1. Academies and SI Learners
Brian Gale
Director Policy & Campaigns

2. July 1987

3. Independent from LA
Receive share of schools budget from S of S
203 in 83 LAs (July 2010)

4. The Bill Any school can apply Fast track for outstanding
Individual funding agreement with undertakings: balanced curriculum; for pupils of different abilities

5. Law by 1st August
Report stage: Lords 7th July
1,000+ schools interested
Outstanding by September

6. Concerns
SEN Framework
Admissions
Exclusions
Specialist Services

7. NDCS Position Support for deaf pupils regardless of school
Working with Sense and RNIB
Amendment
Briefing Lords

8. AMENDMENT Change Financial Regs 2008
Move funding for SSS from Schools Budget to LA core

9. Plan B

10. Between a rock and a hard place!
SOLUTION
Between a rock and a hard place!

11. OPTIONS Persist with amendment Consortium commissioning
Outreach from a school
Do nothing
ToD an individually assigned resource?

12. Government Response
“We recognise that this is a continuing problem… partnerships among schools will clearly be the best way forward.

13. “Academies’ funding for SEN is paid on a formula basis by the YPLA
“Academies’ funding for SEN is paid on a formula basis by the YPLA. If a pupil with one of the different forms of low-incidence SEN attracts individually assigned resources as a top-up to the formula funding, the local authority will pay this from its schools budget and will continue to be responsible for monitoring the provision.”

14. “If the academy fails to secure such provision, it will be in breach of its funding agreement and the YPLA can ultimately investigate following a complaint… very often the relevant specialist society will be doing its best to support the pupil and will make sure that the YPLA and the local authority are informed and concerned if the need falls short.”

15. In other words…
“There’s a problem…. but we haven’t a clue what to do about it.”

16. Anybody who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been to bed with……….

17. A Mosquito!