Issue - meetings
School Budgets - review of funding formula for SEN statementing
Meeting: 14/03/2011 - Executive (Item 5)
5 Review of formula funding for SEN statementing in mainstream schools PDF 165 KB
This report seeks member’s approval to proposed changes to the schools funding formula in respect of statements of special educational need (SEN) in mainstream schools. The changes proposed have been agreed by the Schools Forum at its meeting 31 January 2011. The proposals covered in this report affect only the Schools Budget and have no impact on the Council’s General Fund
Decision:
(i) that approval be given to a new system of resource bands with associated descriptors of SEN as set out in Appendix A for all new statements or individual pupil resource agreements issued from 1 April 2011 with any future changes to the descriptors and resource levels being agreed by the Schools Forum;
(ii) that agreement be given to increase the threshold, at which new statements of SEN will be provided, to the support equivalent of 0.5 Teaching Assistant with effect from April 2011.
Minutes:
The report from the Director of Children and Families sought members’ approval to proposed changes to the schools funding formula in respect of statements of special educational need (SEN) in mainstream schools. Councillor Arnold (Lead Member, Children and Families) advised that the proposals involved simplifying the resource allocation system, increased the threshold beyond which new statements would be issued and had been agreed by the Schools Forum at its meeting 31 January 2011. Councillor Arnold also made reference to the government review on SEN on which a Green Paper had been recently been published any recommendations from which were not expected to come through for some time.
RESOLVED:
(i) that approval be given to a new system of resource bands with associated descriptors of SEN as set out in Appendix A of the report from the Director of Children and Families for all new statements or individual pupil resource agreements issued from 1 April 2011 with any future changes to the descriptors and resource levels being agreed by the Schools Forum;
(ii) that agreement be given to increase the threshold, at which new statements of SEN will be provided, to the support equivalent of 0.5 Teaching Assistant with effect from April 2011.