THURROCK SCHOOLS’ FORUM
21st November 2019 at 9.00a.m Orsett Hall, Jaguar Bar Prince Charles Avenue Orsett, RM16 3HS Contact: 01375 891402
AGENDA
Primary Academies Headteacher – Kenningtons Ms J Sawtell-Haynes Headteacher – Abbotts Primary Mrs L James Principal – Woodside Academy Mr E Caines – Vice Chair Headteacher – Giffards Primary Mrs N Haslam-Davis CEO - Catalyst Academies Trust Mr T Parfett Headteacher- East Tilbury Primary and Nursery Mrs L Coates
Primary Maintained Schools Headteacher – To be advised
Secondary Academies CEO – Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust Mr P Griffiths – Chair Principal – Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Mrs N Graham CEO - South West Essex Community Education Mr S Munday Trust CEO – ORTU Federation Ltd Dr S Asong Governor – Hathaway Academy Mr S Sweeting
Secondary Maintained Schools Headteacher – Grays Convent Mrs P Johnson
Special Academy Headteacher – Treetops School Mr J Brewer Headteacher-Beacon Hill Academy Ms S Hewitt
Olive AP Academy Executive Headteacher Ms C Hunnisett
Non School Members Diocese of Brentwood Mrs M Shepherd Diocese of Chelmsford Miss S Jones 0-11 Representative Ms A Jones 11-19 Representative Dr J Revill
1 Contact Jan Walker. Children’s Services (01375 652559) Children, Education & Families, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL Teresa Lydon Minutes:
Introductory Items Item Item Time Guide 1. Welcome from Chair 1 min
2. Apologies for Absence 2 mins Agreement of agenda, time-guide and notification of ‘Any 3. 2 mins Other Business’ Items for Decision
Thurrock Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 4. 20 mins • Presented by Andrea Winstone
High Needs Block – Commissioning Intentions and Service Partnership Agreement for School Resource 5. 30 mins Provision • Presented by David May/Malcolm Taylor
Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 and 2020/21 6. • Presented by David May (there will be a PowerPoint 20 mins Presentation)
Items for Information
Tuition Support Services 7. 10 mins • Presented by Temi Fawehinmi
Free Schools and Academies Update 8. • Presented by 5 mins
2 Contact Jan Walker. Children’s Services (01375 652559) Children, Education & Families, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL Teresa Lydon Minutes: Schools’ Forum Forward Plan • To consider and agree any urgent additions to the 9. 5 mins forward plan, presented by Sarah Williams
Closing Items
Minutes of the previous meeting held on 26th 10. 5 mins September 2019
11. Matters Arising 5 mins
12. Any Other Business 5 mins
Date of next meeting 13. 16th January 2019 at 9.00 a.m Orsett Hall, Jaguar Bar
3 Contact Jan Walker. Children’s Services (01375 652559) Children, Education & Families, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL Teresa Lydon Minutes: Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No.4 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
THURROCK SCHOOLS FORUM REPORT
DATE: 21st November 2019
SUBJECT: Thurrock Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019
REPORT OF: Andrea Winstone
THE REPORT IS: For Decision
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report is part of the statutory duty as set out in the Childcare Act 2006 which states Local Authorities need to ensure that we are meeting the requirements of early years entitlement with due regard to planning and growth across the Local Authority.
1.2 This report outlines Thurrock’s Annual Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019
1.3 The local authority has a statutory duty to provide access to two, three and four year old places for early education and childcare.
1.4 Statutory guidance was revised by the Department for Education in September 2014 which outlines changes in regards to; the provision for two year olds from lower income families, quality expectations, a change in role for local authorities and an emphasis on outcomes.
1.5 The existing Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 reflects the changes in statutory guidance and updates in data, there was no parental survey undertaken due to transition to a new survey portal, however the survey will be repeated for the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2020. The Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 is presented to schools forum for approval.
2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 To support further early years & childcare development across the borough where re-generation and new housing is taking place as outlined in the sufficiency report.
2.2 To promote and encourage more schools to consider eligible 2 year old intake. 2.3 That Schools and academies work in continued partnership with the Local Authority in regard to the future move from 15hours entitlement to 30 hours for eligible working parents of their 3 & 4 year old pupils and provide
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access to wrap around care and holiday care either on site or supported by in the local area.
2.4 The draft version of the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 is adopted.
3.0 MAIN BODY OF REPORT
3.1 There are currently 234 providers in Thurrock offering 3679 full time equivalent early education and childcare places for 0-5 year olds. Across Thurrock, 156 childminders (an increase of 66% since 2018) are signed up to deliver 512 early years funded places. There are an additional 43 childminders registered to deliver 111 places who are not currently signed up to deliver early years funded places.
3.2 However, these figures do not take into account how providers use these in their private business for fee paying places, which fluctuates daily according to demand. Fee paying places are difficult to predict as they are business decisions made by providers but they have an impact on the analysis of the sufficiency of early education places and so fee paying returns are monitored on a termly basis.
3.3 Schools and academies can be an obvious choice for development of early education, wrap around care and holiday care, due to lack of premises available for Private, Voluntary or Independent (PVI) provision development, however, with the two year old early education there is a need for the most disadvantaged children to access Good or Outstanding provision (as with all early years providers).
3.4 Thurrock’s take up of three and four year old early education entitlement is 91% compared to a 94% national take up. Take-up of early years entitlements is not compulsory and not all parents will choose to take up some or all of their entitled hours. This adds a further layer of complexity to estimating demand. Increasing demand for places will follow from Thurrock’s continued promotion of, the benefits of early education to parents.
3.5 The provision for two year olds who are eligible through strictly applied criteria, has added to the requirement to meet the demand for early education places. The target for places as at end of March 2019 was 795 which was satisfied by the development of 957 places this is above target, with a total of 634 children placed in the Spring Term 2019. The target places is mainly dependent on 2 year olds from the bottom 40% low income households, notified to the council by the Department for Work and Pensions on a quarterly basis.
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3.6 The increase, to 30hrs of early education and childcare for working parents, proposed by the government for 2017 has steadily had an impact on place availability.
4.0 FINANCIAL / RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS
4.1 The Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2019 will not have any impact on the budget
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5.0 CONTACT DETAILS OF LEAD OFFICER / AUTHOR If you have any queries or comments in advance of the Schools Forum meeting about this report, please contact
NAME: Andrea Winstone
ROLE: Andrea Winstone, - Strategic Lead School Effectiveness and SEND
E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 01375 652744 | 07827 823614
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Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA)
THURROCK September 2019
September 2019
COPYRIGHT
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CONTENTS
1. Overall assessment and summary 4
2. Demand for childcare 5
3. Supply of childcare 7
4. Funded early education 14
5. Economic regeneration & new housing 17
6. Prices 20
7. Quality of childcare in our area 22
8. Methodology 23
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1. Overall assessment and summary
Thurrock Council is required by law to ‘report annually to elected council members on how they are meeting their duty to secure sufficient childcare, and make this report available and accessible to parents’.1 The Council has prepared this report in order to meet this duty 1.
Having sufficient childcare means that families are able to find childcare that meets their child’s learning needs and enables parents to make a real choice about work and training. This applies to all children from birth to age 14, and to children with disabilities. Sufficiency is assessed for different groups, rather than for all children in the local authority.
We use information about childcare sufficiency to plan our work supporting the local childcare economy.’
Statutory guidance on Early Education and Childcare, effective from 1 September 2017. The wording of the 2014 statutory guidance, effective until this date, is identical 1.
Overall sufficiency in our area
We do not have access to reliable data that breaks down the population by ward of children by individual age groups since the last National Census in 2011. It is therefore difficult to compare the sufficiency of places by individual ward.
2 Year old Entitlement There are currently sufficient 2 year entitlement places offered by Thurrock childcare providers. The providers understand the importance of the two year entitlement and what it offers to the most disadvantaged children in Thurrock, enabling them to thrive and achieve, as their peers. 2 year entitlement access especially in the summer term can be limited, due to parents wishing to stay on waiting lists for their preferred provider, despite places available with other suitable, quality, providers
Universal Entitlement- All 3 & 4 year olds. We have not received any parental feedback that parents cannot gain a places for their child’s universal entitlement, there still are parents who do not wish there child to access early years education and childcare, by exercising their right to choose, for their child not to participate in this non-statutory offer.
30 Hours Entitlement for children of working parents The access to the additional 15 hours of entitlement funded hours for working parents of 3 & 4 year olds, is currently on an upward trend and is predicted to continue.
Schools are showing signs that they are progressing to offer 2 year entitlement places and also the 30 hours for working parents. This is still measured, but we are hopeful to have some advocates to encourage other school early years providers to participate in one or both of the offers.
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In some areas of Thurrock we have limited atypical hours to offer parents. The local regional shopping centre is open seven days a week, opening as early as 8.00am on some days, and closing as late as 10.00pm there is scope for supporting these parents to access work, particularly if they have no wider family or friends to help out. Other local employers offer shift or weekend work, which are based in Thurrock, who offer parents employment opportunities.
The majority of schools now offer at least a breakfast club, although this tends to be for the reception age children upwards, despite offering nursery provision. This may be a cultural mind-set that teachers do not participate in the classroom before or beyond the traditional school day. The availability of appropriate staff outside this core time is challenging to some, while others embrace the challenge to overcome the barriers for parents to find suitable childcare to enable access to work or training.
Childminders offer the wrap around care to the school day where their capacity permits, however, some childminders prefer not to offer holiday childcare if they are caring for their own children particularly if their own children are older.
Most childcare providers in Thurrock practice inclusion in their practice, however, the barrier still remains in some instances, particularly with providers offering a limited number of places where additional support is necessary, which may impact on care and learning, given to other children in their provision.
Thurrock Council will continue
1.1 To support further early years & childcare development across the borough where re-generation and new housing is taking place.
1.2 To promote and encourage more schools to consider eligible 2 year old intake.
1.3 To consider early education future needs before decision are taken in relation to capital assets across the Local Authority
1.4 To support sessional providers to offer, or access wrap around care in partnership, for working parents
2 Demand for childcare
Population of early years children In total, there are 12502* children under the age of five living in our local authority. These children may require early years childcare.
Numbers by age Age Number of children Age 0 2397 Age 1 2432
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Age 2 2347 Age 3 2661 Age 4* 2665 * Some four-year-olds will have started reception
Population of school age children In total there are 18097 children aged 5-11, and 6971 children aged 12-14 living in our local authority. These children may require childcare before and after school, and/or during the school holidays.
Numbers by age Age Number of children Age 5 2610 Age 6 2626 Age 7 2664 Age 8 2616 Age 9 2500 Age 10 2467 Age 11 2614 Age 12 2424 Age 13 2307 Age 14 2240
Changes to population of children in our area
Since 2016 Population of early years children has decreased by 3%
Since 2016 Population of school age children has increased by 9%
Number of children with special educational needs and disabilities Children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) are entitled to support with childcare up to the age of 18 (age 14 for children who do not have a special need or disability). The number of children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan in our local authority is:
Age Number of children Birth to school age 7 Primary school (reception to year six) 633 Secondary school (year seven to 704 thirteen)
Children’s needs change over time and are identified at different ages. Among the youngest children, SEND may only be identified when they start in childcare or school, and it can take some time from problems being identified to an EHC plan being issued. It is therefore possible that the number of children with SEND aged 0-4 is an underestimate. Some children have SEN but do not have an EHC plan.
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3 Supply of childcare
Number of early years providers and places In total, there are 234 childcare providers in our local authority, offering a maximum of 3679 early years early education and childcare registered places:
Childminders* Ward Number Number of 0-2 years 2-3 years 3-5 years Total 0-5 of registered registered registered registered registered providers places places places places years places Aveley & 8 (3) 27 (9) 9 6 (2) 12 (4) 27 (9) Uplands Belhus 5 (1) 18 (3) 6 5 (1) 7 (1) 18 (3) Chadwell St 7 (3) 20 (9) 6 5 (2) 9 (4) 20 (9) Mary Chafford and 18 (3) 69 (6) 23 15 (2) 31 (2) 69 (6) North Stifford Corringham 2 (1) 9 (3) 3 2 (1) 4 (1) 9 (3) & Fobbing East Tilbury 4 (2) 13 (4) 4 3 (1) 6 (2) 13 (4) Grays 13 (3) 36 (8) 13 6 (1) 17 (4) 36 (8) Riverside Grays 8 (1) 25 (3) 8 8 (1) 9 (1) 25 (3) Thurrock Little 10 (3) 36 (9) 12 9 (2) 15 (4) 36 (9) Thurrock Blackshots Little 5 (2) 15 (6) 5 3 (1) 7 (3) 15 (6) Thurrock Rectory Ockendon 15 (5) 51 (15) 17 11 (3) 23 (7) 51 (15) Orsett 6 (0) 22 (0) 7 4 (0) 11 (0) 22 (0) South 15 (4) 51 (9) 18 14 (2) 19 (4) 51 (9) Chafford Stanford East 6 (2) 15 (2) 7 3 (0) 5 (0) 15 (2) Cor Town Stanford le 4 (3) 10 (7) 4 2 (1) 4 (3) 10 (7) Hope West Stifford Clays 5 (0) 16 (0) 7 2 (0) 7 (0) 16 (0) The 6 (1) 24 (3) 8 7 (1) 9 (1) 24 (3) Homesteads
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Tilbury 4 (3) 10 (7) 4 2 (1) 4 (3) 10 (7) Riverside & Thurrock Park Tilbury St 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Chads West 15 (3) 45 (8) 16 14 (2) 15 (3) 45 (8) Thurrock South Stifford Total 156 (43) 512 (111) 177 121 (24) 214 (47) 512 (111 ) ( ) data shown in brackets denotes those childminders not delivering entitlement and their places, but registered for 0-5 children that have been included in the main figure in categories indicated.
Private, Voluntary and Independent Nurseries & Pre-schools Ward Number Number 0-2 years 2-3 years 3-5 years Total 0-5 of of registered registered registered years providers registered places places places registered places FTE Places** Aveley & 3 116 9 43 64 116 Uplands Belhus 2 66 12 18 36 66 Chadwell St 5 210 33 94 83 210 Mary Chafford and 2 148 21 35 92 148 Nth Stifford Corringham & 1 26 0 3 16 19** Fobbing East Tilbury 2 150 12 38 90 140** Grays 4 229 30 71 128 229 Riverside Grays Thurrock 4 172 41 65 66 172 Little Thurrock 1 32 0 6 26 32 Blackshots Little Thurrock 2 90 0 27 63 90 Rectory Ockendon 3 127 9 36 82 127 Orsett 1 26 0 0 16 16** South Chafford 2 158 42 43 73 158 Stanford East 5 191 0 47 130 177** Cor Town
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Stanford le 5 211 36 50 95 181** Hope West Stifford Clays 1 26 0 6 15 21** The 0 0 0 0 0 0 Homesteads Tilbury 2 105 12 30 63 105 Riverside & Thurrock Park Tilbury St 2 75 15 25 35 75 Chads West Thurrock 4 226 36 60 130 226 Sth Stifford Total 51 2384 308 697 1303 2308
** Not all providers open for 5 days per week and therefore the total number of places available (expressed as registered place equivalent) does not equate to the providers number of registered places at times.
Nursery Classes in Schools Ward Number Number 0-2 years 2-3 years 3-5 years Total of of registered registere registered providers registere places d places places d places Aveley & 2 56 0 0 56 56 Uplands Belhus 4 104 0 0 104 104 Chadwell St 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mary Chafford and 1 52 0 0 52 52 North Stifford Corringham & 1 40 0 6 34 40 Fobbing East Tilbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grays 2 78 0 0 78 78 Riverside Grays 1 30 0 0 30 30 Thurrock Little Thurrock 1 26 0 1* 25 26 Blackshots Little Thurrock 1 30 0 0 30 30 Rectory Ockendon 2 52 0 0 52 52
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Orsett 1 35 5 4 26 35 South Chafford 3 78 0 0 78 78 Stanford East 1 30 0 6 24 30 Cor Town Stanford le 1 30 0 0 30 30 Hope West Stifford Clays 1 36 0 10 26 36 The 0 0 0 0 0 0 Homesteads Tilbury 2 78 0 0 78 78 Riverside & Thurrock Park Tilbury St 1 52 0 0 52 52 Chads West Thurrock 2 52 0 2* 50 52 South Stifford Total 27 859 5 29 825 859 *Some nursery classes in school accept rising 3s.
Total All Providers Ward Number of Number of 0-2 years 2-3 years 3-5 years Total 0-5 years providers registered registered registered registered Registered places places places places Places Aveley & 13 (3) 199 (9) 18 49 (2) 132 (4) 199 (9) Uplands Belhus 11 (1) 188 (3) 18 23 (1) 147 (1) 188 (3) Chadwell St 12 (3) 230 (9) 39 99 (2) 92 (4) 230 (9) Mary Chafford and 21 (3) 269 (6) 44 50 (2) 175 (2) 269 (6) North Stifford Corringham 4 (1) 75 (3) 3 11 (1) 54 (1) 68** (3) & Fobbing East Tilbury 6 (2) 163 (4) 16 41 (1) 96 (2) 153** (4) Grays 19 (3) 343 (8) 43 77 (1) 223 (4) 343 (8) Riverside Grays 13 (1) 227 (3) 49 73 (1) 105 (1) 227 (3) Thurrock Little 12 (3) 94 (9) 12 16 (2) 66 (4) 94 (9) Thurrock Blackshots
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Little 8 (2) 135 (6) 5 30 (1) 100 (3) 135 (6) Thurrock Rectory Ockendon 20 (5) 230 (15) 26 47 (3) 157 (7) 230 (15) Orsett 8 (0) 83 (0) 12 8 (0) 53 (0) 73** (0) South 20 (4) 287 (9) 60 57 (2) 170 (4) 287 (9) Chafford Stanford 12 (2) 236 (2) 7 56 (0) 159 (0) 222** (0) East Cor Town Stanford le 10 (3) 251 (7) 40 52 (1) 129 (3) 221** (7) Hope West Stifford Clays 7 (0) 78 (0) 7 18 (0) 48 (0) 73** (0) The 6 (1) 24 (3) 8 7 (1) 9 (1) 24 (3) Homesteads Tilbury 8 (3) 193 (7) 16 32 (1) 145 (3) 193 (7) Riverside & Thurrock Park Tilbury St 3 (0) 127 (0) 15 25 (0) 87 (0) 127 (0) Chads West 21 (3) 323 (8) 52 76 (2) 195 (3) 323 (8) Thurrock South Stifford Total 234 (43) 3755 (111) 490 847 (24) 2342 (47) 3679 (111) ( ) data shown in brackets denotes those childminders not delivering entitlement and their places, but registered for 0-5 children that have been included in the main figure in categories indicated.
There are no Maintained Nursery Schools in Thurrock
The data in this table was correct on: 31March 2019 * Some childminder places may also be available for older children.
For private, voluntary and independent nurseries and childminders, the number of registered places represents the maximum number of children who can be on the premises at any given time. In practice, many providers choose to operate below their number of registered places.
Children may attend childcare full time or part time. This table records places for children who are attending full time, or for as many hours as the setting is open. In some cases, two or more children attending part time may use one full time equivalent place. For example, one child may attend in the morning and one child may attend in the afternoon.
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Early years atypical hours Childcare is most commonly delivered during the typical working day – between 8am and 6pm on weekdays. Some parents require childcare outside these times in order to fit with their work or other responsibilities.
The number of providers offering childcare for atypical hours in our local authority is:
Type of provision Number of Available Available Available Offer providers before after 6pm weekends1 Overnight 8am weekdays Care weekdays Childminders + 156 98 64 14 15 Nursery classes in 26 11 6 0 0 schools Maintained nursery 0 0 0 0 0 schools Private, voluntary 29 24 20 0 0 and independent nurseries + Of those providers supplying this information
Number of school age providers and places In total, there are 214 providers of childcare for school age children during term time, and 146 providers of childcare for school age children during the holidays. Of that number 174 childminders who may provide care for school age children during term time
Type of provision Number of Number of registered providers places Breakfast club – Primary school 28 898 Breakfast club – Secondary school 0 0 Breakfast care Childminders* 174 603 Breakfast club -Private and Voluntary 12 363 and Independent Providers (PVIs) Total Breakfast club 214 1864 After-school club – Primary school 15 500 After-school club – Secondary school 0 0 After School care - Childminders* 174 603 After school club - Private and 15 458 Voluntary and Independent Providers Total After school club 204 1561 Holiday club - Primary school 3 100 Holiday club - Secondary school 0 0 Holiday care - Childminders* 134 467
1 This includes availability at any time during the weekend, not necessarily for the whole weekend
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Holiday club - Private and Voluntary 9 339 and Independent Providers 146 906 * Childminder data is difficult to break down in to specific places for breakfast, afterschool due to lack of meaningful response numbers from this group of providers to Provider Audit requests. We can assume that if a childminder only offers term time care, this will reduce the number of holiday care places offered and is shown as such.
Tracking supply of childcare for school age children is difficult because not all of this type of provision is registered with Ofsted. It is possible that we have under-counted the provision of breakfast and afterschool clubs and holiday clubs. Parents may also use provision which is not considered ‘childcare’, for example sports or arts clubs after school or in the holidays.
School age atypical
Childcare is most commonly delivered during the typical working day – between 8am and 6pm on weekdays. Some parents require childcare outside these times in order to fit with their work or other responsibilities. The number of providers offering childcare for atypical hours in our local authority is:
Type of provision Number of Available Available Available providers before after 6pm weekends2 8am weekdays weekdays Breakfast club – primary school 42 42 N/A 0 After-school club – primary 15 N/A 15 0 school Breakfast club – secondary 0 0 N/A 0 school After-school club – secondary 0 N/A 0 0 school Holiday club 10 8 2 0 Childminders 171 109 65 14
2 This includes availability at any time during the weekend, not necessarily for the whole weekend
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4 Funded early education
Introduction to funded early education Some children are entitled to free childcare, funded by the government. These entitlements are for 38 weeks per year.
• All children aged 3 and 4 are entitled to 15 hours per week until they start reception class in school • Children aged 3 and 4 where both parents are working, or from lone parent families where that parent is working, are entitled to 30 hours per week until they start reception class in school3 • Children aged 2 whose families receive certain benefits (including low income families in receipt of in-work benefits), or those who meet additional non-economic criteria , are entitled to 15 hours per week. Nationally, about 40% of 2 year olds are entitled to this offer, but the proportion varies by area.
Parents do not have to use all the hours of their funded entitlement. They may choose to split them between providers. With the agreement of their provider, parents may also spread them across the year – for example, rather than taking 15 hours for 38 weeks a year they could take just under 12 hours for 48 weeks a year.
Proportion of 2-year-old children eligible through financial criteria entitled to funded early education at January 2019
In our local authority, 32.97 % of 2 year olds are entitled to funded early education. During 2018 at total of 1223 eligible children accessed 2 year old entitlement funded places.
Take up of funded early education The proportion of eligible children taking up their funded place (for at least some of the available hours) in our local authority is:
The data in this table is based on Department for Education data in January 2019 Breakdown of funded early education take up by age of children
Age % of eligible children Age 2 79% Age 3 and 4 91% 3 year olds 90% 4 year olds 91%
3 Available to families where each parent (or one parent in a single adult household) are earning the equivalent of working sixteen hours per week on the minimum wage
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3 and 4-year-old funded entitlement applications Parents who think they are entitled to a 30 hour extended hours place apply for this online through the Government’s Childcare Support website. The same website is used to apply for tax free childcare and parents can apply for either or both. If a parent is eligible, the system creates a code which they can use with their chosen childcare provider. If they are ineligible, they will still be entitled to the universal 15 hours of early education and childcare.
Step Number of % of Number of % of families Children children families applying Applied for a N/A N/A N/A N/A place Number of 3258 91 N/A N/A children accessing Universal Entitlement 3&4 year olds Eligibility Codes 1159 35.57 N/A N/A Issued of total 3&4 year old Universal Entitlement places taken up Eligible for a 978 84.38 N/A N/A place against those codes issued Accessing a 929 94.99 N/A N/A place against eligible places N/A data not available The data in this table is based on live data Thurrock Council for Spring Term 2019
Providers offering funded early education places Providers are paid directly by government for delivering funded early education. They are not required to offer them to parents, but of course parents may choose to use a different provider if they do not. Some providers offer a restricted number of funded places. A new full day-care provider was registered by Ofsted 8 April 2019 in the Stifford Clays ward which is not included in the CSA data as at 31 March 2019.
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Type of provision Number of Age 2 Age 3 and Age 3 and providers targeted 4 universal 4 – 15 hours extended 30 hours Childminders 115 84% 91% 69% Nursery classes in schools 26 12% 100% 77% Maintained nursery schools 0% 0% 0% 0% Private, voluntary and 51 98% 100% 90% independent nurseries and Pre- schools
Comparing take up of funded early education over time
Age 2019* 2018* 2017* Age 2 – targeted 79% 69% 73% Age 3 and 4 91% 89% 92% *January Census
Age 2019* 2018* 2017* Age 2 – targeted 79% 73.38% 77.26% *As at 31.03.19
Comparisons to other local authorities
Age Thurrock Medway Essex East of England England Age 2 – targeted 79% 59% 67% 69% 68% Age 3 and 4 91% 91% 97% 94% 94%
For 2 year entitlement place take up, nationally of 152 Local Authorities, Thurrock is placed 23rd in 2019.
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Economic Regeneration and New Housing
Economic regeneration and new homes supply will increase demand for childcare.
It is imperative that new housing developments are taken into account when planning any new early education and childcare places.
The table below indicates the extent of current development in Thurrock broken down by ward. Developments of more than twenty units per development, are noted only.
Ward Potential Development (of more than 20 units) 0-5 years Aveley & Uplands 1485 Belhus 0 Chadwell St Mary 1167 Chafford & North Stifford 150 Corringham and Fobbing 113 East Tilbury 1349 Grays Riverside 869 Grays Thurrock 201 Little Thurrock Blackshots 362 Little Thurrock Rectory 102 Ockendon 651 Orsett 287 South Chafford 333 Stanford East Corringham Town 934 Stanford le Hope West 665 Stifford Clays 0 The Homesteads 20 Tilbury Riverside & Thurrock Park 203 Tilbury St Chads 267 West Thurrock South Stifford 1133
Supporting economic wellbeing
Accessible and affordable childcare supports families to work and good quality early years experience supports children’s cognitive and emotional development, aiding transition between home and the early years setting and improving school readiness. For some families the need for good quality, accessible and affordable childcare is at least partially satisfied by informal by informal childcare arrangements such as with family and friends, but for no means all. Single parent households and families without established social
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structures may not have access to informal childcare. For those that do, informal childcare may not support the social and cognitive outcomes associated with good quality formal early years development and learning.
Supporting children to achieve their potential
In 2008 a Joseph Rowntree report concluded that appropriate childcare could move between a 0.17% and 50% of children out of poverty. A 2012 DfE research report evidenced that early education starting at an early age had a direct impact on the attainment of children.
The body of evidence is large and growing; find a quality early years experience can boost children’s all-round development, and is particular beneficial for least advantaged children.
The economy
In 2018 (January to December) 12.8% of households in Thurrock were defined as workless* this compares to 12.2% in the East region and 14% nationally. Employment levels are slightly higher when compared to the national average but lower compared to the regional figure for employment.
Economic activity rates April 2018 to March 2019 All People: Thurrock East Region Great Britain Economically active 79.6 % 81.2% 78.7% In employment 76.4% 78.4% 75.4% Employees 66.1% 66.8% 64.4% Self Employed 9.9% 11.4% 10.7% Unemployed 4.0% 3.4% 4.1%
Economic Inactivity rates April 2018 to March 2019 All People: Thurrock East Region Economically inactive 20.4% 18.8% 21.3% Wanting employment 22.1% 19.0% 20.6% Not wanting 77.9% 79.1% 79.4% employment
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Earnings by Residence (2018) Thurrock East Region Great Britain £ £ £ Gross weekly pay 550.10 583.4 557.4
Hourly pay- excluding 16.24 17.55 16.80 overtime
(source- ONS annual population survey, NOMIS) https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157204/report.aspx#ps
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5 Prices
Prices of early school years childcare For early years childcare outside the funded entitlements, we report on average prices per hour, reported to us by settings.4 There may be variations to prices based on the number of hours a family uses, with reductions for longer hours, or discounts for sibling groups. There may be additional payments for additional services, e.g. lunch and other meals which are not included in these prices.
Price per hour Private, voluntary School and Childminders and independent maintained nursery nurseries schools which make charges to parents 0 and 1 year olds £6.54 £N/A £4.92 2 year olds £6.04 £4,55 £4.97 3 and 4 year olds £5.66 £4.55 £4.65
Prices of school age childcare For school age children during term time, we report on average prices before school per day, after school per day, and for childminding per hour. For holiday childcare, we report on holiday club prices per week.
Setting and price unit Price Breakfast club per day £ 3.81 After-school club per day £ 12.25 School age childminder per £ 4.59 hour Holiday club per week £178.85
Comparing childcare prices over time Price per hour Type of childcare Age Year Private, voluntary School and Childminders and independent maintained nursery nurseries schools which make charges to parents 0 and 1 This £6.54 £ N/A £ 4.92 year Year -1 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A Year -2 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A 2 This £6.04 £ 4.55 £ 4.97 year Year -1 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A
4 Details of how we collect this data are in the methodology section below
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Year -2 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A 3 and 4 This £5.66 £4.55 £ 4.65 year Year -1 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A Year -2 £ N/A £ N/A £ N/A
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6 Quality of childcare in our area
Ofsted inspection grades All childcare providers must register with and be inspected by Ofsted, who give them an overall grade for the quality of their provision. Childminders and private and voluntary providers are on the Early Years Register, and schools and standalone maintained nursery schools are on the Schools register. The grades for both registers are equivalent. Schools with nurseries have an overall inspection grade for the whole school and most also have a separate early years grade.
Both schools and early years providers have four possible Ofsted grades: ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’, and ‘inadequate’.5 Some providers are still awaiting their first full inspection. These providers are excluded from our calculation.
Nursery classes in independent schools do not generally have an Ofsted grade.
Type of provision Total % number achieving of good or providers outstanding Childminders 105 91% Nursery classes in schools * 27 93% Maintained nursery schools 0 0% Private and voluntary 47 100% nurseries Total 179 94% * Early years grade if available, otherwise overall school grade
Providers with met/not met grade When providers do not have any children on site at the time of their first inspection, they are given an Ofsted grade of ‘met’ or ‘not met’. This shows whether they are meeting the requirements for Ofsted registration, and usually happens when new providers are being set up.
Comparisons to other local authorities % of providers ‘good’ Thurrock Medway Essex East of England or ‘outstanding’ England Childminders 91% 96% 98% 96% 95% Childcare on Non 97% 95% 98% 96% 97% Domestic Premises
5 For more information see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as- at-31-march-2019
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8 Methodology
• Number of children: based on population projections from https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/po pulationprojections/bulletins/subnationalpopulationprojectionsforengland/2016based Figure 6: Population age structure by single year of age and sex for local authorities, counties, regions and England as a whole, mid-2016 to mid-2041 • Children with EHC plans: based on data held by Thurrock Council • Supply of childcare: based on data provided to us by Ofsted who regulate early years provision in schools and childcare provision, and Thurrock Council data. In some cases, we have supplemented this with local intelligence where providers are not registered with Ofsted. • Vacancy rates: This data is not available for this Assessment • Childcare for parents working atypical hours: data held by Thurrock Council • Funded early education: data on take up of funded early education entitlements is based on the Early Years and Schools Censuses, which are taken every January and published by the Department for Education in the statistical collection Education provision: children under five years of age. Data on entitlement to a funded early education place for 2 year olds is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions and local authority data • Price of childcare: Collected by Provider Audit Spring Term 2019 • Quality of childcare: data on childcare quality is provided by Ofsted. • Data from providers and parents: This has not been undertaken in time for this Assessment as we have changed our Survey Portal during the Assessment period
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September 2019 Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No.5 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
THURROCK SCHOOLS FORUM REPORT
DATE: 21st November 2019
SUBJECT: High Needs Block – Commissioning Intentions and Service Partnership Agreement for School Resource Provision
REPORT OF: Malcolm Taylor / David May
THE REPORT IS: For Decision
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 This report provides information for School Forum members in relation to the funding of the High Needs Block within the DSG for 2020/21 and progress so far on the commissioning arrangements for high need places in specialist provisions from September 2020.
2. RECOMMENDATIONS
2.1 School Forum members are asked to: (i) Consider and comment on the information provided in the report.
(ii) Support the commissioned numbers for 2020/21 that were required to be submitted to ESFA on 15th November 2019.
(iii) Agree to receive a further report at the next meeting on band values and Service Level Agreements for 2020/21.
3. HIGH NEEDS PLACE FUNDING 2019/20
3.1 The provisional funding allocation for High Needs Block 2020/21 is discussed elsewhere on the agenda.
3.2 Recent guidance, published in September 2019, sets out that local authorities must:
• ensure place numbers reflect both recent agreed commissioning activity and strategic planning to secure suitable SEND provision
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and AP in line with local authorities’ and schools’ statutory responsibilities;
• consult with their maintained schools, local academies and FE institutions to determine funded 2020 to 2021 high needs place numbers;
• ensure that an institution’s funded place numbers include places agreed and commissioned by other local authorities, and their plans for increasing or reducing future placements;
• the high needs national funding formula and adjustments reflect the funding distribution in those local authorities where the academies and FE institutions in their area have a significant number of pupils or students who live in other local authority areas;
• return a place number for the institutions in their area that reflects the commissioning by both their authority and all other local authorities;
• submit changes to 2020 to 2021 high needs place numbers in academies and FE institutions to ESFA by 15 November 2019.
4. INFORMATION REGARDING CORE FUNDING AND TOP UP FUNDING BY TYPE OF INSTITUTION
4.1 Appendix 1 summarises how high needs provision is funded in different types of provider for both pre and post 16 pupils for the 2020/21 academic year:
4.2 Top ups The recent DfE guidance for 2020/21 gives a clear outline of how local authorities can agree top-up funding with providers. It also gives clear directions that top up funding is not expected to contribute or subsidise:
• Overheads attributable to other budgets within the institution, or that relate to costs that the institution would have to meet even if it had no pupils of students with high needs (for example, the salary of the SENCO required by all mainstream schools)
• The cost of legal action (and any damages awarded) against local authority decisions on assessment, provision and top up funding, including support for seeking SEN tribunal judgements on such local authority decisions
• The costs of educational and other assessments (for example, by educational psychologists) unless the local authority agrees in
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advance to pay of contribute to these costs because they are required for its own assessment of review purpose.
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5. SPECIAL FREE SCHOOLS
5.1 From 2019/20 onwards, funding for special free school places will be included in local authorities’ high needs allocations. Funding for these places will be deducted from local authorities’ high needs allocations by ESFA, and paid directly to schools, as for special academies. The EFSA will use the basic entitlement factor, the import/export adjustment and further adjustments in the National Funding Formula to ensure that this change will not result in an unfunded cost for local authorities. Local authorities with a special free school will receive £10,000 for every place at the free school through the formula adjustments mentioned above1.
5.2 The guidance above will apply to Treetops Free School.
6. COMMISSIONING ARRANGEMENTS 2020/21 ACADEMIC YEAR
6.1 The ESFA provided the local authority with a summary of 2019/2020 places agreed with individual institutions in the LA area in October 2019.
6.2 All specialist provisions have been contacted to discuss commissioned places for the academic year 2020/2021 based on the actual take-up of places in September 2019 and the projected places required from September 2020 onwards.
6.3 In 2019/2020 the local authority commissioned 580 pupils in special schools or specialist settings.
6.4 Appendix 2 identifies the local authority’s proposed commissioning arrangements for 2020/21. The process identifies commissioned numbers for 2020/21 of 633; this is an increase of 51 from 2019/20.
6.5 The increase for 2020/21 can be broken down into 4 key areas:
• Expansion of the Inclusion bases at East Tilbury and Quarry Hill by 14 additional places, this reflects the continued expansion throughout 2019/20 that was not reflected on last year’s submission to the ESFA;
1 Where a pupil lives in a different local authority to the one the free school is located in, the £6,000 adjustment will be allocated to the resident local authority. The provider local authority will be compensated as necessary through the import/export adjustment.
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• Increase by 10, from 20 to 30 places for Social Emotional Mental Health at Ormiston Park, this is based on assessed need with a phased implementation from January 2020;
• Increase by 11 places to 85 at Olive Alternative Provision, reflecting current demand for places in 2019/20.
• Establishment of additional provision at Treetops of 16 places, equally split between the two new bases for Verbal Behaviour (VB) and Moderate Learning Disabilities (MLD). This will prevent these places being commissioned from providers outside of Thurrock at higher costs.
7. OUT OF AREA PLACEMENTS
7.1 The Local Authority continues to look to place pupils seeking specialist placements in local provision in the first instance and only place in Independent or non-maintained schools where there is no other local option available that could meet the needs of these pupils.
7.2 Schools Forum needs to be aware that of the current commissioned places a small number of places are currently taken up by pupils from other local authorities; however, we have 81 pupils currently placed in schools in neighbouring local authorities.
7.3 As a local area we have 42 pupils in independent specialist schools, and 4 pupils in non-maintained specialist settings.
8. NEXT STEPS
8.1 Officers will continue to work with all settings to implement the new partnership agreement.
8.2 Discussions are ongoing with providers to consider band values and top up rates to be applied in 2020/21. These will be finalised and presented to the Schools Forum January 2020 meeting for approval.
9. REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS REPORTS
9.1 Schools Forum 26th September 2019 – High Needs Block – Commissioning Intentions and Service Partnership Agreement for School Resource Provision
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10. CONTACT DETAILS OF LEAD OFFICER / AUTHOR
If you have any queries or comments in advance of the Schools Forum meeting about this report, please contact either:
NAME: Malcolm Taylor
ROLE: Strategic Lead: Specialist Provision / Principal Educational Psychologist
E-MAIL: [email protected]
NAME: David May
ROLE: Strategic Finance Lead: Children’s, DSG and Schools E-MAIL: [email protected]
Page 6 of 6 High needs provision funding for different types of provider for both pre and post 16 pupils for 2019/20 . Appendix 1
Type of provision Pre 16 core funding Pre 16 top up funding Post 16 core funding Post 16 top up funding Included within the funding through the local schools Element 1 (based in 16 – 19 national funding funding formula) plus element 2 Mainstream schools, mainstream Schools meet the first £6,000 of additional support costs Agreed per pupil top-up paid by Agreed per pupil top-up paid by academies and mainstream free from delegated funds within the school budget share and commissioning authority (£6,000 per place) based on the commissioning authority schools academy grant, calculated under the local schools number of places to be funded funding formula
A combination of per pupil funding through the local Element 1 (based on 16 to 19 national SEN units and resources provision in schools funding formula, plus £6,000 per place for those Agreed pupil top up paid by the funding formula) plus element 2 Agreed top-up paid by the mainstream schools, academies and occupied by pupils on roll, and £10,000 per place for the commissioning local authority (£6,000 per place) based on the commissioning local authority free schools. remainder of the places to be funded number of places to be funded
Maintained special schools, special academies, special free schools, and £10,000 per place based on the number of places to be Agreed top-up paid by the £10,000 per place based on number Agreed per pupil top-up paid by the non-maintained special schools funded commissioning authority of places to be funded commissioning local authority (NMSS) Agreed per pupil funding paid by Per pupils funding through the early years funding commissioning local authority for costs Nursery schools formula. The place system doesn’t operate in 0 to 5 year assessed by the authority and not met N/A N/A only settings through the early years funding system
Independent schools and alternative Agreed per pupil funding paid by Place funding doesn’t operate in Agreed per pupil funding paid by Place funding doesn’t operate in independent schools provisions commissioning local authority independent schools commissioning local authority
Element 1 (based on 16 to 19 national Maintained pupil referral units, AP £10 000 per place based on number of places to be Agreed per pupil funding paid by funding formula) plus element 2 Agreed per pupil funding paid by academies and AP free schools funded commissioning local authority (£6,000 per place) based on number commissioning local authority of SEND places to be funded
Element 1 (based on 16 to 19 national FE institutions, special post 16 funding formula) plus element 2 Agreed per pupil funding paid by institutions (SPIS) and independent N/A N/A (£6,000 per place) based on number commissioning local authority learning providers (ILPS) of SEND places to be funded Thurrock Proposed Commissioned Places 2020/21 Agena Item No.5 Appendix 2
Total Total Total Total Proposed Commissioned Places 2020/21 2019/20 2019/20 Pre-16 Places 16-18 Places Total Institution Name Institution Type 2017/18 2018/19 SEN Units and Total Total High ESFA Updated AP Special Special Mainstream Actuals Actuals Resourced Pre-16 16-18 Need Places Places Places Places Places Places Provision Places Places Places Places LANSDOWNE PRIMARY ACADEMY ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 12 8 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 8 STANFORD-LE-HOPE PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 5 5 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 ORTU CORRINGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 20 DILKES ACADEMY ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 10 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 HARRIS ACADEMY CHAFFORD HUNDRED ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 20 20 20 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 20 ST CLERE'S SCHOOL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 17 17 17 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 17 ORMISTON PARK ACADEMY ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 20 20 20 20 0 0 30 30 0 0 0 30 EAST TILBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 0 6 6 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 THAMESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 0 6 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 6 QUARRY HILL ACADEMY - MAINSTREAM 0 0 0 6 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 10 OLIVE AP ACADEMY - THURROCK ACADEMY - AP 75 75 74 74 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 85 TREETOPS SCHOOL ACADEMY - SPECIAL 289 304 293 309 0 266 0 266 43 0 43 309 BEACON HILL ACADEMY ACADEMY - SPECIAL 75 75 75 75 0 50 0 50 25 0 25 75 ACADEMY TOTAL 543 566 554 580 85 316 136 537 68 0 68 605 WARREN PRIMARY MAINTAINED - MAINSTREAM 18 18 18 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 18 CHAFFORD HUNDRED PRIMARY NURSERY 10 10 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCHOOL NURSERY 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 THURROCK TOTAL 574 597 580 606 85 316 162 563 68 0 68 631 Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No.6 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
THURROCK SCHOOLS FORUM REPORT
DATE: 21st November 2019
SUBJECT: Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 and 2020/21
REPORT OF: David May
THE REPORT IS: For Decision
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Projected Outturn Position 2019/20 • The report identifies increased pressures for specialist places and the number of Education Health and Care Plans. The projected deficit has increased by £0.465m to £0.750m.
1.2 ESFA guidance 2020/21 • The proposed change to the Dedicated Schools Grant conditions and the clarification that councils are not expected to use their general reserves to plug deficits in the DSG but must carry forward overspends.
1.3 DSG Provisional Funding Announcement 2020/21 • Provisional increase in DSG funding of £7.071m. • Thurrock to implement the National Funding Formula in 2020/21. • Increase by 51 in the number of commissioned places required. • Ongoing review of band values. • Early Years rates for 2, 3 and 4 year olds to increase by 8p per hour.
1.4 Deficit Recovery Plan • Feedback from the ESFA and options for 2020/21.
1.5 The Schools Forum meeting on the 21st November will allow the full announcements to be discussed and confirm the approach to be taken in 2020/21. Following this a briefing session will be held with Schools and Academies on Monday 25th November to inform and discuss 2020/21 funding announcements and proposals.
2. RECOMMENDATIONS
2.1 This report provides the overall context and background information to 2019/20 and 2020/21 Dedicated Schools Grant. Schools’ Forum members are asked to consider the attached report prior to the meeting.
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3. Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 Projected Outturn Position
3.1 Thurrock continues to see a rise in the number of children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCP’s). Additional provision is required to support these young people in an educational setting and this is funded through the High Needs Block of the DSG.
3.2 The table below reflects the updated 2019/20 DSG allocation. Current projections indicate pressures of £0.750m, this is an increase of £0.465m from that previously reported. Appendix A provides a more detailed breakdown, highlighting the key areas of variance.
3.3 This change reflects the September transition point for movement in schools, the need to increase the number of commissioned place in Thurrock Special Schools and Resource provisions and continued month on month increase in Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP).
Funding Academy Forecasted 2019/20 DSG Variance Settlement Recoupment Outturn
£m £m £m £m £m Schools 118.839 (108.169) 10.670 10.244 (0.426) Central Services 2.073 0.000 2.073 2.045 (0.028) High Needs 23.848 (5.226) 18.622 19.817 1.195 Early Years 12.332 0.000 12.332 12.166 (0.167) Total 157.093 (113.395) 43.698 44.272 0.574 Early Years Surplus to be Carried Forward (0.167) Revised Outturn position 0.741
3.4 The DSG reserve has a carried forward deficit of £2.657m into 2019/20. The approved movement from the Schools Block to the High Needs Block of £1.248m was planned to reduce the balance to £1.409m in 2019/20. However, the projected deficit is likely to realise an accumulated deficit of £2.150m as at 31st March 2020.
3.5 Information gathered by the Local Government Association found that 97% of Local Authorities expect there to be HNB deficit in 2019/20. The detailed 2020/21 DSG guidance and funding announcements have recently been released by ESFA. This information will need to be considered alongside the projected carried forward deficit, to consider options moving forward.
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4. ESFA guidance 2020/21 - Clarifying the Specific Grant and Rind- fenced status of the DSG
4.1 A new consultation, to clarify that councils are not expected to use their general reserves to plug deficits in the DSG but must carry forward overspends. The aim is to stop LAs from reducing funding for other services to cover deficits, which are mostly due to high needs pressures. DfE wants DSG deficits to be covered from DSG income over time. No timescale has been set for the length of this process.
4.2 The Government announced at the end of August 2019 that funding for schools and high needs will rise by £2.6bn for 2020-21, £4.8bn for 2021-22, and £7.1bn for 2022-23, compared to 2019-20. This includes £780m extra for high needs in 2020-21: the division of funding between schools and high needs for 2021-22 and 2022-23 has yet to be determined. This additional funding will help many local authorities to bring their DSG accounts into balance, but a number of authorities will already have substantial deficits at the end of 2019-20 and will not be able to recover them immediately.
4.3 DSG conditions of grant will change DSG with effect from the end of the financial year 2019-20 (i.e., any overspend at the end of 2019-20 will fall under the new arrangements). This is therefore expected to inform and affect budget setting processes for 2020-21, as well as the presentation of reserves in the annual accounts for 2019-20. Subject to the outcome of consultation, DfE propose that future arrangements for dealing with overspends will be worded as follows:
• the local authority must carry forward the whole of the overspend to the schools budget in future years;
• the local authority may not fund any part of the overspend from its general resources, unless it applies for and receives permission from the Secretary of State to do so.
4.4 The consultation ended on the 15th November. Thurrock agreed with the principles made but asked that a key requirement is to ensure that the DSG High Needs funding is sufficient to meet demand and the requirements of the SENd reforms.
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5. DSG Provisional Funding Announcement 2020/21
5.1 On 9 September, Nick Gibb confirmed detailed aspects of schools and high needs funding arrangements for 2020/21. This follows a statement by the Secretary of State for Education on 3 September, which confirmed to Parliament that the funding for schools and high needs will, compared to 2019/20, rise by £2.6 billion for 2020/21, £4.8 billion for 2021/22, and £7.1 billion for 2022-23.
5.2 In 2020/21, this funding will be distributed using the Schools and High Needs National Funding Formulae (NFF). ESFA have now published provisional NFF allocations at local authority and school level, including local authorities’ final primary and secondary units of funding for the Schools Block. Alongside this, ESFA have also published technical documents setting out the detail underpinning the formulae. Final DSG allocations will be published in December, updated to reflect the October 2019 census data.
5.3 The Schools NFF for 2020/21 will continue to have the same factors as at present, and ESFA will continue to implement the formula to address historic underfunding and move to a system where funding is based on need. The key aspects of the formula for 2020-21 are:
• The minimum per pupil funding levels will be set at £3,750 for primary schools and £5,000 for secondary schools. The following year, in 2021/22, the primary minimum level will rise to £4,000.
• The funding floor will be set at 1.84% per pupil, in line with the forecast GDP deflator, to protect per pupil allocations for all schools in real terms. This minimum increase in 2020-21 allocations will be based on the individual school’s NFF allocation in 2019/20.
• Schools that are attracting their core NFF allocations will benefit from an increase of 4% to the formula’s core factors.
• There will be no gains cap in the NFF, so that all schools attract their full core allocations under the formula.
• A technical change will be made to the mobility factor so that it allocates this funding using a formulaic approach, rather than on the basis of historic spend.
• Growth funding will be based on the same methodology as this year, with the same transitional protection ensuring that no authority whose growth funding is unwinding will lose more than 0.5% of its 2019/20 schools block allocation.
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5.4 The Secretary of State confirmed on 3 September the government’s intention to move to a ‘hard’ NFF for schools – where budgets will be set on the basis of a single, national formula. ESFA recognise that this will represent a significant change and will work closely with local authorities, schools and others to make this transition as smoothly as possible.
5.5 In 2020/21 local authorities continue to have discretion over their schools funding formulae and, in consultation with schools, will ultimately determine allocations in their area. However, as a first step towards hardening the formula, from 2020/21 the government will make the use of the national minimum per pupil funding levels, at the values in the school NFF, compulsory for local authorities to use in their own funding formulae.
5.6 In addition, two further restrictions will continue:
• Local authorities will continue to set a Minimum Funding Guarantee in local formulae, which in 2020/21 must be between +0.5% and +1.84%. This allows LA’s to mirror the real terms protection in the NFF, which is the Government’s expectation.
• Local authorities can only transfer up to 0.5% of their School Block to other blocks of the DSG, with schools forum approval. To transfer more than this, or any amount without schools forum approval, LA’s will have to make a request to the Department for Education, even if the same amount was agreed in the past two years.
5.7 The High Needs NFF for 2020/21 will also have the same factors as at present. With over £700 million of additional funding, the formula will:
• Ensure that every local authority will receive an increase of at least 8% per head of 2 to 18 population through the funding floor. This minimum increase in 2020/21 allocations will be based on local authorities’ high needs allocations in 2019/20, including the additional £125 million announced in December 2018.
• Above this minimum increase, the formula will allow local authorities to see increases of up to 17%, again calculated on the basis of per head of population.
5.8 The teachers’ pay grant and teachers’ pension employer contributions grant will both continue to be paid separately from the NFF in 2020/21.
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6. Thurrock
6.1 Thurrock’s provisional funding settlement for 2020/21 is shown in the table below. This is an increase in funding of £7.071m.
Provisional Funding Settlement 2019/20 2020/21 Increase £m £m £m Schools 119.434 124.531 5.097 Central Services 2.073 1.833 (0.240) High Needs 23.253 25.468 2.215 Early Years 12.332 12.332 0.000 Total 157.093 164.164 7.071 Early Years allocation have not been updated.
Schools Block 6.2 Thurrock made good progress in 2019/20 in moving to the National Funding Formula (NFF). In 2020/21 the additional funding will allow us to deliver in full the National Funding Formula with a Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) of 1.84%, the highest amount allowable.
6.3 At the time of writing this report, a query remains outstanding with the ESFA on how the APT tool provided by the ESFA is working. There remains an unallocated sum of £1.907m, after the NFF is delivered in full. Initial observations link this to the 2019/20 School Block top-slice of £1.843m to support the HNB. The APT tool will not allow this sum currently to be distributed. Further update will be provided at the meeting.
6.4 However as part of considering next year’s budget we need to consider:
• The level of support the High Needs Block required from the Schools Block. A transfer of £0.600m would require Schools Forum approval and not Secretary of State approval.
• Pupil Growth – The table below shows the pupil growth numbers to be included in the Local Funding Formula 2020/21. This is the full year impact of September 2019 increases and the opening of Free Schools from September 2020.
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Pupil Growth 2020/21 Pupil Growth Growth School Name Total AWPU Total Growth c/fwd New Purfleet Primary Academy 30 R 12.5 12.5 3,750 46,875 St. Clere's School 30 Yr7 12.5 12.5 4,800 60,000 The Ockendon Academy 30 Yr7 12.5 12.5 4,800 60,000 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 150 R 62.5 62.5 3,750 234,375 Harris Academy Riverside 180 Yr7 75.0 75.0 4,800 360,000 Orsett Heath Academy 120 Yr7 0.0 70.0 70.0 4,800 336,000 Thames Park 120 Yr7 0.0 70.0 70.0 4,800 336,000 175 140 315 1,433,250
6.5 As outlined above £1.907m at this stage remains unallocated. The combined impact of School Block transfer and Pupil Growth is £2.033m, a shortfall of £0.126m. A reduction to the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) of 0.5% would save £0.093m. Updated information and options will be discussed at the meeting.
Central Services Block 6.6 In 2020-21, for LAs that receive it, their historic commitments funding will be reduced by 20% compared to their 2019-20 baseline, with a protection so that no LA loses more than the equivalent of 0.5% of its 2019-20 schools block allocation.
6.7 For Thurrock this is a £0.256m reduction and will be incurred for the next 5 years until the historic commitments is removed.
High Needs Block 6.8 Thurrock as part of its provisional settlement has been notified of an increase of £2.215m or 9.12%. The value of the increase nationally was a minimum increase of 8% with a maximum value set at 17%. The higher value would have been welcome as this would have increased the options available.
6.9 As part of the HNB commissioning arrangements for 2020/21, a separate report on this agenda, Thurrock will increase places by 51 from September 2020 and is reviewing the band values paid. The partnership agreement states a guarantee of cost neutral position to each provision. The outcome and financial implication of the review of band values will be considered at the January meeting of the Schools Forum.
6.10 The 2019/20 outturn position of the High Needs Block is a projected overspend of £1.2m, this is after the in-year transfer of £0.595m from SB to HNB. This overspend along with a minimum increase of commissioned places of £1m is equal to the provisional 2020/21 increase. This allows for no increase in the number of EHCP’s.
6.11 The Schools forum will need to consider options on how demand can be contained within resources available. As funding has been
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prioritised within the schools block, do schools need to do more to support children with SEN.
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Early Years Block 6.12 The funding allocation has not been updated. The information shown reflects the July 2019 update that increased the funding allocated in both 2018/19 and 2019/20.
6.13 In 2018/19 the final reported outturn position was a deficit of £0.011m. This sum was after an accrual was raised for £0.250m, reflecting increase in payments made to providers and projected increase in DSG to be received, once updated for the Early Years January 2019 count. The final value received was an increase of £0.373m. After taking account of the accrual this realised an unallocated sum of £0.123m to be received in 2019/20.
6.14 In 2019/20 the updated allocation is an increase of £0.639m. This has been allocated to payment to providers reflecting the increase in early years take up. The projected outturn for 2019/20 is £0.167m, as shown in Appendix A, including the £0.123m above.
6.15 At the June meeting of the Schools Forum it was agreed that the £0.123m would be considered as part of the 2020/21 budget planning framework. A priority for Thurrock, subject to additional funding being available, was to review the deprivation quantum and formula that targets funds to providers.
6.16 Included within the funding announcement is an additional £66 million investment in early years. A recent announcement confirms that the hourly rate paid to Thurrock will increase by 8p. This is the first increase in the hourly rate that Thurrock has received since 2016/17.
6.17 With this small increase in hourly rates in 2020/21 options are limited. The hourly rate paid to providers can only be increased if funding is received as part of the DSG. Given the minimum increase received it is proposed that this increase is passported in full to providers with no change to the deprivation formula or quantum.
6.18 Thurrock will receive the following increase in the hourly rate paid:
2019/20 2020/21 2 Year Old £5.66 £5.74 3 & 4 Year Old £4.46 £4.54
The 8p increase received will then be applied to the rates paid to providers from April 2020 as shown below:
2019/20 2020/21 2 Year Old £5.07 £5.15 3 & 4 Year Old £4.18 £4.26
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These will be discussed with providers in December and January and feedback will be included in the January report to the Schools Forum. 7. High Needs Block (HNB) and the Deficit Recovery Plan 2020/21
7.1 In June 2019 the LA and Schools Forum agreed a DSG Deficit Recovery plan to return the historic deficit to a balance position by the end of the financial year 2021/22.
7.2 The Deficit Recovery Plan 2018/19 was submitted to the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in June 2019. Feedback was expected by end of September. The key points included in the submission were:
• Continued increased demand for Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP’s), a rise of 35% in 5 years.
• Increased demand for pupils to be educated in special schools, resource bases and specialist colleges, an increase of 24% in the same period.
• Year on year increase in cost contributing to DSG deficit position.
• The need to develop further resource based provision, develop the local offer and secure improved outcomes and value for money.
• Management of Parental expectations, especially around post 16.
Summary Position:
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Ref. 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 £ £ £ £ Cost reductions from impact of action plan 0 0 1,400,000 2,800,000 Total DSG forecast overspend 1,430,000 0 0 0 Net in year impact on High Needs DSG 1,430,000 0 1,400,000 2,800,000 Estimated High Needs Block change 0 (1,400,000) (2,800,000) Approved transfer of schools block to HN block (1,343,000) (1,248,000) (876,000) Other adjustments (1,476,000) 0 (533,000) Net in year Forecast Outturn Variance (1,389,000) (1,248,000) (1,409,000) 0 DSG Balance 2,657,000 1,409,000 0 0 DEFICIT DEFICIT SURPLUS SURPLUS
• With the continued increase in demand the deficit recovery plan was predicated on additional High Needs funding of £1.4m being received in each year from 2020/21. A final transfer from the SB to HNB in 2020/21 of £0.876m and a one off payment from Thurrock Council of £0.533m.
7.3 On the 3rd October the ESFA announced that feedback on our plan would not be provided until we have been advised how much extra high needs funding we are likely to receive in 2020. The expectation
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being that the extra funds should allow the HNB to be contained within its funding allocation.
7.4 The HNB provisional allocation for 2020/21 shows an expected increase of £2.215m, representing a 9.12% increase.
7.5 On 30th October ESFA feedback was received. The key points are:
• ESFA to arrange a joint visit with representatives from the department’s Funding and Special Educational Needs teams to support Thurrock in developing the recovery plan further and to discuss points raised below.
• The return to balance 2021/22 relies heavily on an assumed transfer from SB in 2020/21 and additional funds, rather than a long term strategic plan.
• At the High Needs meeting held between the DfE and Thurrock in August 2018 we recommended that you should work much more closely with your schools to address high needs pressures and to devise strategies to address them, particularly in reference to feedback highlighting high birth rates and growth within the local authority. We have concerns that you highlighted these issues to us last year but have not addressed them within your plan. We were expecting these long-term proposals to form a basis for the plan to return the authority to a balance position.
• Within your identified savings and pressures, you have referred to the use of mainstream provision; this was flagged as a priority at last year’s meeting. We would be interested in hearing a further explanation on the use of mainstream provision and the role this is playing.
• In relation to above, within your third saving (S3) you have identified the development of an additional resource base to reduce the requirement for out of borough / external placements as a saving. We would be interested to understand further details regarding this proposal.
• Within your plan you have forecast increasing estimates of EHCP numbers. We would be very interested to understand how you are planning to reduce the growth in EHCPs.
• Due to the additional funding in high needs we expect that the need to transfer funding from the Schools Block to the High Needs Block will not be required? We have noted within your recovery plan you have provided an assumed transfer amount to the High Needs Block in 2020-21. However, we believe that the additional funding you have been allocated will now meet your planning for more income without the requirement to move money away from schools and you will want to remodel your recovery plan accordingly.
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7.6 In 2020/21 Thurrock is faced with the following key Issues, that will be considered in a meeting with the ESFA but require discussion and action at the Schools Forum to consider and agree solutions for 2020/21 budget and the historic deficit position:
• Projected DSG deficit in 2019/20 of £0.741m, with a forecasted High Needs Block overspend of £1.2m, this is after the in-year transfer of £0.595m from Schools Block to High Needs Block.
• Demand is forecasted to outstrip the £1.4m included in the deficit recovery plan. A continuation of demand as shown in 2019/20, with increased demand for commissioned places, would produce a more realistic figure of £3m for 2020/21.
• Need to review the funding rates paid to Special Academies, Resource and Alternative Provisions to ensure they remain financially viable.
• Changes to schools funding regulations in 2020/21 and feedback from the ESFA may restrict any transfer of funds from the SB to the HNB. The schools forum is able to authorise the transfer of £0.600m from the SB to the HNB in 2020/21.
• HNB information released is only for 2020/21, the ESFA from feedback received expect the long term strategic plan to provide the solution.
• The historic deficit position is forecasted to be £2.150m as shown in the table below. The focus is on balancing the 2020/21 position. No plans in place to reduce the deficit further in 2020/21:
DSG Deficit £m Historic Deficit 2018/19 (2.657) DSG 2019/20 - SB Contribution 1.248 DSG Deficit Plan (1.409) DSG 2019/20 (0.741) DSG Deficit to be C/fwd. into 2020/21 (2.150)
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8. Proposed Way Forward
8.1 This reports provides an outline of the key areas from the funding announcement and items that require further discussion at the schools forum meeting and with schools.
8.2 At the Schools Forum meeting to be held on 21st November a presentation will be made that includes all the items within this report and further details on the school funding formula and provisional allocations.
8.3 A briefing/consultation session will be held with Schools and Academies on Monday 25th November to inform the outcome of the funding announcements and proposals for 2020/21.
9. REFERENCES TO OTHER KEY DOCUMENTS / PREVIOUS REPORTS
• School Forum Report 21st November 2019 – High Needs Block Commissioning Intentions and Service Partnership Agreement for School Resource Provision
• School Forum Report 26th September 2019 – Dedicated Schools Grant 2020/21
• School Forum Report 27th June 2019 Dedicated Schools Grant 2018/19 Outturn and 2019/20 Update
10. CONTACT DETAILS OF LEAD OFFICER / AUTHOR
If you have any queries or comments in advance of the Schools Forum meeting about this report, please contact
NAME: David May
ROLE: Strategic Finance Lead: Children’s, DSG and Schools
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Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 - July 19 - Values Appendix A £ Funding Settlement 2019/20 155,442,062 Add: Historic Commitments 1,278,000 Import / export adjustments (444,000) HNB Free School Adjustment 54,000 Early Years adjustments 2019/20 (July-20) 638,869 Early Years adjustments 2018/19 (July-20) 123,397 Final DSG 157,092,328 Less Academy Recoupment: (113,394,903) Funding Settlement 2019/20 (after recoupment) 43,697,425
Budget Projected Variance Allocation Outturn £ £ SB Maintained Schools Budgets 7,674,222 7,674,222 0 SB School Licences 121,688 121,688 0 SB Growth Fund 1,626,597 1,200,000 (426,597) SB Deficit Recovery 1,248,000 1,248,000 0 CSSB Statutory and Regulatory duties - Education 351,731 351,731 0 CSSB Statutory and Regulatory duties - Finance 140,000 140,000 0 CSSB School Place planning 53,174 53,174 0 CSSB Admissions 230,000 200,000 (30,000) CSSB Schools Forum 10,000 12,000 2,000 CSSB SACRE 10,000 10,000 0 CSSB Contribution to Combined budgets 1,278,000 1,278,000 0 HNB Place Funding 108,000 108,000 0 HNB Top Up Funding - Thurrock Academies 1,667,000 2,819,758 1,152,758 HNB Top Up Funding - Thurrock Resource Provisions 2,271,890 2,222,078 (49,812) HNB Top Up Funding - Thurrock Special Schools 3,614,000 3,672,445 58,445 HNB Top Up Funding - Thurrock Alternative Provision 1,258,000 1,250,160 (7,840) HNB Top Up Funding - Other Local Authorities (4-16) 1,011,000 1,071,203 60,203 HNB Top Up Funding - Post 16 1,166,000 866,714 (299,286) HNB Pupils not in School 0 429,917 429,917 HNB Residential - Non Maintained and Independent 1,500,000 1,390,740 (109,260) HNB Non Residential - Non Maintained and Independent 1,800,000 1,753,985 (46,015) HNB Commissioned Services 1,158,000 1,180,035 22,035 HNB Additional High Needs Targeted 200,000 217,744 17,744 HNB Travellers Team 51,000 49,746 (1,254) HNB Home to School Transport 1,787,000 1,787,000 0 HNB High Needs Central Team 1,029,601 997,637 (31,964) EYB 3&4 Year old 9,899,022 9,775,625 (123,397) EYB 2 year olds 1,860,700 1,860,700 0 EYB Early Years Central Team 572,800 529,334 (43,466)
Total Adjusted DSG 2019/20 43,697,425 44,271,636 574,211
Summary Schools Block 10,670,507 10,243,910 (426,597) Central Services Block 2,072,905 2,044,905 (28,000) High Needs Block 18,621,491 19,817,162 1,195,671 Early Years Block 12,332,522 12,165,659 (166,863) Total DSG 2019/20 43,697,425 44,271,636 574,211 Early Years adjustments 2018/19 (July-19) - Carried Forward 0 166,863 166,863 Transfer from Schools Block to DSG Reserve 0 0 0 Total Revised DSG 2019/20 position 43,697,425 44,438,499 741,074
Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No:7 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
THURROCK SCHOOLS FORUM REPORT
DATE: 21st November 2019
SUBJECT: Tuition Support Services
REPORT OF: Temi Fawehinmi
THE REPORT IS: For Information
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This reports sets out the Local Authority’s Children’s Services proposal to commission a range of Tuition Services to support children and young people who require intensive one to one learning support. The service is for children and young people who are unable to attend school or where it has been identified that external one to one tuition may better suit their learning needs to improve attainment outcomes across all key phases.
Tuition Support services include the arrangements made by the Council to provide a broad range of high-quality one-to-one tuition and group-based alternative curriculum options for children and young people who are currently out of school because of permanent exclusion, school refusal, or because the Council is in the process of finding a suitable school placement to meet identified needs.
These services aim to ensure that:
• Children and young people can access full-time education appropriate to their level of needs.
• Children and young people engage with education and achieve awards / qualifications in accordance with their ability.
• Wherever possible, children and young people will ultimately return to school full time.
The total cost is estimated to be up to £2.2m over five years, therefore, Cabinet approval is required.
2. RECOMMENDATIONS
This report is provided for information and contains a proposal to initiate a tender process for the procurement of Tuition Support services.
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The Council has a statutory duty to ensure all children aged 5-16 are receiving an education, as set out in section 19 of the Education Act 1996, if a child of compulsory school age (between 5 and 16 years old) cannot attend school for reasons of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise, the local authority must make arrangements to provide ‘suitable education’ either at a school or some other suitable venue.
The term ‘suitable education’ is defined as efficient education suitable to the child’s age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs he or she may have. The education to be arranged by the local authority should be on a full-time basis, unless, in the interests of the child, part-time education is considered to be more suitable. This would be for reasons relating to the child’s physical or mental health.
It is anticipated that the cost of the framework will reduce as fewer specialist and informal providers will be required when the specialist places model is established. The framework is intended primarily for use by the Council’s Special Educational Needs service, the Virtual School Team and the Inclusion Team.
The framework would be divided into two lots, as shown below:
Lot 1: One to One Tutoring to provide high quality teaching for individuals who are currently out of school and cannot engage with group-based provision or it is felt that a one-to-one service is most suitable.
Lot 2: Group-Based Alternative Provision to provide group-based alternative education and innovative approaches to engaging young people in education where other approaches have failed to meet their needs. This may include practical courses such as motor mechanics, bricklaying and plumbing, or hairdressing; work placements, and caring for animals.
The decision to split the contract into lots was due to the potential for some education providers in the marketplace only being interested in providing, or able to provide, one of the services (i.e. one to one tuition, or group-based alternative provision). This separation of services should increase the number of providers that are able to tender for each separate service, therefore increasing competition overall.
The term Alternative Provision is used within Lot 2 because the services are wider than the provision historically referred to as ‘tuition’. Alternative Provision includes the traditional one-to-one session whereby the standard curriculum; Maths, English and Science, is taught in a formal (or semi-formal) setting by a qualified teacher. However, it also covers a variety of specialist and informal provision ranging from services focusing on building self- esteem and confidence through vocational training and team work to services offering mentoring, personal development and work experience.
By putting a framework of providers in place the Council will not only be meeting its obligation to ensure all education is accessible to school age children, but will also ensure those appointed to provide Tuition Support services are of a quality that ensures the best outcomes for children in Thurrock.
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4.0 CONTACT DETAILS OF LEAD OFFICER / AUTHOR
If you have any queries or comments in advance of the Schools Forum meeting about this report, please contact
NAME: Temi Fawehinmi
ROLE: Contracts and Performance Manager
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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THURROCK SCHOOLS FORUM REPORT
DATE: 21st November 2019
SUBJECT: Free Schools and Academies Update
REPORT OF: Sarah Williams
THE REPORT IS: For Information
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is to provide an update on the delivery of the Free Schools Programme and give an updated on academy conversions.
2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
This report is for information only. The recommendation is for members to note the contents of the report.
3.0 MAIN BODY OF REPORT
The Free Schools include:- 1. Orsett Heath Academy, mainstream, 8FE, 1,200 place secondary with a sports specialism. The new school would be part of the South West Essex Community Education Trust. Chief Executive of the trust is Steve Munday, Headteacher at William Edwards School.
2. Thameside Secondary School; 6FE, 900 place secondary. Academy, mainstream, 8FE, 1,200 place secondary with a sports specialism. The new school would be part of the Osborne Trust. Chief Executive of the trust is Paul Griffiths.
3. Treetops Special Free School; special, all-through school with 140 places for pupils between the ages of 4-16 catering for Moderate Learning Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Condition.
4. REAch2 Academy Trust, free school bid application by the trust for a new 2FE primary school.
Current status of each Free School
Thames Park Free School – planned opening September 2022 • Temporary accommodation was approved on 16th August 2019 for the new free school. The new free school will open 120 spaces for year 7
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student from September 2020. The temporary site is the Thurrock Learning Campus adjacent to South Essex College (blue building)
• Working is underway to undertake internal alternations to the building as well as works to create secure external play space.
Treetops – planned opening September 2022 • The site for the new school has been secured and is located next to the current Treetops school.
• Treetops permanent building obtained full planning consent at planning committee on 24th October 2019.
• Temporary accommodation was approved at planning committee on 19th September 2019. This approval is for two years whilst the new free school is being constructed.
Orsett Heath – planned opening 2022 • The permanent site has been secured for the new school. • The DfE gave approval on 22nd October to open the new free school in temporary accommodation. • The new temporary school site has been approved at planning committee back in February 2019. The building will be constructed ready for the first year 7 intake of students from September 2020. The temporary building will be located on the on the Rugby Club site at Blackshots, Grays. We are expecting a full planning application to be submitted around March 2020.
Reach2 – awaiting confirmation of opening date The DfE has identified land within the Aveley area for the new primary free school and is in the process of acquisition.
Academy Conversions The latest academy to convert is Holy Cross Primary, this school converted on 1st November. Bonnygate Primary, Warren Primary and Grays Convent School remain Local Authority Maintained schools.
4.0 FINANCIAL / RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS
The funding of temporary accommodation for Thames Park and Orsett Heath which will be financed from the Basic Need budget.
5.0 CONTACT DETAILS OF LEAD OFFICER / AUTHOR
If you have any queries or comments in advance of the Schools Forum
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NAME: Sarah Williams
ROLE: Service Manager for School Capital, School Catering, School Admissions and Pupil Place Planning
E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 01375 - 652971
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Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No:9 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
Thurrock School Forum Forward Plan for 2019 - 2020 Date of Meeting Agenda Item / Focus 16 January 2020 9-11am Orsett Hall Finance Meeting Only Jaguar Bar
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Schools Forum Draft Minutes of the meeting held on 26th September 2019 – 4.00pm to 6.00pm Orsett Hall, The Whitmore Suite, Prince Charles Avenue, Orsett RM16 3HS
In Attendance:
Primary Academies Headteacher – Kenningtons Ms J Sawtell-Haynes Headteacher – Abbotts Primary Mrs L James Principal – Woodside Academy Mr E Caines – Vice Chair Headteacher – Giffards Primary Mrs N Haslam-Davis CEO - Catalyst Academies Trust Mr T Parfett Executive Head - East Tilbury Primary & Nursery Mrs L Coates
Primary Maintained Schools Headteacher – Aveley Primary Miss N Shadbolt
Secondary Academies CEO – Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust Mr P Griffiths – Chair CEO - South West Essex Community Education Trust Mr S Munday CEO – ORTU Federation Ltd Dr S Asong Governor – Hathaway Academy Mr S Sweeting
Secondary Maintained Schools Headteacher - Grays Convent Mrs P Johnson
Special Maintained Schools Headteacher – Treetops School Mr J Brewer
Special Academy Headteacher-Beacon Hill Academy Ms S Hewitt
Non School Members 0-11 Representative Ms A Jones 11-19 Representative Dr J Revill Diocese of Brentwood Mrs M Shepherd Diocese of Chelmsford Miss S Jones
Also in Attendance: Mr Roger Harris - Interim Director, Children’s Services Ms Michele Lucas - Assistant Director, Education Skills Mr Malcolm Taylor - Strategic Lead – Specialist Provision/PEP Mr David May - Strategic Lead - DSG and Schools Ms Sarah Williams - Educational Specialist, Service Manager Miss Teresa Lydon - Minute taker
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1. Welcome from the Chair
The Chair welcomed the Forum to the meeting.
2. Apologies for Absence:
Apologies for absence were received from Ms N Graham, Ms S Williams and Mrs A Winstone.
3. Agreement of Agenda, Time-Guide and Notification of Any Other Business
i) No items changed.
ii) The Forum agreed the agenda and time guide.
iii) The Forum agreed that no items are to be added under Any Other Business.
4. Schools’ Forum Memberships
M Lucas spoke about the outline proposals for the elections of Schools’ Forum members from September 2019. She advised that the Local Authority (LA) proposed that membership renewal is undertaken using all available infrastructure meetings including TASS and TPHA to vote for representatives. This would be a phased process over 9 months. It was agreed that numbers would remain the same incorporating a representative governor for primary and secondary.
L Coates asked if they did not attend either of these groups could they still be nominated – that would be something for both TASS and TPHA to consider when nominations were received.
E Caines spoke about CEOs of Academies and how they would be allocated against either a primary or secondary school. The Chair spoke about the methodology on how they get representation from CEOs and governors. N Shadbolt commented that representation for primary was currently 6 but in the new membership this would reduce to 5. M Lucas confirmed that this does not change the overall number but they need to add a governor.
A Jones reminded the Forum that they had spoken about having representation around Early Years. The Chair agreed that there needs to be more representation from Early Years. E Caines felt that it was not necessary to have a Headteacher and Governor representing the same school. J Sawtell-Haynes felt that for this Forum, The Olive Academy should read as Alternative Provision. She also commented that they need to look at primary Alternative Provision. M Taylor commented that primary Alternative Provision was different as they were resources bases as part of a primary school. L Coates commented that although part of Primary school they were funded differently. The Chair felt that Children
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not in Education should have voice. He feels they needed someone to represent these children. J Sawtell-Haynes asked if the Special Schools always had two representatives. S Hewitt commented that historically there was one representative but as they are funded differently, they now have two representatives.
The Chair recommended the membership of the Schools Forum should be reviewed annually.
AGREED
i) All members agreed that the current members are renewed following a voting process which takes place gradually over the next 9 months.
Note: – The Chair recommended that the memberships are reviewed annually. All members agreed.
5. High Needs Block – Commissioning Intentions and Service Partnership Agreement for School Resource Provision
D May advised that the ESFA have yet to release guidance and timeframe for the LA to confirm its High Needs Block commissioning numbers for 2020/21. He also advised that a review of commissioning numbers had been undertaken for 2019/20. The LA will provide a further report on commissioning intentions for 2020/21 at the Schools Forum meeting to be held 21st November 2019.
D May went through the report sent out to all members which sets out the current resources provision. This report sets out a plan to formalise in a standard format, agreements between the Council and the Schools and Trusts the package of provision in the mainstream schools providing Special Resources Provision (SRP). It was noted that nursery resources bases at Chafford Hundred Primary and Stanford-le-Hope Primary should have been included in the list of Resource Provision under 4.1, as shown in Table 1 in section 5. M Taylor also commented that the type of provision offered needs to be updated for the next meeting, specifically at Lansdowne Primary and Thameside Primary.
M Taylor went through the commissioned numbers agreed at each provision for 2019/20. E Caines asked how many more places would be available at Treetops School. M Taylor replied that there would be 8 more primary places. M Taylor also commented that this term some pupils may transfer across to the Treetops Free School. There is immense pressure across Primary and Secondary schools. M Taylor went through the attached draft Service Partnership Agreement for Schools Resource Provision. It sets out the commissioning arrangements. The process will include a serious of meetings with the Resource Bases around the content of the draft plans. P Johnson spoke about the admissions process when children came from another Country and did not have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP). M Taylor advised that at the mainstream resources there is the flexibility in having discussions to place them
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there while looking for a specialist provision. He also commented that there are also children coming from other authorities i.e. Newham who do not have EHCPs as well. P Johnson feels that this should be formalised.
AGREED
a) The Forum noted the contents of the paper. b) Members agreed the draft partnership agreement. c) Members agreed the consultation period for the draft agreement would be 26th Sept 2019 to 7th November 2019
6. Dedicated Schools Grant 2020/21
Mr May introduced the report and discussed the key announcements that have been released to date: • Additional investment of over £14 billion to be made, between 2020/21 and 2022/23. • The funding includes in 2020/21, £700 million extra for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and £66 million extra in Early years spending. • The teachers’ pay grant and teachers’ pension grant will both continue to be paid separately from the NFF in 2020/21. • Local Authorities will continue to determine local formulae in 2020/21. Thurrock Council agreed that in 2020/21 the NFF would be introduced in full. This will be helped and supported by the additional funding to be received.
At this stage only headline information is available and the full impact of DSG changes in 2020/21 will not be known until the detail is received.
In order to keep the schools forum and schools up to date with changes the following Schools’ Forum and Briefing sessions will be held:
• Schools Forum Meeting - 21st November 2019 • Schools Briefings - 25th November 2019 – Orsett Hall (1:00 – 3:00) • Schools Forum Meeting - 16th January 2020 • Schools Briefings - 23rd January 2020 – Orsett Hall (9:00 – 11:00) • Headteacher Briefings – 29th January 2020 – Orsett Hall
A Jones asked if the figures will include Early Years. D May commented that they will engage in a consultation process once he has more information.
The Chair asked if this meant the Minimum Funding Agreement has moved from a minus to a plus for all schools. D May commented this is the case. D May also commented that they need to look at different options to protect all schools.
D May went through the Schools and High Needs Funding 2020/21 section of the report. He commented that on receipt of all detailed information Officers would
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consider the impact options available and prepare the following report and/or presentation for discussion at the Schools Forum meeting to be held 21st November 2019:
• Thurrock Provisional DSG allocation 202/21 • Thurrock Local Funding Formula 2020/21 • High Needs Block 2020/21 and beyond.
AGREED:
a) Schools’ Forum approved the approach to 20/21 as outline in section 5 of the report b) Schools’ Forum also agreed to change date of January meeting to 16th January.
7. Academies & Free Schools Update
M Lucas commented that they have had approval for Thames Park to open in temporary accommodation near South Essex College in Grays. The permanent accommodation will be sited near Palmers College. M Lucas remarked that this was very positive news. This school is due to open in 2020. M Lucas commented that feasibility is back for Orsett Heath Academy and this will hopefully now move forward. She also advised that Reach2 are currently looking at sites in and around Aveley for a new Primary School.
AGREED
a) The forum noted the contents of the report.
8. Permanent Exclusions
M Lucas commented that the paper was just for information. She advised that feedback included having a differential between costs for Primary and Secondary has been incorporated within the final report. M Lucas also commented that charges would be pro rata depending on the time of year the child was permanently excluded. She advised that the funding arrangements would be reviewed again in March 2020.
AGREED
(a) The Forum agreed to the changes in the mechanism to calculate exclusion charges/allocations for all mainstream schools and use this mechanism to form an agreement with all academies. (b) The Forum accepted that the changes to be applied from Sept 2019 for the changing/allocation mechanism for permanent school exclusions.
9. Schools’ Forum Forward Plan 2019/20
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The next meeting will now be held on 21st November 2019
Action: The following to be added to the next agenda: 1. Academies and Free Schools update 2. Childcare Sufficiency 3. DSG 2020/21 4. Growth Fund
AGREED
(a) The Forum noted the contents of the report. The chair asked that all members attend the next meeting.
12. Minutes of the previous meeting held on 27th June 2019
M Lucas commented that Permanent exclusions should be item No 7 instead of Item 6. Health also changed to start with a capital on page 4.
E Caines asked why Climate change had not been on the agenda. M Lucas agreed to take this back. The Chair advised that the meeting of all Heads may be the place to look into this. R Harris commented that they need to make sure they have an officer present to discuss this. They also need a Local Planning Officer present. This needs to be put on a future agenda during this year.
AGREED
(a) The Forum noted the change to the minutes (b) M Lucas to include Climate change in a future agenda
13. Matters arising
S Asong remarked on Brexit. She advised that it would be useful to benchmark what preparation is being put in place and the affects it may have on the schools. The Chair commented that The Osborne Trust have looked at recruiting staff from abroad and the potential points system for the EU. S Asong enquired about staff that were employed from abroad. The Chair commented that they have started to get paperwork together for them to become residents. R Harris commented there is significant amount of resources being put into this. R Harris also commented about the concerns relating to fuel. He advised that the LA have a Resilience Forum setup. In the longer term they are looking at the re-settlement scheme. The immediate concerns are around congestion and the Port at Purfleet. The Purfleet area is one of their major concerns. The Chair thanked all the members for attending.
14. Any Other Business
There was no other business.
Page 6 of 7 Thurrock Borough Council Agenda Item No. 10 Schools Forum 21st November 2019
15. Date of next meeting
Meeting Date Time Venue 21st November 2019 9am Orsett Hall, Room to TBA
Page 7 of 7 Schools Forum November 2019
David May
Email: [email protected] Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 and 2020/21 Aims of Presentation
• Schools Funding Background • Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 • Dedicated Schools Grant 2020/21 - Provisional • Schools Block & Thurrock Funding Formula • High Needs Block • Central Services Block • Early Years • Next Steps Schools Funding - Background
• Education / Schools funding is provided through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). This is a ring fenced grant governed by the Schools and Early Years Finance Regulations. • Each of the 4 funding blocks has a separate formula to determine the funding allocation Schools Block Central Schools Services Block High Needs Block Early Years Block • Brings together all responsibilities the Local Authority has for all schools and Academies. • Decision making is between the LA and its Schools Forum. Schools Block
• New National Funding Formula (NFF) introduced in 2018/19 for allocation of schools funding to local authorities (‘soft’ formula) • Soft formula extended to 2020/21 to reflect the progress made by LA in implementing NFF • DfE long-term intention that schools’ budgets should be set on the basis of a single, national formula (a ‘hard’ formula). • But hard NFF will be influenced by decisions made by LA to move to NFF values Local Flexibility
• Local budget flexibility arrangements associated with the schools block ring fence, allows for the Schools forums to agree transferring up to 0.5% of their SB funding to the HNB. • For 2020/21, a disapplication will be required for transfers above 0.5%, or any amount without schools forum approval; this now applies to any transfers over 0.5%, even if the minister agreed the same amount in the past two years. • Thurrock Schools Forum agreed to the transfer of £1.843m from the SB to the HNB in 2018/19 and 2019/20. • This recognises the deficit position, increased demand in commissioned places and Education, Health and Care Plans. • Need to consider what is required and the approach to be taken for 2020/21? High Needs Block
• Provides funding for commissioning high need (HN) and alternative provision (AP) places in specialist and resource provisions and Top Up payments for children and young people from birth to 25 who have an education, health and care plan (EHCP). • However, High Needs funding is not keeping pace with funding pressures and demand. This is causing a strain on the whole education system and increasing demand on High Need funding. • Current system is not responsive to and does not provide sufficient funding to meet need. Key funding factors are historic spend and population. Where pupil driven only £4k is provided, which is significantly less than cost. • Less DSG flexibility across the funding blocks. • No short term solutions • National Funding Formula Implication High Needs Block: Thurrock Context
• In the last 3 years the High Needs block has been overspent by £1.3m, £3.2m and £1.5m. • In 2018/19 a high level review of all expenditure was undertaken to ensure compliance with Regulations and value for money. • Significant consultation with Schools/SF around in year solutions • Agreed: Top Up Hourly Rate of £10 from April 2018. • Agreed : Top up Bands for Special Schools, Resources Provisions and Alternative Provisions will be subject to a -1.5% MFG reduction from April 2019 • Schools Block in 2018/19 and 2019/20 was top sliced by £1.843m to support the historic deficit and HNB. • Year End DSG balance was a deficit of £2.657m as at 31/03/19. • In 2019/20 a 2.5% increase was possible for EHCP Top Up payments Overall deficits on LA DSG accounts
• ESFA have tightened the rules governing DSG deficits • Proposed change to clarify that LA’s are not expected to use their reserves to plug deficits in the DSG but must carry forward overspends, to be implemented 2019/20. • All LA with a deficit of more than 1% at year end are required to submit a deficit recovery plan to ESFA, explaining how they plan to bring back into balance. • The Deficit Recovery Plan needs to be discussed with the Schools Forum • Feedback will be received from ESFA, with the option of a follow up visit with ESFA finance and SENd Teams. Dedicated Schools Grant 2019/20 DSG 2019/20 – Budget
• Schools Block – Moved towards the NFF, implemented in full with the exception of Free Schools Meals factor, which was used to provide additional protection to Schools. • Schools Block was top sliced by £1.843m, to support the HNB £0.595m and contribute to DSG deficit £1.248m • High Needs Block – DSG contribution to Home to School Transport fixed at £1.787m; Minimal increases to HNB EHCP budgets. • Early Years Block – No increase to rates received from ESFA therefore unable to change formula or hourly rates paid to providers. DSG 2019/20 – Projected Outturn
Funding Academy 2019/20 DSG Outturn Variance Settlement Recoupment £m £m £m £m £m Schools 118.839 (108.169) 10.670 10.244 (0.426) Central Services 2.073 0.000 2.073 2.045 (0.028) High Needs 23.848 (5.226) 18.622 19.817 1.195 Early Years 12.332 0.000 12.332 12.166 (0.167) Total 157.093 (113.395) 43.698 44.272 0.574 Early Years Surplus to be Carried Forward (0.167) Revised Outturn position 0.741 Key Areas: Schools - Growth Fund Underspend of £0.426m; currently all known demand up to March 2020 has been included. High Needs - EHCP Overspend of £1.195m; Increase in the number of children and hours supported in mainstream settings. Early Years - ESFA Additional funding received in 2018/19 following increased take up. To be carried forward into 2020/21 DSG 2019/20 – Deficit Position
DSG Deficit £m Historic Deficit 2018/19 (2.657) DSG 2019/20 - SB Contribution 1.248 DSG Deficit Plan (1.409) DSG 2019/20 (0.741) DSG Deficit to be C/fwd into 2020/21 (2.150)
Key Consideration: Need to deliver an in year balanced position before considering the historic deficit position Dedicated Schools Grant 2020/21 – Provisional Settlement Funding Announcements 2020/21
• Funding for schools and high needs will increase by £2.6 billion for 2020/21 £4.8 billion for 2021/22 (+£2.2bn from 2020/21) £7.1 billion for 2022-23 (+£2.3bn from 2021/22) • + £1.5 billion p.a. for Teachers Pensions
• Provisional Settlement was released in October. • Final Settlement to be released in December, updated to reflect the October 2019 Census Data • Government confirmed its long term intention remains to move to a “hard” NFF for schools Key aspects of the NFF for 2020/21
The minimum per pupil funding levels will be set at £3,750 for primary schools and £5,000 for secondary schools. In 2021/22, the primary minimum level will increase to £4,000. The funding floor will be set at 1.84% per pupil to protect per pupil allocations for all schools in real terms. Schools that are attracting their core NFF allocations will benefit from an increase of 4% to the formula’s core factors. There will be no gains cap in the NFF, unlike the previous two years, so that all schools attract their full core allocations under the formula. A technical change will be made to the mobility factor so that it allocates this funding using a formulaic approach, rather than on the basis of historic spend. Growth funding will be based on the same methodology as this year, with the same transitional protection ensuring that no authority whose growth funding is unwinding will lose more than 0.5% of its 2019/20 schools block allocation. Local Funding formula for 2020/21
• In 2020/21 local authorities continue to have discretion over their schools funding formulae and, in consultation with schools, will ultimately determine allocations in their area. • However, from 2020/21 use of the national minimum per pupil funding levels, at the values in the school NFF, will be compulsory for local authorities to use in their own funding formulae. • In addition, two further restrictions will continue: Minimum Funding Guarantee in local formulae, which in 2020/21 must be between +0.5% and +1.84%. LA’s can only transfer up to 0.5% of their School Block to other blocks of the DSG, with schools forum approval. To transfer more than this, or any amount without schools forum approval, LA’s will have to make a request to the DfE, even if the same amount was agreed in the past two years. High Needs Block
• The High Needs NFF for 2020/21, remains unchanged. • The funding announcement includes £700 million extra for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in 2020/21. • Every local authority to receive an increase of at least 8% per head of 2 to 18 population through the funding floor. • Above this minimum increase, the formula will allow local authorities to see increases of up to 17%, again calculated on the basis of per head of population.
• Key Issues: Funding not keeping pace with demand and inflation; High Needs NFF not responsive to increase in numbers; Discussion around Notional SEN and links to the school/local offer and the promotion of inclusivity. Provisional Funding Settlement – October 2019 2019/20 2020/21 Increase £m £m £m Schools 119.434 124.531 5.097 Central Services 2.073 1.833 (0.240) High Needs 23.253 25.468 2.215 Early Years 12.332 12.332 0.000 Total 157.093 164.164 7.071 School Block Provisional Funding Settlement – October 2019
Schools 2020/21 2019/20 Increase in GUF GUF Increase Pupil Pupil Pupil Nos. 2020/21 2019/20 £m Nos. Nos. £ £
Primary 17,035 17,035 0 £4,048.14 £3,868.90 3.053 Secondary 9,748 9,748 0 £5,477.91 £5,225.69 2.459 Total 26,783 26,783 0 5.512
Schools Block £m 2019/20 119.434 Less change in Premises factor value (0.080) Less Growth Fund 2019/20 (1.748) Increase in Funding 5.512 Schools - Guaranteed Unit of Funding Provisional 2020/21 - ESFA 123.118 2020/21 2019/20 % Increase Estimated Growth Fund 2020/21 1.413 Primary £4,048.14 £3,868.90 4.63% Schools Block 2020/21 124.531 Secondary £5,477.91 £5,225.69 4.83% The schools national funding formula
• The schools NFF comprises of 14 factors
A Basic per pupil Age-weighted pupil unit Minimum per pupil level funding
English as an Additional needs Low prior B Deprivation additional Mobility funding attainment language
Premises
School-led Lump sum C Sparsity Growth funding Split sites Exceptional Rates PFI premises
Geographic D Area Cost Adjustment funding
21 Pupil Mobility
• Allocates funding to schools with a high proportion of pupils who first join on a non standard date. • Previously allocated on historic spend • For 2020/21, new methodology, using a formulaic approach, tracking individual pupils through censuses from the past 3 years. • If the first census when the pupil was in school was a spring or summer they are a mobile pupil. • This excludes reception pupils who start in January Formula Factor Values
Thurrock 2019/20 NFF 2020/21 Thurrock 2020/21 Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
Primary £2,747 £2,857 £2,857 Ks 3 £3,863 £4,018 £4,018 KS 4 £4,386 £4,561 £4,561 Minimum Per Pupil £3,500 £4,800 £3,750 £5,000 £3,750 £5,000 FSM £0 £0 £450 £450 £450 £450 FSM6 £540 £785 £560 £815 £560 £815 IDACI Band F £200 £200 £210 £300 £210 £300 IDACI Band E £240 £240 £250 £405 £250 £405 IDACI Band D £360 £515 £375 £535 £375 £535 IDACI Band C £390 £560 £405 £580 £405 £580 IDACI Band B £420 £600 £435 £625 £435 £625 IDACI Band A £575 £810 £600 £840 £600 £840 Looked after Children £2,300 £2,300 £0 £0 £0 £0 EAL £300 £450 £535 £1,440 £535 £1,440 Mobility £875 £1,250 £875 £1,250 Prior Attainment £300 £700 £1,065 £1,610 £1,065 £1,610 Lump Sum £125,000 £175,000 £114,400 £114,400 £114,400 £114,400 Area Cost Adjustment
• A multiplier that is applied to basic per pupil, additional needs and school led funding. • Applied to NFF where applicable • Thurrock ACA is 1.03757 • This has not been applied to the NFF values as the impact is a cost implication of £124.274m, against a funding allocation of £123.118m. • Need to consider known planned growth from within the £123.118m allocation Formula Factor Values
Thurrock 2019/20 2020/21 £m £m Basic Entitlement £86.253 £90.671 FSM £4.193 £6.028 IDACI £5.155 £5.453 Mobility £0.000 £0.327 EAL £1.406 £1.460 Prior Attainment £8.650 £9.002 Lump Sum £5.500 £5.720 Premises £0.762 £0.762 Add funding minimum per pupil level £0.991 £1.461 MFG £1.848 £0.205 Schools Block Formula £114.757 £121.091 Total Schools Block Allocation £119.434 £123.118 Unallocated £4.677 £2.027 Growth included in LFF £1.086 £1.688 Transfer to High Needs £1.843 £0.339 Growth/Falling Rolls £1.748 Schools Block Remaining £0.000 £0.000 Growth to be included in the formula
Pupil Growth 2019/20 Pupil Year Growth Growth Total 19-20 Total School Name Growth Group 2018/19 2019/20 2019/20 MFG Cost Per pupil 2019/20 Purfleet Primary Academy 30 R 0.0 17.5 17.5 £3,923 68,644 St. Clere's School 30 Yr7 0.0 17.5 17.5 £4,911 85,936 The Ockendon Academy 30 Yr7 0.0 17.5 17.5 £5,127 89,719 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 150 R 0.0 87.5 87.5 £3,652 319,578 Harris Academy Riverside 180 Yr7 0.0 105.0 105.0 £4,971 521,920 0 245 245 1,085,796
Pupil Growth 2020/21 Pupil Year Growth Growth Total 20-21 Total School Name Growth Group c/fwd New 2020/21 MFG Cost 2019/20 2020/21 Per pupil 2020/21 Purfleet Primary Academy 30 R 12.5 12.5 £4,096 51,195 St. Clere's School 30 Yr7 12.5 12.5 £5,153 64,409 The Ockendon Academy 30 Yr7 12.5 12.5 £5,406 67,576 Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 150 R 62.5 87.5 150.0 £3,771 565,652 Harris Academy Riverside 180 Yr7 75.0 105.0 180.0 £5,218 939,222 Primary - Tilbury Area 60 R 0.0 35.0 35.0 £4,379 153,266 Primary - Aveley / Ockendon Area 60 R 0.0 35.0 35.0 £4,093 143,252 Orsett Heath Academy 120 Yr7 0.0 70.0 70.0 £4,800 336,000 Thames Park 120 Yr7 0.0 70.0 70.0 £4,800 336,000 175 403 578 1,688,054 Thurrock – Option to Support Growth, Licences and the High Needs Block
• Estimated Growth fund allocation £1.412m • To be funded from this sum Licences £0.128m • Transfer to HNB to be 0.5% of Schools Block, this is currently £0.615m • The table below shows the potential options that is proposed for consideration subject to final allocations. • Growth Fund would reduce to £1.008m (2019/20 projected outturn £0.900m) Formula Factor Values
Thurrock 2019/20 2020/21 £m £m Basic Entitlement £86.253 £90.671 FSM £4.193 £6.028 IDACI £5.155 £5.453 Mobility £0.000 £0.327 EAL £1.406 £1.460 Prior Attainment £8.650 £9.002 Lump Sum £5.500 £5.720 Premises £0.762 £0.762 Add funding minimum per pupil level £0.991 £1.461 MFG £1.848 £0.205 Schools Block Formula £114.757 £121.091 Total Schools Block Allocation £119.434 £124.530 Unallocated £4.677 £3.439 Growth included in LFF £1.086 £1.688 Transfer to High Needs £1.843 £0.615 Growth/Falling Rolls £1.626 £1.008 Licences ESFA £0.122 £0.128 Schools Block Remaining £0.000 £0.000 Thurrock - Schools Funding Formula 2020/21
• NFF values to be applied in full • Known confirmed growth to be included in LFF • HNB contribution of up to 0.5% - £0.615m • Reduce retained growth to manage all commitments • Notional SEN %ages as shown on next slide, no change from 2019/20 Schools Block – Notional SEN 2020/21
Basic Entitlement 2.50% FSM 100.00% FSM6 100.00% IDACI Band A - F 25.00% LAC X March 17 0.00% EAL 0.00% Mobility 0.00% Low Attainment - Primary 100.00% Low Attainment - Secondary 100.00% Additional funding to meet minimum per pupil funding 100.00%
Notional SEN Value £20,121,352 Schools Block Formula £121,090,651 16.62% Thurrock Funding Formula - Summary
• Hand-out A – School Level detail • Provisional based on October 2018 census
Distribute and discuss
• Schools will need to consider careful known change in pupil numbers and impact on funding to be received. • Key principle is that funding follows the child with no protection afforded to reduction in pupil numbers. Grants 2020/21
• The teachers pay grant and teachers pension employer contributions grant with both continue to be paid separately from the National Funding Formula in 2020/21. In 2021/22 these will be included within the NFF.
• Other grants now total £4.5bn 10% of core Education funding
• No announcements on any other specific grants for 2020/21 Schools Forum Decision Schools Block 2020/21 • The Schools Forum agreed to the following principles to be applied to the Schools Budget in 2020/21: National Funding Formula values, without the Area Cost Adjustment to be applied in full Agreed growth commitments, subject to final ratification in January 2020 to be included in LFF HNB contribution of up to 0.5% - Currently £0.615m Reduce the final retained growth budget to implement above and to manage all other commitments High Needs Block High Needs Block 2020/21
High Needs National Funding Formula - Thurrock 2019/20 2020/21 £m £m (A) Basic entitlement factor (6%) 1.635 1.636 (B) Historic spend factor (40%) 10.295 10.295 (C) Population factor (26%) 5.034 6.827 (D) FSM factor (5%) 0.861 1.206 (E) IDACI factor (6%) 1.101 1.523 (F) Bad health factor (3%) 0.661 0.889 (G) Disability factor (4%) 0.767 1.000 (H) KS2 low attainment factor (4%) 0.808 1.127 (I) KS4 low attainment factor (4%) 0.682 0.930 (J) Funding floor factor (2%) 1.346 0.426 (K) Hospital education funding (0%) 0.000 0.000 Additional Funding for Special Free Schools 0.054 0.000 2019-20 Additional high needs funding 0.452 0.000 NFF allocation before provisional import/export adjustment (100%) 23.697 25.858 (L) Import/export adjustment (provisional) (-1.5%) (0.444) (0.390) 2020-21 high needs NFF provisional allocation 23.253 25.468
An Increase of £2.215m or 9.12% High Needs Block 2020/21
• Thurrock provisional increase is £2.215m or 9.12%. • Key areas for consideration: The HNB 2019/20 projected outturn position is a deficit of £1.8m, before any transfer from other funding blocks. Commissioned Numbers 2020/21 + 51 places (Next Slide) Review of the costs of Special Schools, Resource and Alternative provisions to ensure funding provided covers costs incurred. Final discussions will be take place with all providers to consider Band rates prior to consideration by the Schools Forum at its January meeting High Needs Block 2020/21 – Commissioned Places +51places Total Total Total 2019/20 2019/20 2020/21 Institution Name Institution Type ESFA Updated ESFA Places Places Places LANSDOWNE PRIMARY ACADEMY LD & SLCN 8 8 8 STANFORD-LE-HOPE PRIMARY SCHOOL VI 5 5 5 ORTU CORRINGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL Speech & Language 20 20 20 DILKES ACADEMY SEMH 10 10 10 HARRIS ACADEMY CHAFFORD HUNDRED SLCN & Autism 20 20 20 ST CLERE'S SCHOOL HI/VI 17 17 17 ORMISTON PARK ACADEMY SEMH 20 20 30 EAST TILBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL Inclusion Base 6 10 10 THAMESIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL Inclusion Base 6 6 6 QUARRY HILL SEMH 0 6 10 OLIVE AP ACADEMY - THURROCK Alternative Provison 74 74 85 TREETOPS SCHOOL Special Academy 293 309 309 BEACON HILL ACADEMY Special Academy 75 75 75 ACADEMY TOTAL 554 580 605 WARREN PRIMARY HI 18 18 18 CHAFFORD HUNDRED PRIMARY ICAN 5 5 5 STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCHOOL Nursery 3 3 3 THURROCK TOTAL 580 606 631 High Needs Block 2020/21
Continued increase in demand for EHCP
Number of EHCP's
Apr-18 1,352 Oct-18 1,511 12% Apr-19 1,582 17% Oct-19 1,625 20%
Budget 2020/21 – What does this mean? High Needs Block Budget
High Needs Block 2019/20 2020/21 £ £ High Needs Block 23,642,491 25,858,000 Schools Block transfer 595,000 Import / export adjustments (444,000) (390,000) HNB Free School Adjustment 54,000 0 Funding Settlement 2019/20 (after recoupment) 23,847,491 25,468,000
Budget Projected Variance Budget Allocation Outturn Allocation £ £ £ Place Funding 108,000 108,000 0 108,000 Place Funding Academies to be recouped 5,226,000 5,226,000 0 5,496,000 Top Up Funding - Thurrock Schools & Academies 1,667,000 2,819,758 1,152,758 3,200,000 Top Up Funding - Thurrock Resource Provisions 2,271,890 2,222,078 (49,812) 2,441,250 Top Up Funding - Thurrock Special Schools 3,614,000 3,672,445 58,445 4,265,140 Top Up Funding - Thurrock Alternative Provision 1,258,000 1,250,160 (7,840) 1,512,000 Top Up Funding - Other Local Authorities (4-16) 1,011,000 1,071,203 60,203 1,200,000 Top Up Funding - Post 16 1,166,000 866,714 (299,286) 1,166,000 Pupils not in School 0 429,917 429,917 450,000 Residential - Non Maintained and Independent 1,500,000 1,390,740 (109,260) 1,500,000 Non Residential - Non Maintained and Independent 1,800,000 1,753,985 (46,015) 1,800,000 Commissioned Services 1,158,000 1,180,035 22,035 1,280,000 Additional High Needs Targeted 200,000 217,744 17,744 220,000 Travellers Team 51,000 49,746 (1,254) 52,000 Home to School Transport 1,787,000 1,787,000 0 1,787,000 High Needs Central Team 1,029,601 997,637 (31,964) 1,060,000
Total Adjusted DSG 2019/20 23,847,491 25,043,162 1,195,671 27,537,390
High Needs Block 25,468,000 Budget based on 2019/20 Projected Outturn and 2020/21 commissioning intentions 27,537,390 Variance (2,069,390) Transfer from SB 615,000 Shortfall (1,454,390) High Needs Block 2020/21 Need to consider
• What can we change to reduce demand and contain actual expenditure within the funding envelope provided? • ESFA feedback 30/10/19: “Consider how can you work much more closely with your schools to address high needs pressures and to devise strategies to address them, particularly in reference to feedback highlighting high birth rates and growth within the local authority” “Within your plan you have forecast increasing estimates of EHCP numbers. We would be very interested to understand how you are planning to reduce the growth in EHCPs” • What is expectation of the Notional SEN sum, identified within the Schools funding formula of £20.121m DSG 2018/19 Deficit Recovery Plan
• In June 2019 the LA and Schools Forum agreed a DSG Deficit Recovery plan to return the historic deficit to a balance position by the end of 2021/22. • The key points included in the Deficit Recovery Plan 2018/19 were: Continued increased demand for EHCP’s, a rise of 35% in 5 years. Increased demand for pupils to be educated in special schools, resource bases and specialist colleges, an increase of 24% in the same period. Year on year increase in cost contributing to DSG deficit position. The need to develop further resource based provision, develop the local offer and secure improved outcomes and value for money. Management of Parental expectations, especially around post 16. • As part of the feedback of the 2018/19 recovery plan the ESFA are to arrange a joint visit to discuss the current submission and to support Thurrock in developing the recovery plan further. DSG Deficit Deficit Recovery Plan
• As part of the feedback of the 2018/19 recovery plan the ESFA are to arrange a joint visit to discuss the current submission and to support Thurrock in developing the recovery plan further.
• For 2020/21 the focus is on setting a realistic budget equal to the funding available. • No plans in place to reduce the deficit further in 2020/21. Schools Forum Decision High Needs Block 2020/21 • The Schools Forum agreed to the following principles to be applied to the High Needs Budget in 2020/21: Commissioned numbers as submitted to ESFA Discussion to continue with Resource bases on the band values to be adopted in 2020/21. A report for approval will be presented to January SF meeting. Further consideration to the appropriateness of the 2020/21 budget, with an updated report to be presented to January SF meeting Priority is to set a balanced budget for 2020/21 Headteacher meeting January 2020 – HNB key discussion item Central Services Block Central School Services Block (1:1)
• The central school services block (CSSB) was created from the DSG funding that was held centrally by the local authority for central services. • Statutory and Regulatory duties include: Planning for the education service, S151 Officer’s responsibilities, Formulation and review of schools funding formula, Admissions, and Schools Forum. • Historic Commitments relate to Historic Pension Costs and contribution to combined budgets. A 20% reduction is to be applied from 2020/21 – a reduction of £0.256m.
£m Funding Settlement 2019/20 0.810 Add: Historic Commitments 1.023 Thurrock Central Services DSG 1.833 Early Years Block Early Years
• The Early Years funding formula is determined by the January census. • For 2019/20 this is based on January 2019 census for 5/12 of the funding and the January 2020 census for 7/12 of the funding. • Current funding allocation, updated by ESFA in July 2019, reflects the January 2019 census only. In July 2020, the ESFA will confirm the final 2019/20 funding allocation. • The budget for early years is shown in the table below: Early Years 2019/20 budget allocation £m 3&4 Year old 9.899 2 year olds 1.861 Early Years Central Team 0.573 Total Early Years 2019/20 Budget 12.333 Early Years
• In 2018/19 the outturn position was a deficit of £0.011m, after an accrual was raised for £0.250m, reflecting increase in payments made to providers and projected increase in DSG to be received, once updated for the EY January 2019 census. • The final value received was an increase of £0.373m. After taking account of the accrual this realised an unallocated sum of £0.123m to be received in 2019/20. • In 2019/20 the updated allocation is an increase of £0.639m. This has been allocated to payment to providers reflecting the increase in early years take up. The projected outturn for 2019/20 is £0.167m, including the £0.123m above. • At the June 2019 meeting of the Schools Forum it was agreed that the £0.123m would be considered as part of the 2020/21 budget planning framework. • A priority for Thurrock, subject to additional funding being available, was to review the deprivation quantum and formula that targets funds to providers. Early Years
• New Funding Formula introduced from 2017/18 to LA to standardise formula for 15hour offer + additional 15 hour for eligible working parents of 3&4 year olds. • Funding - a combination of Jan-XX (7/12) and Jan-XX (5/12) • 95% of funding to be passported to all providers • Single Universal funding rate for all providers and for both entitlements for 3 & 4 year olds - £4.18 • SEN Inclusion Fund and Disability Access Fund • Early Years SEN hourly top up rate £10 from Sept-18 • Separate hourly rate paid for the 2 YO offer - £5.07 • Proposed change from September 2019 – Deprivation • Consultation will take place with all providers Early Years 2020/21
• Included within the 2020/21 funding announcement is an additional £66 million investment in early years. • A recent announcement confirms that the hourly rate paid to Thurrock will increase by 8p. This is the first increase in the hourly rate that Thurrock has received since 2016/17. • With this small increase in hourly rates in 2020/21 options are limited. The hourly rate paid to providers can only be increased if funding is received as part of the DSG. Given the minimum increase received it is proposed that this increase is passported in full to providers with no change to the deprivation formula or quantum. Early Years 2020/21
Thurrock will receive the following increase in the hourly rate paid:
2019/20 2020/21 2 Year Old £5.66 £5.74 3 & 4 Year Old £4.46 £4.54
The 8p increase received will then be applied to the rates paid to providers from April 2020 as shown below:
2019/20 2020/21 2 Year Old £5.07 £5.15 3 & 4 Year Old £4.18 £4.26
These will be discussed with providers in December and January and feedback will be included in the January report to the Schools Forum. Early Years 2020/21 - OLA funding rates
LA 2019/20 2020/21 2019/20 2020/21 Region LA name number 2YO 2YO 3/4YO 3/4 YO INNER LONDON 316 Newham £5.66 £5.74 £4.30 £4.38 EAST OF ENGLAND 883 Thurrock £5.66 £5.74 £4.46 £4.54 EAST OF ENGLAND 881 Essex £5.38 £5.46 £4.47 £4.55 OUTER LONDON 305 Bromley £5.66 £5.74 £4.91 £4.99 OUTER LONDON 303 Bexley £5.66 £5.74 £5.11 £5.19 OUTER LONDON 306 Croydon £5.66 £5.74 £5.13 £5.21 OUTER LONDON 317 Redbridge £5.66 £5.74 £5.21 £5.29 OUTER LONDON 311 Havering £5.66 £5.74 £5.28 £5.36 OUTER LONDON 301 Barking and Dagenham £5.66 £5.74 £5.50 £5.58 OUTER LONDON 320 Waltham Forest £5.66 £5.74 £5.52 £5.60 OUTER LONDON 308 Enfield £5.66 £5.74 £5.62 £5.70 INNER LONDON 309 Haringey £5.66 £5.74 £5.66 £5.74 Schools Forum Decision Early Years Block 2020/21
• The Schools Forum to agree to the following principles to be applied to the Early Years Block in 2020/21:
Increase in hourly rates to be passported though to providers Discussion to take place with providers in December and January and feedback to be included in the January SF report Next Steps Next Steps
• Final settlement to be received 19th December? • Implement the principles agreed and produce school level data for discussion as January School Forum meeting • High Needs further consideration and discussion required • Early Years to be discussed with Providers Any Questions ? 2019/20 ESFA Calculated National Funding Formula 2020/21 Values
Notional NFF Minimum per funding in 2020- Total Total pupil funding: Pupil Post De- 2019-20 2020/21 Post De- Increase from 21 Pupil Nos funding for additional Per Pupil level % School Name Nos delegation pupil MFG delegation 2019/20 to 2020/21 schools block funding to meet of Funding Increase 2019/20 budget 2019/20 count Adjustment budget 2020/21 formula the minimum (total cash) funding level
27,031 £115,842,940 27,215 £124,531,688 27,031 £119,424,053 £1,461,122 £205,476 £121,090,651 £5,247,711
Warren Primary School 410 £1,452,809 410 £1,501,002 410 £1,445,316 £55,095 £0 £1,500,411 £3,659.54 £47,601 3.28% Aveley Primary School 437 £1,736,641 437 £1,816,018 437 £1,788,601 £0 £0 £1,788,601 £4,092.91 £51,961 2.99% Little Thurrock Primary School 630 £2,288,008 630 £2,421,447 630 £2,332,697 £88,750 £0 £2,421,447 £3,843.57 £133,439 5.83% Bonnygate Primary School 416 £1,676,891 416 £1,779,854 416 £1,717,065 £0 £0 £1,717,065 £4,127.56 £40,174 2.40% St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 239 £954,477 239 £978,096 239 £948,918 £0 £20,901 £969,819 £4,057.82 £15,343 1.61% St Mary's Catholic Primary School 215 £910,065 215 £987,201 215 £951,684 £0 £0 £951,684 £4,426.44 £41,619 4.57% St Thomas of Canterbury C Primary School 612 £2,177,613 612 £2,312,182 612 £2,240,073 £66,531 £0 £2,306,603 £3,768.96 £128,990 5.92% Holy Cross Catholic Primary School 233 £948,477 233 £1,027,014 233 £990,061 £0 £0 £990,061 £4,249.19 £41,584 4.38% Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary School 198 £784,341 198 £806,021 198 £776,981 £0 £19,615 £796,596 £4,023.21 £12,255 1.56% Grays Convent High School 617 £3,122,210 617 £3,394,929 617 £3,272,353 £0 £0 £3,272,353 £5,303.65 £150,143 4.81% Lansdowne Primary Academy 585 £2,398,166 585 £2,622,943 585 £2,539,997 £0 £0 £2,539,997 £4,341.88 £141,832 5.91% Thameside Primary School 693 £2,735,445 693 £3,029,241 693 £2,937,231 £0 £0 £2,937,231 £4,238.43 £201,786 7.38% Purfleet Primary Academy 566 £2,218,183 578 £2,439,354 566 £2,316,048 £0 £0 £2,316,048 £4,095.58 £97,865 4.41% Benyon Primary School 203 £865,610 203 £930,251 203 £900,258 £0 £0 £900,258 £4,434.77 £34,648 4.00% Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School 401 £1,551,701 401 £1,620,827 401 £1,571,319 £0 £6,660 £1,577,979 £3,935.11 £26,278 1.69% Quarry Hill Academy 469 £1,798,888 469 £1,968,168 469 £1,912,810 £0 £0 £1,912,810 £4,078.49 £113,922 6.33% Ortu Corringham Primary School 420 £1,551,855 420 £1,580,323 420 £1,507,173 £76,760 £0 £1,583,933 £3,771.27 £32,078 2.07% Tilbury Pioneer Academy 448 £1,857,419 448 £2,031,522 448 £1,961,809 £0 £0 £1,961,809 £4,379.04 £104,390 5.62% Harris Primary Academy Mayflower 645 £2,353,920 707 £2,651,250 645 £2,338,644 £91,769 £0 £2,430,414 £3,771.01 £76,494 3.25% Stifford Clays Primary School 680 £2,451,986 680 £2,550,000 680 £2,411,884 £147,906 £0 £2,559,790 £3,764.40 £107,805 4.40% Chadwell St Mary Primary School 210 £980,936 210 £1,020,695 210 £945,082 £0 £51,737 £996,819 £4,746.76 £15,883 1.62% Bulphan Church of England Academy 80 £415,580 80 £401,471 80 £401,363 £0 £19,494 £420,856 £5,260.71 £5,276 1.27% The Gateway Primary Free School 393 £1,613,198 393 £1,786,598 393 £1,735,662 £0 £0 £1,735,662 £4,416.44 £122,464 7.59% Graham James Primary Academy 419 £1,567,535 419 £1,644,099 419 £1,591,631 £0 £2,512 £1,594,143 £3,804.64 £26,608 1.70% Somers Heath Primary School 382 £1,537,528 382 £1,640,320 382 £1,590,422 £0 £0 £1,590,422 £4,163.41 £52,894 3.44% Arthur Bugler Primary School 408 £1,506,901 408 £1,530,000 408 £1,472,870 £62,155 £0 £1,535,025 £3,762.32 £28,124 1.87% Deneholm Primary School 410 £1,519,243 410 £1,561,475 410 £1,511,699 £32,558 £711 £1,544,968 £3,768.21 £25,725 1.69% Woodside Academy 621 £2,263,647 621 £2,384,744 621 £2,308,173 £30,345 £0 £2,338,518 £3,765.73 £74,871 3.31% Belmont Castle Academy 658 £2,427,185 658 £2,621,675 658 £2,540,018 £0 £0 £2,540,018 £3,860.21 £112,833 4.65% West Thurrock Academy 458 £1,747,091 458 £1,897,011 458 £1,836,394 £0 £0 £1,836,394 £4,009.59 £89,303 5.11% Dilkes Academy 419 £1,570,151 419 £1,640,280 419 £1,589,995 £0 £6,775 £1,596,770 £3,810.91 £26,618 1.70% Herringham Primary Academy 411 £1,650,060 411 £1,761,561 411 £1,704,846 £0 £0 £1,704,846 £4,148.04 £54,786 3.32% East Tilbury Primary School and Nursery 643 £2,437,709 643 £2,556,294 643 £2,474,894 £0 £5,359 £2,480,253 £3,857.31 £42,544 1.75% Giffards Primary School 444 £1,662,590 444 £1,731,210 444 £1,675,318 £0 £15,634 £1,690,952 £3,808.45 £28,362 1.71% Tudor Court Primary School 804 £2,833,003 804 £3,015,000 804 £2,791,361 £242,642 £0 £3,034,003 £3,773.64 £201,000 7.09% Shaw Primary Academy 406 £1,622,260 406 £1,732,623 406 £1,675,673 £0 £0 £1,675,673 £4,127.27 £53,413 3.29% Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred 618 £2,178,048 618 £2,317,500 618 £2,114,964 £217,584 £0 £2,332,548 £3,774.35 £154,500 7.09% Orsett Church of England Primary School 207 £806,591 207 £815,986 207 £790,587 £0 £28,664 £819,251 £3,957.74 £12,660 1.57% Abbots Hall Primary School 230 £920,799 230 £937,884 230 £908,144 £0 £27,414 £935,559 £4,067.65 £14,760 1.60% Kenningtons Primary Academy 422 £1,601,693 422 £1,702,412 422 £1,649,154 £0 £0 £1,649,154 £3,907.95 £47,461 2.96% The Hathaway Academy 826 £4,374,508 826 £4,785,192 826 £4,630,172 £0 £0 £4,630,172 £5,605.54 £255,664 5.84% Hassenbrook Academy 484 £2,641,497 484 £2,901,169 484 £2,812,744 £0 £0 £2,812,744 £5,811.46 £171,247 6.48% Harris Academy Riverside 358 £1,779,497 433 £2,313,082 358 £1,868,008 £0 £0 £1,868,008 £5,217.90 £88,512 4.97% The Ockendon Academy 1,146 £5,872,740 1,158 £6,454,425 1,146 £6,192,702 £0 £0 £6,192,702 £5,406.11 £319,961 5.45% Harris Academy Chafford Hundred 946 £4,588,515 946 £4,730,000 946 £4,596,602 £181,113 £0 £4,777,715 £5,050.44 £189,200 4.12% William Edwards School 1,254 £6,052,093 1,254 £6,331,310 1,254 £6,134,978 £167,915 £0 £6,302,893 £5,026.23 £250,800 4.14% Ortu Gable Hall School 1,300 £6,297,019 1,300 £6,813,107 1,300 £6,608,613 £0 £0 £6,608,613 £5,083.55 £311,594 4.95% St Clere's School 1,315 £6,455,014 1,327 £7,058,680 1,315 £6,773,283 £0 £0 £6,773,283 £5,152.75 £318,269 4.93% The Gateway Academy 1,027 £5,671,153 1,036 £6,276,456 1,027 £6,063,402 £0 £0 £6,063,402 £5,903.99 £392,249 6.92% Ormiston Park Academy 617 £3,414,449 617 £3,721,784 617 £3,574,375 £0 £0 £3,574,375 £5,793.15 £159,926 4.68%