1. School Funding Reform Funding arrangements from April 2014

2. Overview National context What’s been happening in Devon Formula detail De-delegation/ Central Services High needs and SEN funding Timetable Questions?

3. National Context Working assumption – NFF from 2015-16 Likely to be phased redistribution of funding Pupil led funding – pupil’s needs before institutions Greater autonomy for local decision making – more money out to schools but more responsibility to deliver

4. What’s been happening MP’s – lobbying for fair funding and recognition of local issues Active members of F40 national formula research team Assessing impact of 13-14 reforms on individual schools Review of SEN and high needs funding

5. DSG Allocation Cash flat – no more money Growth has to be absorbed Includes Post 16 and 2 year olds SEN: 0-25

6. Formula Detail (page 3 – 11) 13 allowable factors 2 new factors: sparsity and targeted mobility Mandatory thresholds for AWPU, proportion of pupil-led funding and school’s contribution to high needs costs Different lump sum for primary and secondary

7. Formula Detail Allowable Factors AWPUMobility > 10% DeprivationLump sum: £60k/£145k Looked After ChildrenSparsity Low cost, high incidence SEN (LCHI) Rates English as an additional language (EAL) Split sites & PFI

8. Formula funding

9. School A School B School C 1 mile 2 miles 1 mile 3 miles 5 miles 2 miles Does School A qualify for sparsity funding? YES - Average distance to 2 nd nearest school = 2.38 miles YES – It has fewer than 60 primary pupils How much sparsity funding will it get? LA has set a sparsity lump sum of £60,000 (to match the primary lump sum). School A has 40 pupils. It will therefore attract a sparsity lump sum of £20,000 under the tapering approach. Because the school is two thirds the standard size, it gets one thirds of the sparseness factor. 4 miles Key 1 st nearest school Distance to 2 nd nearest school

10. Delegation and Centrally Provided Services

11. SEN and High Needs ElementHow High Needs funding works Funding source Element 3 £5.3m Top-upHigh Needs Block Named pupils – costs higher than AWPU + £6,000 Additional support for Element 2 £2.8m High levels SEN/Small schools High Needs Block Targeted fund – pupil led but criteria driven. Have to qualify for funding Element 2 £12m First £6k of high needs funding School BudgetFormula led Element 1AWPUSchool budgetBasic entitlement – all pupils receive this – formula led

12. High Needs Element 2 £ 12m allocated via formula directly into schools budgets to fund the first £6,000 of additional support for high cost low incidence SEN (not on named pupils) PrimarySecondary FSM+6 Prior Attainment Pupil NumbersPupil numbers LAC

13. LCHI SEN For Low Cost High Incidence (LCHI) SEN - for children who have additional need but not necessarily high need Distributed through formula directly into schools budgets School wide – not named children

14. LCHI SEN To contribute to the costs of whole school’s additional SEN arrangements * Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index Primary FormulaSecondary Formula LCHI SEN FSM+6Prior Attainment IDACI*

15. Targeted Fund - HNB Support for Element 2 first £6k for High Needs - where formula doesn’t deliver Statements above 3% (P) 2.5% (S) will receive additional funding for the £6,000’s as well as top up All schools with at least one pupil receiving top up must get at least £6,000 (mainly small school issue but applies to all schools)

16. Targeted Fund - HNB Support for Low Cost High Incidence SEN No school will receive less than £5,000 from the LCHI formula Combined this means that: A school with at least one pupil receiving top up funding must receive a minimum of £11,000 SEN funding

17. Targeted Fund - HNB Transitional protection Interim arrangement for 13/14 ends If a shortfall compared to previous system of fully funding Elements 2 & 3 – 50% protection ONE YEAR ONLY! SNIPS: Special Needs Intervention Panel –Schools. Exceptional circumstances only

18. High Needs Element 2 Examples

19. High Needs Element 3 Robust process to access top up funding SEN – new ways of working: Education Health Care Plans Need to deliver a single system to access the HNB – fair and consistent See Appendix 3 consultation document Plan for change now!

20. Timetable 27 th September – consultation ends 3 rd October – census day 18 th October – DEF formally recommend 31 st October – submit to EFA 10 th December – DfE confirms DSG block allocations 23 rd December – High Needs Places confirmed to EFA

21. Timetable 21 st January – Deadline for LA to submit final budget to EFA 28 th February – LA’s confirm budgets to maintained schools 31 st March – EFA confirm budgets to academies

22. Further information Devon’s consultation website: www.devon.gov.uk/schoolfinance/consulta tions www.devon.gov.uk/schoolfinance/consulta tions DfE website: www.education.gov.uk www.education.gov.uk Got a query? Check our on-line FAQ’s or post your own using the on-line enquiry form on our consultation website