1. Budget setting arrangements Andy Flowers Senior Finance Adviser Education Financial Services

2. Budget setting arrangements Budget surgeries Dates 14 March to 24 March 11 April to 22 April

3. Budget setting arrangements Budget surgeries Finance adviser contact Venues Surgery content One hour session only. Budget needs to be completed before attending the surgery. Pre-surgery support

4. Budget setting arrangements Funding Formula funding published on the intranet. Funding for special school, sixth form, early years and capital are still to be finalised.

5. Budget setting arrangements Funding changes: CERA funding This has been delegated to primary schools. Lump sum increased to £125,000 for primary schools plus £4.40 per pupil added to basic entitlement. Schools will now be responsible for all repairs and maintenance including roof work and boiler repairs.

6. Budget setting arrangements Funding changes: Deprivation payments IDACI (income deprivation affecting children index). This has been up dated by the DfE for the first time since 2010. This index is used to work out the deprivation allocation for the schools and will effect the funding outcome for some schools.

7. Budget setting arrangements Funding changes Pupil premium summer school grants and small school UIFSM funding have both stopped. No changes to the main central grants. Pupil premium, sports funding and UIFSM. MFG/Capping. This still remains in place.

8. Budget setting arrangements BPS Funding has now been uploaded into the BPS under the next year tab.

9. Budget setting arrangements Funding scenario The first year pupil numbers should reflect the numbers on your funding allocation published on the intranet. Please check. Future years numbers will need to be adjusted. Pupil premium and redundancy allocations will need to be added.

10. Budget setting arrangements Employees scenario Employees scenarios in the next year tab will start from April 2016. Payroll reconciliation for March will need to be completed before you press the ‘commit year end process’ icon.

11. Budget setting arrangements Other income expenditure Select ‘Generate New Year’ Any scenarios not generated will not pull through when you ‘commit to next year’

12. Budget setting arrangements Budget submission Dates 3 May for schools 27 May for special schools Process Chair of Governor authorisation via BPS. Self evaluation submitted via document store.