14 – 19 South West Birmingham Network Summer Term Meeting

Education Funding Agency – New Changes, New Challenges

03 July

Peter LauenerChief Executive, Education Funding Agency

Overview

EFA role and remit

Young people’s Funding and 16-19 Review

Academies and Pre-16 School Funding

EFA’s Responsibilities

Provide• Funding for the education of pupils in Academies

Distribute

• The Dedicated Schools Grant for the education of pupils up to age 16 in local authority maintained schools

Provide• Funding for all 16-19 education and training

Provide

• Funding for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities aged 16-25

Support

• The delivery of capital programmes for schools, Academies, Free Schools and sixth form colleges

Budget: £52 billion, staff c770

Planned Investment 2012-13 Area of Spend £ million Pre-16 Dedicated Schools Grant 28,912 Capital 4,228 Pupil Premium 1,250 Private Finance Initiative 692 Academies 9,383 16-19 Sixth forms (including academies) 2,349 Further education 3,985 Youth Contract 42 Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities 261 Capital 109 Financial support for 16-18 year olds 275 Administration EFA administration 70 Total Total planned investment 51,556

EFA - High level structure

Young People CapitalFinance,

Performance and Maintained Schools

Academies

Young People Funding

Learner Support Data Analysis and Systems

Programme Management Finance

External Assurance

Service Delivery in 4 Territories

Academies Funding

Programme Management

Programme Advice and

Support

Planning and Funding

Chief ExecutivePeter Lauener

Programme Delivery

Maintained Schools Funding

Service Delivery in 4 Territories

Specialist programmes

(LLDD, YOI, ESF)

EFA locations

Young people’s Funding and

16-19 Funding Review

Participation rates

RPA

Autonomous Professional Providers

Landmark Changes

StudyProgrammes

FundingperStudent

Overall System

Dynamic Education Market Provider entry and exit

Fair Funding Funding Per student

Common Requirements Programmes of Study - RPA

Funding Follows the Student Lagged Student Numbers

Promote excellence and choice Reformed Performance Tablesand Inspection

Accountability Robust Minimum Standardsand Inspection

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Education destinations published as experimental

data

Summer 2012

Spring 2013

Employment destinations published as experimental

data.

Jan - Mar 2014

Jan - Mar 2016

16-18 performance

tables including destinationsConditions of Funding bite

Jan - Mar2017

Sept 2012

New common

inspection framework

in place

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/172011/12

New arrangements for high needs

LLDD

Sept 2014

New A levels start to be

taught

Full set of destination measures now available

Sept 2013

RPA startsFunding per student Study Programmes

Announcement - study programmes and funding reform

All students offered courses based on study programme

principles

July 2012

Five Year Timeline2012/13

Sept2013

16-18 performance

tablesincluding

destinations

New 16-18 performance

tables including

some destinations

data

Unless it can be clearly demonstrated not to be in the interests of the student when designing Study Programmes for 16-19 year olds, schools, colleges and training providers should encourage students to: do a study programme recommended to be around 600 hours;progress to a level of study which is higher than their prior attainment; take qualification(s) which are stretching rather than easy to pass;take qualification(s) that are judged to be of good/suitable size and level of rigour that will enable genuine progression to meaningful employment, training or higher levels of education;achieve English and maths GCSE A*-C or take English and maths provision that will lead to significant progress towards this if this has not already been achieved;participate in value-added non-qualification activity and work experience, whenever appropriate.

Study Programmes for 16-19 year olds and those 19-24 with an LDA

Principles of a revised funding formula

Support policy objectives Be clear and transparent Be fair Enable data simplification Be clear what funds are being targeted at young people

from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Programme Cost

Weighting

Disadvantage Funding

Area Cost adjustment

Total Programme

Funding

Funding Formula 2013/14

Student Numbers

National Funding Rate per student

Retention Factor

Plus if applicable

High Needs Students

Student support funding

Reducing Transitional

protection for 11/12 spending review changes

Formula protection Funding

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Academies and Pre-16 School

Funding

Growth of Academies

Academies by Phase and Type

School Funding Reform First step towards the national funding formula, concentrating on

simplifying the way schools and academies are funded

We have a very different role from our predecessors in funding schools and academies; and

We have the project lead for funding reform implementation

Significant change, which brings implications for systems, data collection, communications, processes and engagement

Our current activities Specification of the systems to send and retrieve data/info:

– the underpinning systems built on the LA pro formas – the models for academy funding e.g. exclusions may be limited

but still expect some variability Developing the role of the EFA in School Forums – the right to

send an observer Communications:

– academies & School Forums– detailed communications plan, incl. integration with post 16 and

setting up open sessions in the autumn