Topics Where school funding comes from How schools are funded Notional SEN Funding Statement Funding Proposed changes

School Funding Reform from Prior to , LA’s could use their own local formula to fund schools DfE announced in March 2012 this would change Changes announced following consultation- 28 June 2012 Only allowed to use 12 specific factors within the schools block – not the current 37 by the East Riding- reduces flexibility of targeting funding to schools Data provided by the DfE- pupil numbers based on the October school census prior to the start of the financial year (April to March)

Where does school funding come from? DSG- Dedicated Schools Grant – from the Department for Education (DfE) Each Local Authority (LA) receives a different Guaranteed Unit of Funding (GUF)- based on historic spending patterns and ministerial decisions. High Needs based on budgets recorded on the Section 251 return No funding increase since

Where is the ERYC in the DSG rankings? In a GUF of £4, placed us as the 8 th worst funded LA out of 151 across the country. (ranges Leicestershire £4, to City of London £9,372.60) In the per pupil units of funding are: Schools Block £4, worst Early Years Block £4, worst High Needs Block £ ‘the worst’ Overall £4,984 per schools block pupil numbers = 3 rd worst

High Needs Block 2013/14 Budget Title13/14 Base Budget (£) Budget Title13/14 Base Budget (£) Local Authority Alternative Provision752,000Top Up Funding for Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools 3,887,428 Autism Outreach152,150Top up Payments to other LA schools1,111,185 Pre School Statements106,680Top up Payments for Post 16300,000 SEN Support Team149,110Enhanced Resource Units344,000 SEN in year resource allocations456,500Special Schools5,136,994 Hearing & Visually impaired and Physical Disability 1,543,880Pupil referral units704,111 Home Tuition331,440SEN LA Central Costs875,392 Payments to Independent Schools2,526,130 TOTAL18,377,000

How primary and secondary schools are funded in Basic per pupil entitlement (AWPU)- Age Weighted Pupil Units (78.25%) Deprivation funding- FSM’s (Free School Meals and IDACI (Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index) (5.57%) These 2 factors are compulsory

continued A lump Sum – currently £130,000 for all primary and secondary schools (10.52%) Low cost, high incidence (LCHI) SEN (2.67%) Rates – fund schools at cost (1.89%) Remaining 0.92% EAL, LAC, Split sites, PFI

Low cost, high incidence SEN- Secondary schools number of pupils not achieving level 4 in English and Maths at Key Stage number of pupils not achieving level 4 in English or Maths at Key Stage 2

Low cost, high incidence SEN- Primary schools based on the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). LA could choose to use the number of pupils achieving below either 73 or 78 points (ERYC 78 points) will include those who failed to achieve a good level of development for the cohort of pupils in the 2013 assessments. For older year groups in the school the old profile will still be used.

Notional SEN Funding – within the Schools Block LA should identify within each school’s budget a notional SEN budget This should not be regarded by a school as a substitute for their own budget planning and decisions about how much they need to spend on SEN support. ERYC only has used a % of basic per pupil entitlement and LCHI SEN but deprivation funding can also be part of the notional SEN allocation

Notional SEN Funding – within the Schools Block LA should identify within each school’s budget a notional SEN budget Primary Schools 4.33% of the basic per pupil entitlement plus LCHI SEN Secondary schools 4.20% of the basic per pupil entitlement plus LCHI SEN Basic per pupil entitlement KS1&2 £2,685.73, KS3 £3,493.01, KS4 £4,814.99

Targeted Support above notional SEN allocation LAs can provide additional targeted support to schools where it would be unreasonable to expect the first £6,000 of additional support for all high needs pupils to be provided due to an exceptional number of such pupils on roll. We are working on a funding model to do this to be implemented from

Statemented Pupils In schools only received a specific amount of funding for pupils with a level L, M or N statement As part of the DfE funding reforms from , the new guidance stated that the first £6,000 of a statement had to be found from within the schools budget. To phase in this change the LA protected schools for the first year so £3,000 was given for one year only –

Statemented Pupils -continued The amount of funding above the first £6,000 is known as ‘top-up’ funding. A school will only receive ‘top-up’ funding for those pupils resident in the ERYC. For pupils living outside the ERYC and attending your school, the ‘top-up’ element will come direct to the school from the LA responsible for that pupil as income.

Pupil Premium A separate grant introduced by the government in , £488 per pupil eligible for a free school meal (FSM) Announced for 4 years changed ever6 fsm – any pupil recorded as being eligible for a FSM in the last 6 years - £ £ £1,300 for primary and £900 plus at least the rate of inflation for secondary

Pupil Premium- continued According to the DfE around 40 per cent of pupils with SEN are known to be eligible for free school meals during the last 6 years and will therefore benefit from pupil premium.

Statement Funding Special school funding 4 levels (low, medium, high and intensive) Mainstream school funding 8 levels Desscriptors for banding levels (1-8) being devised Amend funding system from April 2014

Proposed changes to statements Current bandingNew banding LevelValue £LevelIndicative Value £ F44000 G1,04011,000 H1,280 I2,08022,000 J2,80033,000 K3,64044,000 L4,84055,000 M6,20066,000 77,000 N7,80088,000

TA Hours Matched to Levels LevelIndicative Value £Hours , , , , , , , , NB: TA hours matched to levels which can be individual, small group or whole class support.

Funding levels given to schools will be new levels. Statements will specify support hours not level or £s From September 2013 SEN Level Descriptors tested through the SEN Panel and amended as necessary. Levels span 1-8, 8 being the most severe need. The annual reviews submitted prior to April 2014 will be converted to new level 1-8, but support hours will be unchanged. Completed assessments which indicate that needs can be met from within the school’s own resources (below £6,000 per annum) a Note-in-Lieu or a Statement without provision will be issued.

Example of SEN Level Descriptor under Physical/Medical LevelDescriptorScoring IntensiveIs totally dependent for all his/her needs and requires at least one to one adult supervision and intervention at all times throughout the day to meet complex health needs, and to ensure safety e.g. air way management, epilepsy (unmanaged)(8) Is totally dependent for all his/her needs. Has little or no intentional behaviour. Physical independence in the classroom is severely limited. The pupil is non-ambulant and has limited control of torso or gaze. In self-help (eating, hygiene, toileting and dressing) the pupil’s ability to contribute to this process is very limited. Requires frequent adult supervision and intervention to meet health needs e.g. tube feeding, seizure management (7) 8 & 7