25 minutes why more pupils the cost of with sir david are diagnosed getting your carter with autism message across PAGE 10 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 SCHOOLSWEEK.CO.UK FRIDAY, DEC 16, 2016 | EDITION 88 Choristers at Christmas PAGE 22 National funding: Greening (finally) lays out the plans FREDDIE WHITTAKER & a minimum funding guarantee the nine factors for calculating will be a 2.7 per cent increase in JOHN DICKENS preventing losses from being more per-pupil funding set out in the funding in the first year, and York, than 1.5 per cent of their budget first stage of the process earlier this Torbay, Somerset and Barnsley, More than 10,700 schools will get each year. year. Elements include additional which will get a 2.4 per cent rise. extra cash under the government’s A new overall cap will additionally funding for population sparsity, Greening said the reforms new fairer funding formula, but mean no school will lose more than local deprivation and the low prior would mean “an end to historical upwards of 9,000 will lose out, 3 per cent of its funding as a result attainment of pupils. unfairness and under-funding documents finally released this of the new measures for at least Extra cash for pupils moving in for certain schools”, but Angela week reveal. the next two years. Beyond 2020, and out of a school mid-term was Rayner, her Labour shadow, said the The second stage of a consultation further changes to the formula could initially ruled out – but will now also government was “simply moving on proposals for a national funding happen. be included in the formula. inadequate sums of money around”. formula was announced on The amount of money schools can Documents released by the Greening said: “We need a system Wednesday by education secretary gain under the change will also be government show schools in that funds schools according to Justine Greening. capped at 3 per cent in 2018-19 and London are the most likely to be the needs of their pupils rather Originally due earlier in the year, at 2.5 per cent the following year. adversely affected by the new than their postcode, levelling the the delayed consultation sets out The changes mean 10,740 schools, measures, with boroughs in the playing field and giving parents the how the government plans to limit 54 per cent of the total, will get capital making up nine of the ten confidence that every child will have damage on schools facing losses as additional money, while 9,128 will local authority areas that stand to an equal opportunity to reach their historical gaps in funding between see funding levels decrease. lose the most money in 2018-19, the full potential.” different geographical areas flatten Launching a 14-week consultation first year of the scheme. The consultation closes on in the coming years. into the plans on Wednesday, the The council areas set to benefit March 22. Schools will continue to have government said it would adopt most include Derby, where there More funding details on page 2 YEAR IN REVIEW PAGES 14-21 2 @SCHOOLSWEEK SCHOOLS WEEK FRIDAY, DEC 16, 2016 EDITION 88 NEWS SCHOOLS WEEK TEAM NFF: the winners and the losers Editor: Laura McInerney Features editor: Cath Murray JOHN DICKENS the Department for Education website says Head designer: Nicky Phillips @JOHNDICKENSSW will be “published shortly”. THE WINNERS… Designer: Matthew Willsone The multiplier factor has not gone down Sub editor: Jill Craven well with everyone. Derby 2.7% Chief reporter: John Dickens The Department for Education has released Mike Parker, director of Schools North York 2.4% Political reporter: Freddie Whittaker data showing the impact of the proposed East, said it was the “single greatest thing Torbay 2.4% Reporter: Billy Camden changes to funding on every school and that prevents this from being a fair funding Somerset 2.4% Reporter: Jess Staufenberg local authority in England, with a function formula. Barnsley 2.4% allowing schools to search for their own “The whole formula is made on making Plymouth 2.3% Junior reporter: Sam King information. sure a child in Canterbury, for example, is Lincolnshire 2.3% Photographer: Ellis O’Brien It shows that when the new formula funded the same as a child with the same Bracknell Forest 2.2% Cartoonist: Stan Dupp comes into effect in 2018-19, schools in needs in the north east, but then if you find Bath and North East Somerset 2.2% Financials: Helen Neilly inner London and urban areas will lose it is a bit more expensive to buy a house Milton Keynes 2.2% Victoria Boyle at the highest rate as the new formula in Canterbury, therefore we will give the Sales manager: Vikrant Bassi takes into account more recent ‘levels of Canterbury school more money, it ceases to AND THE LOSERS… Sales executive: Wallace Williams deprivation’ figures. The proportion of be fair on that basis.” Administration: Frances Ogefere Dell pupils in low-income families has slumped The government also acknowledged that Hackney -1.4% in the capital from 28 per cent to 17 per some schools are being pushed to the brink Camden -1.4% Contributors: Matthew Wheeler cent, according to figures presented to under PFI contracts requiring them to repay Lambeth -1.4% Liam Collins parliament. hefty sums for their buildings – and said Lewisham -1.4% Naureen Khalid Schools with low prior attainment, small schools in the worst PFI areas will be some Haringey -1.4% Stuart Kime rural schools and those with pupils from of the biggest winners. Newham -1.4% Anita Kerwin Nye “just about managing” families fare better, Schools getting the largest per-pupil Manchester -1.4% Harry Fletcher-Wood however, with extra cash. increases are in Knowsley, Barnsley and Southwark -1.4% Emma Mattinson-Hardy The government said it had received Derby which have all been “heavily affected” Tower Hamlets -1.4% strong support for an “area-cost adjustment” by PFI. Jill Berry Hammersmith and Fulham -1.4% to the per-pupil funding to reflect the The formula allocates more funding Andrew Old variation of labour market costs. It will be through its low prior attainment factor Based on illustrative percentage change in Natalie Perera calculated using a model that takes into than at present. Schools with the highest schools block funding in 2018-19. Source: DfE account general labour market trends numbers of pupils with low prior attainment Managing director: Shane Mann and salary variations within the teaching will gain an average of 1.8 per cent. per cent more – mostly through proposals And tweet us your thoughts @schoolsweek or workforce. Schools outside London with high for a lump sum and sparsity funds. The with the hashtag #schoolsweek This adjustment is applied to allocations numbers of pupils living in the top 25 per government said some of these schools are once the rest of the formula has been cent of most deprived postcodes – termed in local authorities that never recognised subscribe totted up – meaning it can make a big by the government as “just about managing” the additional need of sparse populations in For an annual subscription to Schools Week for difference – government documents state families – will get an average rise of 1.4 per the past. just £50 visit www.schoolsweek.co.uk and click the adjustment will provide for increases of cent. 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