Local Authorities

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EDEXCEL

• Local Authorities
• and
• 14-19 Funding from 2011/12
• Mark Corney
• MC Consultancy
• 
  

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APPROACH

• APPROACH 1
• A Z
• APPROACH 2
• A Z
• 
  

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APPROACH 2

• A Z
• We want every 16 and 17 year-old to participate
• in education or training.
• (Raising Expectations enabling the system to
  deliver. Line 1. Para 1.1)
• 
  

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LEARNING LEAVING AGE

• raise to 17 in 2013 (end of academic year)
• raise to 18 in 2014 (18th birthday)
• Level 3 or 18th birthday whichever is the sooner
• participate in learning at least a unit of a
• 
  qualification
• statutory right to day/block release

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RAISING THE LEARNING LEAVING AGE TO 17 IN 2013

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12 14-19
  Funding System?
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
  Creation of YPLA
• 
  Transfer of 16-18
  LSC Funding
• 
  to Local
  Authorities
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
  Local Authorities Funders
• 
  and Strategic
  Commissioners
• 
  of 3-15 and 16-18
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  Shadow Structures in Place
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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ASSESSMENT

• 
  
  
  
• CHANGES TO 16-18 FUNDING
• MUST NOT CUT ACROSS
• 14-19 FUNDING SYSTEM
  
  
  
  

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THE GREAT FUNDING TRANSFER AND 14-19 FUNDING

• 
  

14bn
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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• 16-18 Apprenticeships and Local Authorities in
  2011/12
• - demonstrate good links with NAS
• - local engagement with employers
• - local labour market intelligence
• possible transfer of funding?
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Academy Funding and 2011/12 14-19 Funding
• - academy numbers might grow (400 by 2010)
• - DCSF to YPLA to Academies?
• - transform into school trusts and become
• funded by DCSF to YPLA to LAs?
• 
  

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AN INTEGRATED 14-19 FUNDING SYSTEM

• Wales Webb Review
• - integrated 14-19 funding system
• - 16-19 apprenticeships included
• - no academies in Wales
• - Local Authorities small in Wales
• - all 14-15 funding either to (i) 14-19
  consortia
• 
  (ii) up to WAG
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12 14-19
  Credit Qualifications
• 
  System?
  
  
• 
  
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09 Key
  Stage 3
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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ASSESSMENT

• 
  
  
  
• 14-19 CREDIT BASED QUALIFICATIONS SYSTEM
• AND
• 14-19 FUNDING SYSTEM?
  
  
  
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• SEPTEMBER 2013 TO 17
• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09 Key
  Stage 3
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
  
• 
  
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  Subject Diplomas

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AN INTEGRATED 14-19 FUNDING SYSTEM

• Wales Webb Review
• - integrated 14-19 funding system
• - 16-19 apprenticeships included
• - no academies in Wales
• - Local Authorities small in Wales
• - all 14-15 funding either to (i) 14-19
  consortia
• 
  (ii) up to WAG
• 
  

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APPROACH

• OPTION 1
• A Z
• OPTION 2
• Z
  A
• 
  

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APPROACH 1

• A Z
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  Shadow Structures in Place
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  
• 
  
  
• 
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
  Creation of YPLA
• 
  Transfer of 16-18
  LSC Funding
• 
  to Local
  Authorities
• Sept 2011 YR10 14/15 2011/12
  
  

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THE FUNDING TRANSFER

• Learning Year Age
  Year
• Sept 2007 YR6 10/11 2007/08
  
• 
  
• Sept 2008 YR7 11/12 2008/09
• Sept 2009 YR8 12/13 2009/10
  
  
• Sept 2010 YR9 13/14 2010/11
  Local Authorities 3-15 Schools
• 
  16-18 LSC Sixth Form
  2.1bn
• 
  16-18 LSC FE
  3.6bn
• 
  16-18 E2E
  0.2bn
• 
  16-25 LDD
  0.3bn
• 
  NAS 16-18 Apprenticeship
  0.8bn
• 
  DCSF 16-18 Academies
  0.2bn
• 
  

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• administration
• commissioning
• planning to inform funding
• funding
• 
  

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 1 Local Leadership Accountability
• Para 1.7
• local leadership and single point of
  accountability for 14-19 phase
• Local Authorities to provide this leadership

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 2 Ring-Fenced 16-18 Education
• Budget
• 3-15 Dedicated Schools Grant
• 16-18 Dedicated Education Grant (?)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 3 Funding devolved to each Local
• Authority
• 150 LAs but more as more unitary authorities are
  created
• funding devolved to each Local Authority
• unless groups of Local Authorities decide
• to pool funding
• - difference between 16-18 and 14-19

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 4 Funding Following the Learner
• Para 4.4
• mainly 16-18 FE
• what about 14-15 FE?
• Principle 5 Funding Model ensuring Funding
• Reaches Providers Appropriately
• Para 1.10
• mainly 16-18 FE
• what about 14-15 FE?

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 6 Funding by Participation and
• National Rates
• Current Position
• Residency/Participation Local/National
  Rates
• 3-15 Participation
  Local Rates
• 16-18 Participation
  National Rates

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 6 Funding by Participation and
• National Rates
• Possible Future Position
• Residency/Participation Local/National
  Rates
• 3-13 Participation
  Local Rates
• 14-15 Participation
  National Rates
• 16-18 Participation
  National Rates

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 6 Funding by Participation and
• National Rates
• Prior to the Consultation Paper
• - some providers enrol learners from many LAs
• - FE colleges but recognition of specialist
  providers
• - 16-18 but recognition of14-15 (rate for the
  job)
• reduce need for re-coupement given cross
• boundary traffic
• participation/national rates should facilitate
  not prevent learning outside LA area including
  14-15

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 6 Funding by Participation and
• National Rates
• Consultation Paper
• there should be no assumption that it is
  problematic that a young person chooses to leave
  the area of one local authority to learn
  elsewhere
• travel to learn patterns
• greater focus on 16-18 relative to 14-15

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 7 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 7 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 7 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 7 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates
• The commissioning process of course
• drives funding. (Para 5.1)
• (but will commissioning reflect individual choice
  or aggregate demand of economic
• Needs of LAs and RDAs)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 8 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates via Sub-
• Regional LA Groupings
• one fifth of the 11-16 cohort changes per
• year
• 16-18 participation is more volatile with 10
  change in a year
• funding model that is responsive to demand
• (funding model that is responsive under LLA)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 8 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates via Sub-
• Regional LA Groupings
• - LAs can act as single commissioner large
• shire local authorities without unitary
  authorities
• - expectation of formal sub-regional LA
• groupings
• - formal sub-regional LA groupings across 9
  English regions
• - whole regions might form formal LA grouping
  (not same as funding to the regional tier)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 8 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates via Sub-
• Regional LA Groupings
• whole regions might form formal LA grouping
• LAs come together in 9 informal Government
  Office regions
• not the same as regions/RDAs as budget holder

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 8 Commissioning by Participation
• and National Rates via Sub-
• Regional LA Groupings

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HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE

• administration
• commissioning
• planning to inform funding
• funding
• 
  

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 9 Oversight by National YPLA and
• Regional YPLA of funding and
• commissioning by participation
• and national rates by formal
  LA
• groupings
• - National YPLA
• - Regional YPLA
• Sub-Regional LA Groupings

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 9 Oversight by National YPLA and
• Regional YPLA of funding and
• commissioning by participation
• and national rates by formal
  LA
• groupings
• Option 1 DCSF to Local Authorities
• Option 2 DCSF to YPLA to Local Authorities
• Option 3 DCSF to YPLA to Local Authorities
  mediated
• (i) sub-regional LA groupings
• (ii) Regional YPLA

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 9 Oversight by National YPLA and
• Regional YPLA of funding and
• commissioning by participation
• and national rates by formal
  LA
• groupings
• Option 1 DCSF to Local Authorities (Para 3.5)
• break the bank - LAs commission
  what they want at a national rate
  funded by government
• lack of budgetary control
• in practice fund on last years
  budget
• limited scope for commissioning

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 9 Oversight by National YPLA and
• Regional YPLA of funding and
• commissioning by participation
• and national rates by formal
  LA
• groupings
• Option 2 DCSF to YPLA to Local Authorities
• hands-on national agency role
• Local Authorities assess needs,
  proposals to fill gaps
• YPLA would retain responsibility
  for commissioning,
• fund FE colleges, have budgetary
  control
• Local Authorities not be able to provide
  real leadership
• with commissioning to fit the
  budget

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 9 Oversight by National YPLA and
• Regional YPLA of funding and
• commissioning by participation
• and national rates by formal
  LA
• groupings
• Option 3 DCSF to YPLA to Local Authorities
  mediated
• (i) sub-regional LA groupings
• (ii) Regional YPLA
• - Funding can be plan-led not lagged
• - RDA to co-chair regional YPLA (Para 3.23)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 10YPLA to secure budgetary
• control will give more
  space for
• LAs to undertake commissioning
• YPLA (Para 3.22)
• step in if LAs unable top reach collective plan
• establish and agree national planning and
  commissioning framework
• work with JACQA on qualifications to be funded
• manage national and regional contracts for some
• provision (youth justice and vol org
  provision)

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 10YPLA to secure budgetary
• control will give more
  space for
• LAs to undertake commissioning
• Regional YPLA (Para 3.23)
• Local Authorities/RDAs/NAS/DIUS
• RDA regional demand
• Co-chaired by RDA
• Indicative regional budget
• Full range of Diplomas and 16-18 Apprenticeships
• Local Authorities might resist this

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Principle 11 comparable funding for
• comparable provision
• Para 5.3
• Principle 12 16-18 funding methodology will
• remain
• Para 5.6 GLHs to each Qual

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16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• VARYING DEGREES OF COLLABORATION
• Model (a) FE commissioning by YPLA at regional
• level
• Model (b) Home Local Authority manages the
• relationship with school sixth forms
• sixth form colleges and sub-regional

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HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE

• administration
• commissioning
• planning to inform funding
• funding
• 
  

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LAs AND 16-18 FUNDING TRANSFER

• Under the learning leaving age, Local Authorities
• to commission to maximise access rather than
• maximise provision in their local area (Para
  4.10)
• Local authorities have powers to re-organise
  16-18
• provision (Para 4.15)
• Local authorities accountable via National
  Indicator
• Set (include NEET category and L2/L3 attainment)