4 201112 BUDGET LETTER 7 FEBRUARY 2011

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2011/12 Budget Letter 7 February 2011

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	Children’s Services Business and Compliance County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich
	Norfolk NR1 2DL

	Tel: 0344 800 8001
	Fax: 01603 223838
	Minicom: 0344 800 8011
	Email: [email protected]
	Website: http://efs.norfolk.gov.uk

Your ref:		Please ask for:	Paul Fisher
My ref:	PF/MAH/4342	Contact Number:	01603 223464
Date:	7 February 2011	Email:	[email protected]

To: Chairman of Governors

Dear Chairman of Governors

2011/12 Budget Letter

This letter sets out the significant issues relating to the budget setting process for 2011/12.

Five areas are covered in this letter:-

The Spending Review 2010 setting out the national approach to school funding during the 2011/15 period.

Norfolk school funding level 2011/12

Post 16 funding allocation

Pupil premium

Budget guidance for setting 2012/13 and 2013/14 indicative budgets

Spending Review 2010

The Spending Review 2010 clarified the national approach to school funding during the 2011/15 funding period as,

School funding to remain “cash flat” per pupil during the period;
Additional funding of 0.1% per annum provided to fund increased pupils and the pupil premium;
Pupil premium to be introduced as a specific grant to schools from April 2011. The grant level to reach £2.5 billion per annum by 2014/15; School specific grants to be consolidated within the Dedicated Schools Grant;
£1 billion of efficiency from procurement and back office charges to be achieved during the period – approximately 1% per annum;
Capital funding to be reduced by 60% - details to be announced after James Review reports, and
Local authority funding allocations will only be for 2011/12. Beyond 2011/12 a fundamental review of school funding to be undertaken.

The Government has confirmed it will be consulting during 2011 on the desirability and timing of introducing a national schools funding formula.

Norfolk School Funding Level 2011/12

The Government has announced that Norfolk will be funded at £4,785.73 per pupil in 2011/12.

In 2010/11 Norfolk received a basic funding allocation of £4,110.85 per pupil. It also received £674.88 per pupil through other specific grant streams which have now been consolidated into the Dedicated Schools Grant.

The specific grants which have been consolidated into the Dedicated Schools Grant in 2011/12 are:-

Funds allocated for one to one tuition
Extended schools - Sustainability
Extended schools - Subsidy
School Lunch Grant
Schools Standards Grant
Schools Standards Grant (Personalisation)
School Development Grant
Specialist Schools Grant
Ethnic Minority Achievement grant
Targeted Support for the Primary National Strategy allocated to schools
Targeted Support for the Secondary National Strategy allocated to schools
Diploma Formula Grant
London Pay Addition Grant

In total terms Norfolk will receive £512.8 million based on an estimated 107,146 pupils. This compares to £514.7 million in 2010/11. This represents a grant reduction of £1.9 million.

Details of how the specific grant have been allocated and now within the budget share for 2011/12 are set out in the attached appendix.

Schools will therefore see an increase in the budget share allocated by the local authority on day one. However, in setting budgets it must be remembered that most funding is now issued on day one and schools will not be receiving in year grant allocations in the same way as in previous years.

Pupil Premium

The Government has announced that the pupil premium will be introduced from April 2011. The premium will be paid in the form of a new specific grant. The premium will be based on known eligibility to free school meals in January 2011. The level of premium in 2011/12 has been announced as £430 per pupil. In addition a pupil premium of £200 per pupil will be allocated for each pupil from a service family. The budget share statement includes the local authority’s estimate of the likely level of Government funding based on these factors.

Post 16 Funding

The YPLA, the Government agency responsible for funding post 16 learners, has yet to issue cash allocation for the 2011/12 financial year. YPLA wrote to all 16-19 providers last week providing provisional allocations of learner numbers for 2011/12. The letter was headed 16-19 Learner Responsive Statement – 2011/12. The explanatory note attached to the note provided details of the funding policy. The school specific statement provided a learner number for 2011/12 and an indication that cash allocation would be issued by 31 March 2011.

To enable schools to produce financial budgets for 2011/12 the local authority has interpreted the information provided by the YPLA to produce guideline cash allocations for post 16 funding for the 2011/12 financial year.

The local authority budget allocation statement thus contains a local authority estimated post 16 funding figure.

Budget Guidance 2012/13 and 2013/14

The Government has announced the total level of funding for schools nationally, however it has not produced detailed local authority allocation for beyond 2011/12. At a national level the Government has announced that pupil funding will be “cash flat” for 2011/12 this has been reflected in the minus 1½% per pupil funding guarantee. The additional risk for schools is that inflation might result in spending power being reduced further.

For this reason all schools are being instructed to construct 2012/13 and 2013/14 budgets on the assumption of a 2% funding reduction in 2012/13 and a 4% reduction in 2013/14. This approach has again been discussed and endorsed by the Schools Forum.

If you have any questions about matters set out within this letter please contact your Finance Support Officer in the first instance.

Yours sincerely

4 201112 BUDGET LETTER 7 FEBRUARY 2011

Paul Fisher

Assistant Director

Business and Compliance

cc Headteacher

continued…………….

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