Transcript Finance Administrators and Bursars Group

School Funding Reform
Jan Powley
07 November 2012
School Funding Reform
Where are we?
Progressing well with early years and
schools block
Schools Forum met on 24 October to
approve changes to early years and
schools block funding
Proposals still being worked up for high
needs block
Formula Factors
2 additional factors in addition to the 10
announced in March
Mobility
Funding for Post 16 from DSG if already in
use (not applicable to Luton)
Larger lump sum permitted for 2013/14
only
Additional Consultation
Schools Forum considered responses to
consultation on 24 October
New formula notified to EFA 26 October
Formula values updated between October
and January
Final values notified to EFA 18 January
Final formula values agreed and schools
block budgets issued February 2013??
Factors Agreed in the New Formula
 Basic entitlement – the same for all primary pupils with a
reception uplift, the same for all secondary pupils
 LAC
 EAL (3 years)
 Mobility
 Deprivation using Ever 6 FSM
 Deprivation using IDAC
 Lump sum of £100k
 Low cost high incidence SEN
 Exceptional factor for joint use sports provision
 Rates at actual cost
Growth Fund
 Schools Forum agreed level of growth fund and
criteria for allocation
 £964k in 2013/14 for primary sector allocated at
£47k per increase of 30 pupils (50% for increase
of 15)
 Allocated to all schools and academies who
meet criteria
 LA reports regularly to Forum on use of growth
fund
 Any underspend must be allocated to
maintained primary and secondary schools in
the next financial year
Delegation and de-delegation
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Schools in financial difficulty
Maternity, trade union and official duties
Behaviour Support Service
Funding for under achieving ethnic minority groups
Contingencies
Free School meals eligibility
Insurance for site agents houses
Licenses/Subscriptions (primary schools only)
All funds delegated to schools initially
Schools Forum has approved the de-delegation of all
funds
Early Years Funding
 Consultation with same deadlines as
mainstream formula
 Changes to deprivation funding to ensure
equivalence of funding – changes to weighting
 No transitional funding allowed so removed
 Transfer of funds from schools block to early
years block
 Delegation of education advisory services and
NQT funding
 Further consultation on 2 year old funding
High Needs Block
 Funding on a place-plus basis for all special schools and
for resourced SEN provision in primary and secondary
schools/academies
 £10k per place for provisions and special schools
 Top-ups from commissioner of the place – Luton or other
Local Authorities
 Funding moves in real-time with the pupil (including
statementing funding so no credits allowed)
 Outreach allocated separately
 Pupils in resourced provision no longer counted in the
school census for the basic entitlement
 Delegated funding for PRU from 01 April on a place-plus
basis - £8k per place plus top ups