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High needs funding arrangements: 2014 to 2015Briefing for local authorities
Russell Ewens
Funding Policy Unit
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High needs: priorities for local authorities
• Knowing about the high needs changes in 2014 to 2015
• Understanding the place review exercise
• Using the high needs templates
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Context for 2014 to 2015 changes
• High needs funding one element of wider funding reforms
• School funding reforms – the £6k threshold
• Data collection process for distribution of place funding led by local authorities
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SEN reforms in Children and Families Bill
• New Education, Health and Care Plans
• Joint commissioning and delivery across education, health and social care services
• Local authorities publishing their local offer of services to support SEND
• New statutory duties due to come into effect from September 2014
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2014 to 2015 place funding
• Place funding about a third of high needs funding outside school budgets
• Accurate place funding gives security to institutions, and gives LAs greater control over top-up funding
• Intention to base place funding for 2015 to 2016 onwards on prior year data
• For 2014 to 2015, therefore, expect place numbers to be closely based on the actual numbers of placements commissioned in institutions for current year 2013 to 2014
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Places review timeline
Date Event
July 2013 Initial information published Local authorities received data
September/ October 2013
Briefings to local authorities on high needs arrangements
October 2013 High needs templates issued to authorities
November 2013 High needs template re-issued to include 2012 to 2013 actual post 16 data
Before 23 December 2013
Local authorities return templates to EFA
January 2014 onwards
EFA calculate allocations to authorities and institutions
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Role of local authoritiesLo
cal A
utho
rity
Prime responsibility for planning and funding high needs
Work with schools, academies and schools forum
Work with institutions and other local authorities to review distribution of places
Embed other aspects of high needs funding and SEN reforms
Review and confirm individual pupil/student placements and associated top-up funding
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Role of the Education Funding AgencyE
duca
tion
Fun
ding
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genc
y
Support local authorities on high needs funding issues
Support local authorities’ place review activity
Consider authorities’ submissions and institutions’ exceptional cases
Provide final DSG allocations to local authorities and other funding allocations to institutions
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Role of institutionsIn
stitu
tions
Get involved in places review activity with local authorities commissioning places and, for maintained schools and academies, with their ‘home’ authority (if
different)
Accurately complete the school census and the individualised learner record (ILR) in October
NB institutions do not need to return any other data
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High needs budget issues
• Total national high needs budget for the financial year 2014 to 2015 yet to be decided
• Working on the expectation that resources will continue to be tight and increases in some allocations will need to be balanced by reductions in others
• Increases in places – how they will be funded
• Increases in top-up funding and central services costs
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High needs template
• Simpler approach. Greater alignment across pre- and post-16 data
• Important to understand the differences in place data requested
• Templates emailed to local authorities on 4 October with a user guide
• Templates re-issued at the end of November. Local authorities return this version before 23 December
Recommended use of the HNT: Please ensure that automatic calculation and macros are enabled1. Review the list of institutions prepopulated in the 2014 to 2015 high needs places sheet.2. Use the New Institutions & Adjustments sheet to record any changes.3. Return to the 2014 to 2015 high needs places sheet and, where necessary, amend the 2014 to 2015 high needs places as appropriate.4. Ensure you are content with the summary of your proposed 2014 to 2015 high needs places in the table below and click the button at the top of this sheet. This will take you to a declaration sheet, which has to be completed before submission.Email Address for any queries is: [email protected]
Total Baseline places
2014 to 2015 SEN places return
2014 to 2015 AP places return
2014 to 2015 total high needs
places return274 159 65 274
Lead LA
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Difference between 2014 to 2015 and 2013 to 2014 total high needs
places
Post 16Pre 16
Completed by:
Phone number:[email protected]
070000000
If you wish to make a collaborative submission please select the LAs you will be collaborating with from the drop-down list below, listing the lead LA who will be responsible for returning the collaborative submission first. Otherwise please leave blank
Cell colour guide
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Mr XLA Number:LA Name: Test LA
Email address:
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User input cellsPrepopulated cells
Calculation cells
2014 to 2015 total high needs places
return
I agree that the place numbers I have submitted are our best available assessment on 23 December - Please click
to complete the Declaration.
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More information
• High Needs for Local Authority Webinar – Monday 4th November, register via the Live Portal:
https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/academyfunding/
• 2014 to 2015 Revenue Funding Arrangements, available from .gov.uk:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2014-to-2015-revenue-funding-arrangements-operational-information-for-local-authorities
• Implementing high needs place funding arrangements for 5-25 year olds 2014 to 2015, available on the DfE website:
http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/h/high%20needs%202014%20to%202015%2018%20july%20final.pdf
• An October update on high needs funding arrangements in academic year 2014 to 2015, available from .gov.uk
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-in-academic-year-2014-to-2015