3,000
K
3,640
4
4,000
L
4,840
5
5,000
M
6,200
6
6,000
7
7,000
8
8,000
N
7,800
TA Hours Matched to Levels
Level
Indicative Value £
Hours
0
0
0
1
1,000
17.75
2
2,000
20.25
3
3,000
22.25
4
4,000
24.25
5
5,000
27.25
6
6,000
30.75
7
7,000
32.50
8
8,000
34.75
NB: TA hours matched to levels which can be individual, small group
or whole class support.
• Funding levels given to schools will be new levels.
• Statements will specify support hours not level or £s
• From September 2013 SEN Level Descriptors tested
through the SEN Panel and amended as necessary.
• Levels span 1-8, 8 being the most severe need.
• The annual reviews submitted prior to April 2014 will
be converted to new level 1-8, but support hours will
be unchanged.
• Completed assessments which indicate that needs
can be met from within the school’s own resources
(below £6,000 per annum) a Note-in-Lieu or a
Statement without provision will be issued.
Example of SEN Level Descriptor under Physical/Medical
Level
Descriptor
Intensive
Is totally dependent for all his/her needs and
8&7
requires at least one to one adult supervision
and intervention at all times throughout the day
to meet complex health needs, and to ensure
safety e.g. air way management, epilepsy
(unmanaged)(8)
Is totally dependent for all his/her needs. Has
little or no intentional behaviour. Physical
independence in the classroom is severely
limited. The pupil is non-ambulant and has
limited control of torso or gaze. In self-help
(eating, hygiene, toileting and dressing) the
pupil’s ability to contribute to this process is
very limited. Requires frequent adult
supervision and intervention to meet health
needs e.g. tube feeding, seizure management
(7)
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