School funding from School funding from April 1st 2013April 1st 2013
Philippa StobbsCouncil for Disabled Children
Mainstream schools
1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)
Element 1•Core funding•Amount per pupil•Varies, decided locally, Schools Forum•More in areas of higher deprivation•Usually more in secondary than in primary•‘Age-weighted pupil unit’
£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k
Mainstream schools
2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding
1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)
£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k
Element 2•Notional SEN budget•Delegated against school profile•Not per pupil•Varies according to local formula•Usually set against a number of different factors:
• profile of deprivation• profile of attainment on entry to school
Mainstream schools
2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding
1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)
£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k
£6k
£4k
£6k
£4k
Mainstream schools
3. ‘Top-up’ fundingLA High Needs Block
2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding
1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)
£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k
£6k £6k £6k£6k
£4k
£6k
£4k
£28k
£15k
£10k
Special schools
