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National Fair Funding Conference Autumn 2019 Tom Goldman Department for Education November 2019 Purdah Derivation The name itself comes from the Urdu word purdah meaning "curtain" or "veil", describing the ensuring of
▪ Derivation
“The name itself comes from the Urdu word purdah meaning "curtain" or "veil", describing the ensuring of women's modesty from the world of men” [ Wikipedia ]
▪ Or
“Pre-Election Period of Sensitivity”
▪ Implications
Officials cannot “respond on questions about future government policy or on matters of public controversy”, or on “policies newly announced in a party manifesto or comparison of the policies of different parties”
▪ Some historical context ▪ Current funding arrangements ▪ School Resource Management programme
2011 Specific grants into DSG, Pupil Premium 2013 Limits on local formulae factors, 3 blocks in DSG 2015 Minimum Funding Levels 2017 EY National Funding Formula 2018 Schools, HN and CSSB NFFs, Teachers Pay Grant
Schools Block ring-fenced / disapplication process
2019 Teachers Pension Employer Contribution Grant 1988 Local Management of Schools
Delegated budgets, local formula, LA sets budget
1997+ Passporting, Standards Fund, School Standards Grant
Increased pressure on LA to pass funding increases through to schools’ budget Increased funding paid as specific grant
2003 Reform of Education SSA
“Funding crisis”
2006 Dedicated Schools Grant
Funding ring-fenced to education, distribution by Spend plus
▪ 3 years’ funding for schools & high needs, 1 year for early years (and rest of government) ▪ Schools & high needs:
(cash: over 2019-20 baseline)
Plus +£1.5bn pa for pensions
▪ Early years: +£66m
2020-21 +£2.6bn (of which: £780m for high needs) 2021-22 +£4.8bn 2022-23 +£7.1bn
▪ Schools, High Needs and CSSB NFFs – published 11 October
Same format as previous years: PUFs, SUFs, notional school-level allocations, actual/provisional HN allocations Increases in factor values: +4%, floor, minimum levels, gains cap Increases in high needs: +8% / +17% 20% reduction in CSSB historic commitments
▪ EY NFF – rates published 31 October
+8p, except loss cap areas Continue MNS supplementary funding
▪ Final allocations to follow (December, in a usual year)
▪ Four consultations live / not concluded when election was called:
Schools Grant
▪ Decisions on whether and how to proceed will be made post-election ▪ Dependent on those decisions, proposals were to take effect for 2020-21
▪ 3 year Spending Round settlement also covered:
Pupil Premium Teachers Pay Grant Teachers Pension Employer Contribution Grant
▪ 2019-20 final rates for Teachers Pay & Pensions announced 23 October
▪ 2020-21 rates not yet announced
▪ Benchmarking
https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/
▪ School Resource Management Advisors ▪ Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/integrated-curriculum-and-financial-planning- icfp https://isbl.org.uk/Training.aspx
▪ Financial advice for schools
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-financial-advice-for-schools
▪ Schools Financial Value Standard
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-financial-value- standard-sfvs
▪ Updates to the school resource management tools ▪ DSG Recovery Plans ▪ IFRS16 – Upcoming changes to accounting treatment for leases and policy implications ▪ National Funding Formula for Schools