Agenda item

DE-DELEGATION OF FUNDING FROM MAINTAINED SCHOOLS 2019-20

Minutes:

The Forum received a report which sought the approval of the Schools Funding forum for the de-delegation of funding to maintain the provision of a range of central services permitted by the School’s Funding Regulations.

 

The Forum was requested to agree the following services for de-delegation:

 

Contingency for Schools in Financial Difficulty – For 2018-19 the de-delegation per pupil was £11.24 for maintained primary schools and the remaining two secondary schools.  This generated a budget of £207,637. 

The Forum agreed the funding through de-delegation as below:

 

 

Primary

Formula Factor

AWPU

Amount

£11.00

Total

£186,000

 

Attendance and Behaviour – The Forum agreed the funding below which was required through de-delegation from maintained primary schools:

 

Formula Factor

AWPU

FSM

IDACI C

IDACI B

IDACI A

Low Attainment

 

Amount

£2.00

£17.00

£15.00

£45

£300

£9.00

 

Total

£33,758

£33,116

£18,276

£49,927

£1,500

£44,912

£181,489

2018-19

£2.74

£23.63

£47

£0

£490

£9.11

£196,610

 

EAL Service – Members were requested to agree the funding set out as below through de-delegation from maintained primary schools:

 

Formula Factor

EAL 3

Amount

£49.00

Total

£110,000

2018-19

£62.85

 

During discussion, it was felt that schools should have the option of buying into a traded service agreement for the EAL service, as they considered that schools had significant experience in-house and should have the option of purchasing additional support. The service was mainly a traded service, however, de-delegated funding would ensure a continued network and available support team and the economies of scale would allow maintained schools to access support that would otherwise be at a higher cost.  Any underspend would be redistributed back to schools.

 

Members requested that they be provided with costings if the EAL service were a fully traded service and data informing of the extent of the buy-back from academies.  Additional information should be directed to cluster chairs.

 

Free School Meals Eligibility – The Forum agreed the funding below which was required through de-delegation:

 

 

Primary

Formula Factor

FSM

Amount

£9.00

Total

£17,613

 

Insurance - The Forum agreed the funding below which was required through de-delegation from maintained primary schools:

 

Formula Factor

AWPU

Amount

£20.50

Total

£346,000

2018-19

£22.50

 

Maternity Insurance - The Forum agreed the funding below which was required through de-delegation from maintained primary schools:

 

 

Primary

Formula Factor

AWPU

Amount

£26.00

Total

£439,000

 

Trade Union Facility Time – A working group of the Schools Funding Forum had previously considered issues raised in a Department for Education advice and guidance document and made comparisons of costs with other Local Authorities.  The decision was made to reduce the amount of facility time and therefore the costs to schools and academies. 

 

The total funding received from de-delegation and from academies would generate a budget that would determine the total facility time that was allocated to trade unions based on the proportion of their membership.  The proposed funding required through de-delegation was:

 

 

Primary

Formula Factor

AWPU

Amount

£2.50

Total

£42,200

 

The Trade Unions highlighted the increasing operational difficulties due to financial constraints and increased workload. Members agreed that the working group be reinstated to reconsider the funding.

 

Central Education Services - The Forum agreed that a contribution of £17.90 per pupil be made from local authority maintained schools towards the cost of statutory services and specific tasks that were carried out for them that were not for academies.  This would secure £302,000 to maintain services.

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