Norfolk

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

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• Background
• Consultation ends 14th December 2007
• LA Briefing Meetings
• Role of the Schools Forum
• Is there a NASH consensus?
• Outcome relates to three years 2008-2011

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Financial Background

• Increase (5.3 cash) BUT real terms increase
  (2.5) is lower than recent years
• MFG continues BUT Government expects 3 annual
  efficiency improvement
• 5 surplus balance proposal withdrawn BUT not
  forgotten
• Funding for Diplomas BUT expected contributions
  from cost reductions

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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

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• Agenda
• 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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Section B Funding Framework Issues
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Funding Framework Issues Minimum Funding
Guarantee to continue as at present but with
(subject to consultation) PROPOSAL 1 the
addition of Specialist Resource Bases Funding
14-16 students/Post 16 Funding announcements
awaited but 3 Options outlined by DCSF PROPOSAL 2
explored in detail by 14-19 Strategic
Partnership Group prior to consultation NB LSC
Funding Briefing now 4th (?) December and common
demand led funding methodology from April 2008
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Section C Social Deprivation Funding
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Social Deprivation Funding
How should the funds be distributed? PROPOSA
L 3 Free School Meals (Existing model) PROPOSAL
4 Index of Multiple Deprivation PROPOSAL 5 Free
School Meals with 20 factor PROPOSAL 6 An equal
mix of 4 and 5
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Social Deprivation Funding
How much should be distributed? 25m/67 29
m/80 36m/100 PROPOSAL 7 Increase to 80 with
extra 1.5 million per year over next three years
from AWPA
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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
• PROPOSAL 10
• Use standardised scores from NFER
• at Key Stages 2 3
• PROPOSAL 11 No change

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SEN School Specific Funding

• Social Deprivation Factors (1)
• PROPOSAL 12
• Change proxy indication to coincide with general
  social deprivation indicators

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SEN School Specific Funding

• Social Deprivation Factors
• PROPOSAL 13
• Change the ratio of Social
• Deprivation to Prior Attainment for the
• proxy indicators to reflect increase in
• Behavioural Difficulties

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SEN Pupil Specific Funding Four Consultation
Options Proposal 14 statement driven, schools
meet first 5 hrs/10 hrs, plus new budget for
early intervention and prevention Proposal
15 statement driven, fully funded, plus new
budget for early intervention and
prevention Proposal 16 statement driven, schools
meet the first 25 hrs, plus new budget for
early intervention and prevention Proposal
17 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 Proposal 14 status quo - 2.5m overspend
Proposal 15 fully funded - 4.1m additional
funding 2.5m overspend Proposal 16 25 hrs
funded no additional cost Proposal 17 fully
delegated no additional cost ALL PROPOSALS
include 2.5m new from AWPA
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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
- Proposal 18 8 59 472
2,087 Proposal 19 10 47 470
783 Proposal 20 10 59 590
2,087
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Specialist Resource Bases Funding Options
- Proposal 21 Additional
Resources Proposal 22 Reduce AWPAs Proposal
23 Charge schools
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Complex Needs Schools Outreach

• Proposal 24 Develop service?
• Fund new service
• Proposal 25 From general schools budget as
  2008/09 priority
• Proposal 26 From AWPA of all schools
• Proposal 27 Charge for use of service

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Alternative Education Provision

• Proposals
• 28/29 PRU devolved budgets for PEX
• 30 Behaviour and attendance budget
• and responsibilities devolved to clusters
• 31 Change to charging arrangements

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Section E Services to Schools
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Services to Schools
PROPOSAL 32 Services to Schools Partnership
Package withdrawal PROPOSAL 33 Charge schools for
each CRB check PROPOSAL 34 Counselling Service
charge schools PROPOSAL 35 Phoenix Gold/EI MIS
introduce all-inclusive charge
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Section F

• Other Changes

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• Other Changes
• PROPOSALS 41/42 Keeping in touch,
• maternity support leave and paternity
• leave add to maternity funding scheme
• PROPOSAL 43 Supported return to work delegate

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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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Relative Funding Priorities

• Social Deprivation Increase in Funding
• SEN Pupil Specfic Additional Budget
• SEN Pupil Specific Status Quo
• SEN Pupil Specific Fully funded
• SEN Specialist Resource Bases
• Complex Needs Outreach
• Increase the School Delegated Budget

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