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Unfair funding?A Case Study

byCouncillor Julie Abraham

Lead Member for Children, Young People & Schools

East Riding of Yorkshire

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Where we are

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Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) 2011/12

ERYC Per pupil p.a.

English Av.Per pupil p.a.

DifferencePer pupil p.a.

£4,613 £5,082 £469

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ERYC Schools

• Every year 90% of the DSG is delegated to schools

• This high level of delegation means less is available for centrally provided services such as Educational Psychology and Special School placements

• The DSG is forecast to overspend in 2011/12 by £4m

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If?

For 2011/12• If ERYC was funded at the same rate as

the average English Authority, an additional £21.3m would be available for East Riding children

• If ERYC was funded at the same rate as our nearest urban, geographical neighbour an additional £30.9m would be available

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Academies

• Seven ERYC Schools converted this year

• DSG to be recouped includes £0.437m from the central services budget

• This is particularly difficult to manage when schools convert in-year and recoupment occurs when budgets are set and operational

• Top slicing of over £1.0m of Formula grant in 2011/12 – takes no account of number of academies in East Riding

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£21 million more?

• If East Riding schools were funded at the level of the ‘average’

• DSG 2011/12 would rise from£209m

to £230m (excluding post-16 funding)

• What are we missing out on?

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Building our Schools’ Future

• No BSF• Reduced Devolved Capital• Maintenance Budgets are tiny• An average DSG allocation would

ensure all children in East Riding schools would be educated in buildings fit for purpose

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What Gap?

• Resources barely cover basic need• Targeted support for vulnerable

children is limited • An average DSG allocation would

ensure that every child would have their needs met and we would be saying ‘close what gap?’

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Spend now or invest for the future?

• ‘Central spend’ always overspends• Provision for pupils with LDD is often

a compromise between need, affordability and availability

• An average DSG allocation would support the development of local provision of specialist placements for our most vulnerable young people

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• What is an average allocation?

Thank you for your time.