Norfolk

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• Norfolk
• Fair Funding Consultation
• 2008/09 2010/11

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• Purpose
• Consult schools on funding changes
• Outcome
• - facilitate Government policy changes
• facilitate Norfolk LA policy changes
• accommodate Norfolk LA budget pressures
• include school suggested changes

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• Agenda
• Process
• A 2008/11 Funding Arrangements
• B Funding Framework Issues
• C Social Deprivation Funding
• D Funding for Additional Education Needs and
  Behaviour Support
• E Services to Schools
• F Other Changes
• G Relative Funding Priorities

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• Context
• Government Key Reforms
• Extension to 15 hours/flexibility of free
  entitlement to early years education and care
• Specialised diploma at Key Stage 4
• Contribution of schools to Every Child Matters
  agenda
• Comprehensive Spending Review
• Increase in education spending of 2.8 in real
  terms
• Assumed inflation rate 2.75
• Assumed efficiency savings 3

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School Funding Decisions 2008/11 Planned early
October now expected end of October
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Main School Funding Streams 2007/08
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School Budget Distribution
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Section B Funding Framework Issues
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Funding Framework Issues Funding of Early Years
provision - detail consultation to be
undertaken Minimum Funding Guarantee - to
continue Funding 14-16 students/Post 16
Funding - announcements awaited
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Minimum Funding Guarantee

• Guaranteed per pupil increase
• Represents estimated cost increases less
  estimated efficiency savings

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14-18 Student Funding System Funding Diplomas At
Key Stage 4 - Development work with 14-19
Partnership - Consultation Post 16
Funding - LSC funding briefing 2
November - Common demand led funding methodology
from April 2008
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Use of Actual Salaries in Funding Formula
- Proposal to prevent use of actual salaries
within School Funding Formula - School
with below 150 pupils currently funded on basis
of actual salaries - Schools with between
200 150 pupils funded on mix of actual and
average salaries
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Section C Social Deprivation Funding
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Child Poverty Fair Funding for
Schools Pupils eligible for free school meals
have worse educational outcomes than their peers
at all ages Source DFES/HM Treasury report
Child Poverty Fair Funding for Schools
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Social Deprivation Attainment at GCSEs
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Social Deprivation and Attainment at Key Stages

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Social Deprivation Funding Two Questions

• How much should be distributed
• 25m / 29m / 36m ?
• How should the funds be distributed
• - free school meals ?
• - index of multiple deprivation ?
• - a mix of the two factors ?

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Section D

• Funding for Additional Education Needs and
  Behaviour Support

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SEN Funding in Mainstream Schools
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SEN School Specific Funding
SCHOOL SPECIFIC FUNDING 11.93M
LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN 0.48M
PRIOR ATTAINMENT FACTORS 8.66M
SOCIAL DEPRIVATION FACTORS 2.79M
NURSERY 0.16M
ONE KEY STAGE BELOW 1.04M
TWO OR MORE KEY STAGES BELOW 7.46M
FSM (1.67M)
IMD 1.12M
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SEN School Specific Funding

• Prior Attainment Proposals
• Option 1 Replace Bury Infant check with
  foundation profile in years R-2
• Option 2 Status quo but collect data for all
  year groups
• Option 3 Use standardised scores from NFER
  Key Stage 2 3
• Option 4 No change

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SEN School Specific Funding

• Social Deprivation Factors
• Option 5 Change proxy indication to coincide
  with general social deprivation indicators
• Balance of social deprivation factors/prior
  attainment factors
• Option 6 Change to ratio of the two factors

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SEN Funding in Mainstream Schools
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SEN Pupil Specific Funding Four Consultation
Options Option A - statement driven, schools
meet first 5 hrs/10 hrs, plus new budget for
early intervention and prevention Option B
- statement driven, fully funded, plus new budget
for early intervention and prevention Option C
- statement driven, schools meet the first 25
hrs, plus new budget for early intervention
and prevention Option D - delegate all funding
and responsibilities to schools and create a
new budget for early intervention and prevention
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SEN Pupil Specific Funding Cost of
Options Option A - status quo - 2.5m overspend
2.5m new budget Option B - fully funded -
4.1m additional funding 2.5m overspend
2.5m new budget Option C - 25 hrs funded no
additional cost Option D - fully delegated no
additional cost
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Specialist Resource Bases Options Places
per No. of Total No. Additional
Base Bases of Places Cost
000 Current 12/8/6 43 472
- Option A 8 59 472
2,087 Option B 10 47 470
783 Option C 10 59 590
2,087
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Complex Needs Schools Outreach

• Develop service?
• Fund new service
• - Option 1 from general schools budget as
  priority in 2008/09
• - Option 2 from AWPA of all schools
• - Option 3 by charge for use of service

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Alternative Education Provision

• Proposals
• - PRU permanently excluded pupils
• PRU devolved budgets
• Behaviour and attendance budget/responsibilities
  devolved to area clusters
• Change to charging arrangements

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Section E Services to Schools
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Services to Schools

• Services to Schools Partnership Package
  withdrawal
• Criminal Record Bureau Check charge schools for
  each CRB check
• School Management Information System introduce
  all-inclusive charge
• Counselling Service charge schools

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Section F

• Other Changes

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• Other Changes
• Funding arrangements for new primary schools
  new arrangements
• Funding part-time pupils as part-time
• Keeping in touch/maternity support
  leave/paternity leave add to maternity funding
  scheme
• Supported return to work delegate
• Balance control mechanism DCSF changes

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• 5 Balance Redistribution
• Problem 1.6bn ? increasing
• Applies to all balances
• Also excess balances process
• Definition of closing balance
• Start date
• Redistribution process
• Accurate/comprehensive accounts essential

Withdrawn
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Section G
Relative Funding Priorities
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