Brian Gale Director Policy & Campaigns Green paper implications for funding of children with sensory impairment Brian Gale Director Policy & Campaigns
Dedicated Schools Grant Sensory Support Other Service School Individual Schools Budget Centrally Funded Services
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Individual Schools Budget Centrally Funded Services Sensory Support Other Service School
LACSEG Section 251 Relevant 1.2.1 Provision for pupils with SEN (individually assigned resources) No 1.2.2 SEN other Yes 1.2.3 Support inclusion 1.3.2 PRU 1.3.3 Education out of school 1.3.5 Under 5s
EY Primary Secondary Special Post 16 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.3.2 1.3.5
New structure National Funding Formula Low cost SEN (Core offer) High cost SEN (LA commissioning) Integration of post 16 funding Personalised budgets New providers
National Funding Formula The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill
Issues Low cost / high cost thresholds How to distribute Local discretion v national consistency Incentive to over identify Resource banding
More Issues Personalised budget Funding of support services Regional collaboration Special school academies and free schools / new providers
Yet more issues Winners, losers and turbulence Competition – social enterprises
Managing Risk Cost control Careful section 251 preparation Marketing: Benefits and outcomes Statutory necessity Quality standards (accreditation)
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity (R I Fitzhenry) Risks varies inversely with knowledge. Risks comes from not knowing what you are doing (W Buffet) I don’t think about risk much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go you gotta go (L Carter)