1. Staffordshire’s AEN Funding System Training Update
Sandra Swift, Kate Plant,
SENSS

2. The objectives of this session are to :
recap the AEN funding principles; the Criteria for allocating funding and the revised timeline
Clarify the application paperwork and process
Identify ‘next steps’
Principal Funding Streams
AWPU + LS* - Age Weighted Pupil Unit/Lump Sum
(This is ASN - Additional School Needs)
ACN - Additional Cluster Needs
HLN - Higher Level Needs HLN County Panel

3. Staffordshire Learning Net (SLN)
Application forms and guidance notes
Criteria
Timeline
Exemplars
HLN Panel
FAQ’s
AEN introduced summer term 2011
Through feedback and practical considerations, the process has been revised (and continues to be revised in response to feedback) so that decisions are made by a panel of Senior district professionals + H/T reps where they are able.
Timeline revised from 2012 to accommodate concerns around appropriate notice for staff if necessary, workload on schools in terms of 3 submission dates etc.
Revisions will continue to be made following feedback and the implications of the school funding reforms if appropriate.

4. Application paperwork – detailed discussion

5. Next steps …
Complete application paperwork (If necessary, ask District Support staff for advice)
to the relevant District Office:
Lichfield & Cannock District
Stafford & South Staffs District
Tamworth & East Staffs District
Newcastle & Moorlands District
Deadline for receipt of applications Friday 26th October
District Meetings held 20th and/or 21st November
HLN Panel Meeting Tuesday 11th December
HLN Decisions to schools via SLN during week beginning 17th December

6. Staffordshire County Council Schools Budget 2012-13 Notional SEN Budget
DfE: School: Staffordshire Primary Section 1 – Additional educational needs funding for named pupils
Name
NCY
Funding period
ACN funding agreed £
HLN funding Summer Term
HLN funding – Sept - Mar
TOTAL
funding
End date of currently agreed funding
From To
Level
Hours
Total Hours (including lunchtime supervisors)
Surname, Forename 2
01/04/12
31/08/12
HLN1 20
2,732
2,723 3
01/09/12
31/03/13 25
4,965
31/08/14 5
3,824 4
6,556
Total
£3,824
£5,464
£8,789
£18,077

7. Staffordshire County Council Schools Budget 2012-13 Notional SEN Budget
Section 2 – High Volume HLN protection funding Full Year: Full Year: A
Number on roll (March 2011 budget)
103 B
HLN school contribution 1 C
FYE HLN included above (total months HLN 12)
2.00 D
FYE HLN above cap (C – B)
1.00 E
Funding per full year HLN above cap (equivalent to 10 hrs)
£6,556
High Volume HLN protection funding (E x F) £6, TOTAL AEN funding (line 19 of budget sheets £24,633 Section 3 – Additional School Needs (ASN) Funding in delegated budget Lump Sum £6,000 FSM £4,275 Prior attainment £7,616 TOTAL ASN budget £17,891 TOTAL notional SEN funding £42,524

8. Further contact information
Dr Lynda Mitchell
Strategic Lead for SEN and Personlisation
People
Floor 2, Wedgewood Building
Tipping Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH
Tel:
Lesley Calverley
SEN Finance Manager
Education Transformation
Staffordshire County Council
Tipping Street,
Stafford, ST16 2DH
Tel:
Fax: