1. Schools Finance Team Janet Bowlzer – Group Accountant Janet.bowlzer@derby.gov.uk Janice Hadfield – Principal Accountant Schools Finance Team Janice.hadfield@derby.gov.uk

2. Budget Update Scheme for Funding Schools Team Update Autumn Term Visits SEN Update AP (new email address) – Post Office Update

3. Budget Update APT has been submitted to DfE High Need places are being confirmed submitted 16 th November Budgets scheduled to be notified after Feb half term

4. Scheme for Funding Schools The Department for Education has issued directive revisions to the statutory guidance to local authorities for their Schemes for Funding Schools. These directed revisions are:  A requirement for maintained schools to publish a register of the business interests of their governors, along with any relationship with staff  Clarification that borrowing includes the use of finance leases and is not allowable with the exception of certain schemes approved by the Secretary of State. Currently only Salix loans have such approval. Further amendments include the removal of the surplus balance thresholds and claw-back mechanism. This is to harmonise processes between the maintained sector and those funded directly by the Department for Education, free schools and academies, where no claw-back mechanism on surplus balances exists. The Council still retains its right to challenge schools causing financial concern and the need to raise educational attainment through other mechanisms. This change will be applied retrospectively to the 2014/15 financial year end position. Source, School forum Report Sept 2015

5. Team Update Staffing We say goodbye to Loren (rotating to Corporate Section) and hello Lauren and Katie (joining us from Adult Social Services and Capital /Treasury team) Benchmarking Reports Reports are being sent out to Schools (FOC) for those of you who currently purchase 6 or more visits

6. Autumn Term Visits Assess pupil numbers and impact on future financial years. Assess possible number impact on MFG Assess nursery count implications Check September starters actual pay against budget and realign where necessary.

7. HN Development Developing New Arrangements for the distribution of resources held in Derby City Council’s High Needs Funding Block Tasked to create a three tiered banded funding system by: –Defining three bands of SEN funding: –Band 1 School funding (notional SEN) –Band 2 locality funding (school clusters) –Band 3 city funding (City wide) Tasked to allocate a proportion of available funding to each band using an agreed formula and indicators

8. AP email address Schools to get a school specific email address w/e 23 Nov SchoolsAPenquiry@derby.gov.uk Post Office banking update