Specific Grants Workshop Graeme Roberts

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Specific GrantsWorkshopGraeme Roberts
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Workshop Structure

• Current arrangements
• School Standards Grants
• School Development Grant
• Targeted Grants
• Local Authority Grants
• Discussion on the future shape of specific grants
  from 2008-2009 key questions.

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School Standards Grant (SSG)

• New formula based on an amount per schools plus a
  per pupil amount.
• Schools receive a per pupil increase of at least
  3.4 in 06-07 and 3.7 in 07-08.
• From April 2006 SSG can be spent on extended
  activities.

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School Standards Grant(Personalisation)

• Announced in the Budget
• 220m 06-07 365m 07-08
• 15 by pupil numbers
• 35 by Free School Meals
• 50 by low prior attainment
• Calculator at
• www.teachernet.gov.uk/schoolfunding

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School Development Grant

• Made up of 10 previously separate grants for
  schools.
• Schools allocation based on the total of the
  2005-2006 predecessor grants.
• Allocation increased by a percentage per pupil
  (3.4 in 06-07 and 3.7 in 07-08)
• LAs can retain up to the same cash amount as from
  the predecessor grants.

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School Development Grant (cont)

• Also includes
• Post LIG arrangements
• Specialist Schools
• Leading Schools
• Training Schools
• City Learning Centres

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Leadership Incentive Grant

• Ended as planned in March 2006.
• New funding for 06-07 and 07-08
• Secondary schools with at least 20 FSM - 120k
  06-7, 125k 07-08
• Other ex-LIG schools get transitional grant to
  ensure lose no more than 2 of 05-06 budget in
  06-07

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Targeted Grants

• Targeted at particular schools or types of
  school.
• Pump-priming over a specified timescale.

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Local Authority Grants

• Grant that can be spent entirely at local
  authority level.
• Some grants ring-fenced, some have limited
  virement.
• Two grants are completely un-ring-fenced.

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Matched Funding

• Following grants spent at local authority level
  continue to require an LA contribution
• Broadband Connectivity Grant
• Primary Strategy Central Coordination
• Secondary Strategy Central Coordination
• Playing for Success

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Local Area Agreements

• A number of grants can form part of Local Area
  Agreements.
• These will become part of the Local Area
  Agreement Grant paid by Department of Communities
  and Local Government
• LAA grant is un-ringfenced but is intended to
  support the outcomes set out in the LAA.

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The future Key Questions

• Now we have the Dedicated Schools Grant, do we
  still need separate grants to schools such as SSG
  and SDG?
• What should the balance be between stability and
  flexibility in distribution?
• What should the criteria be for targeted grants
• Should we ring-fence grants? If so, in what
  circumstances?