School Funding Arrangements 2014 to 2015

Briefing for Governors March 2014

Simon Darby / Patrick Fletcher

• Schools are funded through a series of ring-fenced grants

• Dedicated Schools Grant• (Schools, Early Years and High Needs Blocks)

• EFA Post 16 Grant

• Pupil Premium• (Deprivation, Children Looked After & Service Children)

• Specific Grants• (KS1 Meals, Primary PE, Year 7 catch up)

Dedicated Schools Grant - Early Years Block

£3,883 per fte pupil (aged three and four) on the January census each yearNo increase per pupil over the four year settlement

Fixed grant of £11.92m to roll out free 15hr provision to vulnerable two year olds

Two year old grant will be based on the census from 2015/16

Dedicated Schools Grant - Early Years BlockVulnerable two year old if:• meet the eligibility criteria also used for free school meals • if their families receive Working Tax credits and have annual gross earnings of no more than £16,190 per year• if they have a current statement of special educational needs (SEN) or an education, health and care plan• if they attract Disability Living Allowance • if they are looked after by their local authority • if they have left care through special guardianship or through an adoption or residence order

Dedicated Schools Grant - Early Years Block

Funding to SettingsThree and Four yr olds £3.80 per hour plus deprivation allocation based on post code of each pupil

Two year olds £4.85 per hour, funding also used to expand number of available places where needed

Two year old funding fixed, three and four yr old funding block not finalised until after end of 2014/15

Dedicated Schools Grant – High Needs Block

Funding based on 2012/13 expenditure adjusted for transfer of responsibility for SEN up to 25, and population changes. Bid based on additional SEN places and increased Hospital Education provision.

Final allocation announced by 31.3.2014

Dedicated Schools Grant – Schools Block

Funding based on 2013 October census numbers at £4,538 per pupil. Final allocation received 23.12.2013.£538.8m

Gross allocation reduced by funding transferred to Academies, and reduces in year if further schools transfer.

EFA Post 16 Grant

Academic year funding (Aug to July) based on previous October data. E.g. Aug 2014 based on October 2013.

Funding of sixth forms reducing to that of Colleges

Funding for yr 14 reducing by 17.5% from Aug 2014

Funding rates and allocations finalised by 31.3.2014.

Pupil Premium£1,900 per Looked After Pupil, or adopted, under special guardianship arrangement or residence order.Deprivation premium based on FSM eligibility over previous 6 years.£1,300 per Primary pupil£935 per Secondary pupil

£300 per pupil where parents in armed services

If qualify under looked after criteria, cannot qualify under deprivation

Universal Infant FSM£450m September 2014 to March 2015£635m April 2015 to March 2016To fund meals provided to under 7s not eligible for FSM under benefit criteriaAllocation will be based on meals served to these under 7s at £2.30 per mealData collection for allocation of grant based on School Census‘Start up’ revenue funding for small schools

Universal Infant FSMPotential Funding from Grant£5.4m (14/15) then £7.6m (15/16)Other Potential Revenue BenefitsReduction in overall cost per meal produces saving in cost of all current meals servedIf current charge to a pupil for a paid meal is less than £2.30 a further saving will be realised

Specific Grants

Primary PE Grant £8,000 per school plus £5 per pupil – extended for 5 years

Year 7 catch up premium £500 per pupil not achieving L4 in reading or maths at KS2

  2013/14£m

2014/15£m

 

Yr on yr Change 

Schools Block  431.95 439.83 7.88Early Years Block (3 & 4yr olds)  30.06 31.26 1.20Early Years Block (2yr olds) 8.44 11.94 3.50High Needs Block 54.47 55.74 1.27EFA Post 16 Sixth Form Funding 19.16 18.11 -1.05Pupil Premium – Deprivation 29.54 35.82 6.28Pupil Premium – Children Looked after 0.78 1.83 1.05Pupil Premium – Service Children 0.04 0.04 0.00PE & Sport Grant 1.91 1.92 0.01Yr 7 Catch up Premium 0.54 0.54 0.00Free School Meals under 7’s 0.00 5.40 5.40Use of Balance of DSG B/fwd 0.00 1.83 1.83Gross Schools Budget 576.89 604.26 27.37       Academy recoupment from the Schools Block –transferred to the EFA

-84.56 -102.19 -17.63

Pupil Premium paid direct to Academies -5.88 -7.05 -1.17Net Schools Budget  486.45 495.02 8.57

Schools Block £439.83m – allocated to Schools and Academies (Reception to yr 11) after central retention of certain defined items

Equal pay settlements, prudential borrowing, Schools Forum support, combined services (Clusters and TaMHS), and Admissions

Costs cannot be increased year on year – Schools will be charged for Admissions Appeals from April 2014

Schools Block £439.83m - Schools Forum vote to de-delegate contingency fund including support to schools in financial difficulty, Staff cover costs, Museum and Library Services, SIMS and PRS Licences for Primary, Behaviour Support and support for underperforming ethnic minority groups and bilingual learners

Growth Fund – in-year funding where increase in admission limit due to basic need, and pre-opening costs where new school due to basic need

Schools Block £439.83m - Secretary of State has arranged central national licences for all Schools and academies- Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)- Music Publishers Association (MPA)- Newspaper Licensing Authority (NLA)- Education Recording Agency (ERA)- Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC), and- Filmbank Distributors Ltd. (for the PVSL)

Schools Block 2014/15 £439,830,000Less Continuing Commitments/Responsibilities and Growth Fund:Equal Pay Costs -£1,037,000Prudential Borrowing -£515,000Contribution to Combined Budgets -£5,530,030Admissions -£1,040,680Schools Forum -£28,180CLA and MPA Licence -£279,660Total Continuing Commitments/Responsibilities -£8,430,550Growth Fund -£2,432,260   Schools Block to be allocated by Formula £428,967,190plus one off use of balance b/fwd £1,430,000Individual Schools Budget before de-delegation £430,397,190   De-delegated Services for Maintained Schools -£5,293,090Individual Schools Budget Received by Schools £425,104.100

High Needs Funding changesHigh needs funding is one element of wider funding reformsSchool funding reforms – the £6k threshold is mandatory for Primary and SecondaryHigh Needs places funded at £10k for SEN, £8k for Alternative Provision. Data collection process for distribution of place funding led by local authorities, with a move to lagged funding of places from April 2015 plannedTop up funding where additional support costs above £6k determined by home local authority

Funding of the first £6k‘Local authorities should continue to provide additional funding outside the main funding formula for mainstream schools and academies on a consistent and fair basis where the number of their high needs pupils cannot be reflected adequately in their formula funding and they should define the circumstances in which additional funding will be provided from their high needs budget.’

SEN ConsultationTo reduce the number of instances in each school and academy where the school must meet the first £6,000 from within its delegated budget.To increase the unit of resource used within the Funding for Inclusion SEN funding allocation from £663 to £684To retain a reduced transitional protection where individual schools have received reduced funding for SEN through the introduction of the simple funding formula.

2015/16 Funding ArrangementsProtection of funding for Reception to year 11 in real termsProtection of funding through the pupil premium in real termsContinuation of Primary PE grantFull year of universal infant free school mealsAn expectation of efficiencies in under five and post 16 fundingConsultation on introduction of National Funding for each school and academy