Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Decision made
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
This report informs Cabinet of the outcome of
the consultation with schools and professional associations on
local management issues and seeks Members' approval to changes to
the schools' funding formulae and Medway's Scheme for Financing
Schools from 1 April 2003.
354/2002 Cabinet approved the following
changes from 1 April 2003:(i) the SEN formula for secondary schools
to be simplified by using Key Stage 2 results only in assessing the
prior attainment of pupils in Key Stages 3 & 4;(ii) the
Education Welfare Service funding formula for secondary schools to
be allocated on the basis of a lump sum of £1,300 and the
remainder using the SEN formula (unless the DfES requires that it
be retained centrally);(iii) pay and grading review funding to be
delegated to schools based on three factors: the SEN formula, a
lump sum and the number of age-weighted pupils, with the balance
between these factors being determined so as to reflect the costs
to each school as closely as possible;
(iv) Key Stage 1 class size funding to be delegated to infant and
primary schools based on the difference between the number of Key
Stage 1 pupils and the next multiple of 30;(v) devolved formula
capital allocations to be devolved to schools at the start of the
financial year to which they relate;
(vi) all schools to operate local bank accounts from 1 April
2003;(vii) changes to Medway's Scheme for Financing Schools (as
detailed in the consultation document) for submission by 31 January
to the Secretary of State for approval.
355/2002 Cabinet agreed that the Director of Education and Leisure
be given delegated power to approve, in consultation with the
Education portfolio holder, and taking into account the views of
schools and the Schools Forum, from 1 April 2003:(i) the formula
for allocating funding to split-site schools (ii) the formulae for
delegating funding for school improvement, inclusion, the induction
of newly qualified teachers and for performance management and
threshold assessment.
These decisions simplify and improve the
distribution of funds to schools to reflect more appropriately
their needs.Decisions relating to the Scheme for Financing Schools
would meet statutory requirements and reflect the move towards all
schools operating local bank accounts.
Publication date: 10/12/2002
Date of decision: 10/12/2002
Decided at meeting: 10/12/2002 - Cabinet
Effective from: 20/12/2002
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