1. White Paper: Educational Excellence Everywhere – update and next steps

2. welcome and introduction Sheila Smith

3. purpose of session update on the implications of education reform
provide information to the SSF to support decision making for the schools budget for
enable informed responses to the further fair funding consultation and traded services offering

4. structure of the session
welcome and introduction
update on educational excellence everywhere
further fair funding consultation and traded offering for schools
refreshment break
the schools budget for
free schools

5. educational excellence everywhere - update
schools in NS moving forward with plans to convert as part of a MAT
feedback from consultation that it is now too late for establishing a MAT in partnership with NS
Council considering options for a new vehicle for traded services for education providers

6. educational excellence everywhere - update
consultation issued 19 Oct with staff in the Learning & Achievement Branch about only delivering our reduced statutory responsibilities
proposals include:
the end of the L&A branch
reduction in FTE delivering L&A functions from FTE to FTE (excl. traded activity)
looking to commission some statutory services from a new trading partner
consultation to follow shortly with staff across the Council

7. questions...

8. national update
national funding formula for schools will not be implemented in – delayed until at least
national funding formula for early years likely to be implemented in
awaiting results of a DfE consultation on the proposals for an early years national funding formula – will then consult locally

9. national update still haven’t had
consultation on LA future statutory responsibilities
information on transitional Education Service Grant Funding April to Sept 17
outcome of phase 1 or phase 2 consultation on national fair funding formula
consultation on changes to school funding or school forum regulations

10. update on traded services
lower levels of buy back in many areas
level of buy back for some areas mean that services will not be offered
additional service offerings issued to schools following SSF on 19 Oct
Council considering options for a new vehicle for traded services for education providers

11. update on fair funding proposals
not to introduce funding for schools with falling rolls for
to implement the wording change to the exceptional pupil growth funding policy for new schools for
to introduce a process in to automatically assess and allocate funding to schools considered as having a disproportionate number of high needs pupils

12. update on fair funding proposals
de-delegate until 31st August 2017:
ethnic minority groups
SS4L
FSM eligibility
contingencies
de-delegate insurance for a

13. update on fair funding proposals
stop de-delegations for
future schools
school central funds (maternity/paternity & suspensions)
RPTAs a

14. questions...

15. preparation for 2017-18 budget
financial pressures remain
no requirement to make changes to what is funded from the schools budget in
right time to reconsider what we retain centrally and what we allocate to schools in order to:
keep in line with education reform direction of travel
treat staff fairly and consult appropriately
consult with schools on how any additional funding should be delegated
provide and opportunity for schools to consider additional traded services offerings

16. preparation for 2017-18 budget
Elements of Schools Budget for potential delegation
Budget £
Proposal for consultation
Learning Exchange
£404,879
Delegate to schools from September 2017
Peer to Peer Support
£143,000
Delegate to schools from April/September 2017
Psychology
£140,752
Delegate to schools from April/ September 2017
Sensory Impairment Service
£278,440
Give notice to consider alternatives as soon as possible

17. preparation for 2017-18 budget
Elements of Schools Budget for potential delegation
Budget £
Proposal for consultation
Inclusion Advisory Team
£350,789
Delegate to schools from April/September 2017
Targeted mental health in schools
£50,000
 Delegate to schools from April/ September 2017
Virtual school
£135,190
Remove AT Capacity and delegate to schools from April/September 2017
SALT & SALSA
£97,999
Retain for further consideration

18. preparation for 2017-18 budget
Elements of Schools Budget for potential delegation
Budget £
Proposal for consultation
Parenting
£12,671
End
VLS Management
£42,120
Will adjust depending on decisions above
Commissioned resource bases (Enhanced Provision)
£95,000
Delegate to schools from April/ September 2017

19. preparation for 2017-18 budget
please be aware that any decision to delegate additional resources to schools may be impacted by:
any resources required to balance the budget
any resources required to fund the deficit brought forward from
the cost of termination of employment costs for services previously funded by the Schools Budget

20. preparation for 2017-18 budget – next steps
the SSF have agreed to:
consult with schools on the proposals for the Schools Budget
issue additional service offerings to schools for the services to be delegated in
consider the outcome of the consultation with schools and the additional service offering at the meeting of the SSF on 7th December 2016
take initial decisions about the Schools Budget for at the December 2016 meeting

21. activity: review the elements of the schools budget, consider the proposals for consultation and provide comment

22. feedback...

23. enjoy your refreshments please return by 10:45

24. further fair funding consultation
consulting on two areas:
how to delegate additional resources to schools for service previously funded centrally
how to reduce funding in to set a balance Schools Budget

25. additional traded services offering
additional services:
for those areas currently retained centrally but now proposed for delegation
opportunity to re-consider
now clarification of what de-delegations will end
now clarification that some services are no longer viable

26. timescales
consultation and traded offering open until 25th November 2016
will inform:
initial budget setting by the SSF on 7th December
staffing levels and redundancy costs
consideration of future delivery of traded services by The Executive on 6th December

27. activity: discuss the proposals in the consultation & additional service offering and devise questions

28. questions...

29. statutory services charge
Council has a number of statutory responsibilities for maintained schools
these end when a school converts to academy status
as the Education Services Grant is cut the responsibility for funding these statutory responsibilities transfers to the SSF who can topslice maintained schools budget to fund
estimated charge (subject to change) is approx. £3.5k per school per annum

30. statutory services charge
these responsibilities include:
custodian of the public purse under S151 of the Local Government Act
challenge and intervention in relation to maintained school
duties as the landlord for school buildings
health and safety as a landlord and employer
responding to complaints from parents and Ofsted
collation of various statutory returns
approval and sealing of Instruments of Governance and co-ordinating appointment of LA governors

31. thank you please respond to the consultation and share your views with your rep on the SSF

32. free schools Simon Foster, Office of the Regional Schools Commissioner