Issue - decisions
Schools Budget 2018/19
31/01/2018 - Schools Budget 2018/19
THAT:
the local application of the National Funding Formula (NFF) for 2018/19 as set out in the consultation document and below, be approved as follows:
(i) the final school funding values be agreed, subject to a minimum total funding per pupil of £3,500 for primary schools and £4,800 for secondary schools, as follows:
1. |
Basic entitlement per pupil |
|
Primary |
£2,747 |
2. |
Basic entitlement per secondary pupil |
|
Key stage 3 |
£3,863 |
3. |
Basic entitlement per secondary pupil |
|
Key stage 4 |
£4,386 |
4. |
Deprivation per free school meals pupil |
|
Primary |
£440 |
5. |
Deprivation per free school meals pupil |
|
Secondary |
£440 |
6. |
Deprivation per ever-6 free school meals pupil |
|
Primary |
£540 |
7. |
Deprivation per ever-6 free school meals pupil |
|
Secondary |
£785 |
8. |
Socio-economic deprivation Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) |
|||
9. |
Band A (3% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£575 |
10. |
|
|
Secondary |
£810 |
11. |
Band B (8% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£420 |
12. |
|
|
Secondary |
£600 |
13. |
Band C (7% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£390 |
14. |
|
|
Secondary |
£560 |
15. |
Band D (8% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£360 |
16. |
|
|
Secondary |
£515 |
17. |
Band E (9% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£240 |
18. |
|
|
Secondary |
£390 |
19. |
Band F (10% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£200 |
20. |
|
|
Secondary |
£290 |
21. |
Band G (55% of pupils) |
|
Primary |
£0 |
22. |
|
|
Secondary |
£0 |
23. |
Low Prior Attainment per pupil |
|
Primary |
£1,050 |
24. |
Low Prior Attainment per pupil |
|
Secondary |
£1,550 |
25. |
Lump sum |
|
Primary |
£110,000 |
26. |
Lump sum |
|
Secondary |
£110,000 |
27. |
Looked after children, primary and secondary |
|
|
£0 |
28. |
Primary sparsity, on a taper basis, over 2 miles and less than an average year group size of 21.4 pupils |
|
|
£25,000 |
29. |
Secondary sparsity, on a taper basis, over 3 miles and less than an average year group size of 120 pupils |
|
|
£65,000 |
30. |
English as additional language per pupil |
|
Primary |
£515 |
31. |
English as additional language per pupil |
|
Secondary |
£1,385 |
32. |
PFI contract |
|
|
£278,200 |
33. |
Business rates |
|
|
At cost |
34. |
Exceptional premises factor (Eastnor) |
|
|
£8,500 |
(ii) that the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) be set at 0.5% for 2018/19 in order to pass through to all schools the government’s 0.5% increase per pupil;
(iii) the central school services block be used to fund the former Education Services Grant retained duties (£360k), national licences for schools (£131k), Schools Forum (£12k), admissions (£142k) and computer developments to complete the early years Nursery Education Funding (NEF) payment system (up to £25k) and develop access to real-time school payroll and staffing reports through the schools portal (£15k); and
(iv) for the early years block:
(a) there is no change in the early years funding formula for providers in Herefordshire
(b) central expenditure of £335k, for early years consultants and NEF payment costs, be approved for 2018/19
(c) the pass through percentage to 3 and 4 year old providers be approved at 97.5%
(v) that with regard to the unallocated funds in the schools block arising from a reduction in pupils qualifying for low prior attainment funding:
(a) the unallocated funding be held in the Schools Block and not distributed to schools in 2018/19; and
(b) pending further consultation with schools, a decision on a transfer of 0.33% (£324k) from the schools block to the high needs block for 2018/19, be deferred until schools forum can provide further advice on the high needs budget following their meeting on 16th March 2018.