As we wait for news of whether the new Secretary of State will press the button on the second consultation
on the National Funding Formula (not that she has much time to do it, certainly not if there's any wish to get responses from schools), we've published our eBook and online course, Secure a Sustainable Budget.
The Department for Education has published the second consultation
on its national funding formula — revealing more details about which schools will win and lose under the new cash distribution model.
How schools and local authorities can access COLLECT and the data
on national funding formula (NFF) allocations.
After a considerable delay, the Stage 2 consultation
on the National Funding Formula (NFF) was published on 14th December, just as we were all gearing up for Christmas.
The report comes as pressure mounts on Justine Greening, the education secretary, to publish a second consultation
on the national funding formula for schools.
Education Policy Institute executive director Natalie Perera (pictured), a former DfE civil servant who led
on the national funding formula development between 2010 and 2014, agreed that it «may be simpler in the long term» to merge the pots, but said it made sense «for now» for the premium to continue to be paid and administered separately.
The Association of School and College Leaders, which represents secondary heads, examined official figures
on the national funding formula proposals.
Cameron has said it several times and the recent consultation
on the National Funding Formula made clear that local authorities will lose all their roles with respect to individual schools.
Commenting on the proposed National Funding Formula for Schools and High Needs, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The delay in publishing the consultation
on the national funding formula for schools indicates that even the Government recognises the scale of the challenge involved in creating a funding formula which enables schools to secure the educational entitlements of all children and young people.
Not exact matches
We are seeking views
on the design of the high needs
national funding formula and
on changes to the way we distribute high needs
funding.
Allocations for non-maintained special schools are based
on the pupil number data from the January 2015 school census; and allocations for special post-16 institutions are based upon the individualised learner record (ILR) data and 16 to 19
national funding formula average
funding factors.
EFA
funds the majority of institutions with post-16 provision
on a lagged student basis, using the
national post-16
funding formula.
An assessment of the effect that the
national funding formulae for schools, high needs and central school services blocks will have
on groups with protected characteristics.
Analysis of the effect the schools
national funding formula and high needs
national funding formula will have
on specific protected groups.
«The NASUWT will judge the
National Funding Formula on its contribution to building a fairer and more just country that works for everyone.»
The NASUWT has responded to the Government's consultation
on its proposed
National Funding Formulae (NFF)
Commenting
on the proposals outlined in the Early Years
National Funding Formula consultation announced today, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said:
Chris Keates, General Secretary of NASUWT - The Teachers» Union has commented
on the announcement of the new
National Funding Formula by the Secretary of State.
Chris Keates, General Secretary of NASUWT - The Teachers» Union has commented
on the announcement of the new
National Funding Formula by the...
«Fair
funding is one of my main interests and naturally I — and parents in my constituency — want to see that this government delivers
on a new
national fair
funding formula as quickly as possible.
Fair
funding for schools campaign group, f40, has met with the Secretary of State for Education to discuss concerns about the delayed 2nd Stage consultation
on a new
national funding formula.
The
National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has further clarified its position
on reforms to school
funding with a collection of essays discussing what a revised
funding formula could look like.
The IPPR has called
on the government to use its forthcoming review of the
national funding formula to weight
funding more heavily towards areas of the country which have high levels of disadvantage and which struggle to recruit teachers.
The impact
on local authorities will be stark as their
funding flexibility ebbs away, precipitated by the introduction of a
national funding formula, designed to smooth out regional
funding variations, in 2017.
The
National Funding Formula (NFF) is set to ensure that, for the first time, funding is based on individual needs and characteristics of every school in the c
Funding Formula (NFF) is set to ensure that, for the first time,
funding is based on individual needs and characteristics of every school in the c
funding is based
on individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country.
Additionally, the unions said
funding would be cut for every pupil in 92 per cent of England's schools but, based on figures released by the Department for Education (DfE) for the National Funding Formula (NFF) consultation, this will be the case for 98 per cent of England's s
funding would be cut for every pupil in 92 per cent of England's schools but, based
on figures released by the Department for Education (DfE) for the
National Funding Formula (NFF) consultation, this will be the case for 98 per cent of England's s
Funding Formula (NFF) consultation, this will be the case for 98 per cent of England's schools.
The government consultation
on the introduction of a new
national funding formula is set to close
on 22 March.
School leaders» union NAHT has written an open letter to the Chancellor asking that the proposed
national funding formula includes an uplift in spending
on schools
A Department for Education spokesperson said: «We have recently consulted
on a new, fairer
national funding formula for schools, into which PFI costs are be taken into consideration.
So, in general terms I am happy that this government is delivering
on its commitment to a new
national fair
funding formula but as is always the case, the devil will be in the details.
The
National Funding Formula (NFF), the biggest improvement to the school funding system for decades, will ensure that for the first time funding is based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the c
Funding Formula (NFF), the biggest improvement to the school
funding system for decades, will ensure that for the first time funding is based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the c
funding system for decades, will ensure that for the first time
funding is based on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the c
funding is based
on the individual needs and characteristics of every school in the country.
Against the backdrop of enthusiasm regarding new reforms underway in California, from the Common Core to the Local Control
Funding Formula, the just - released scores
on the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, brought a brush with reality.
«We are making
funding fairer by consulting
on proposals for a new
national funding formula so that areas with the highest need attract the most
funding and we are continuing the pupil premium — worth # 2.5 billion this year — giving schools significant extra
funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»
«Head teachers, Governors, MPs and parents have all made it quite clear to Government that the combination of the proposed
National Funding Formula and the cash freeze
on school budgets will have a negative impact
on our children's education.
Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell says that for a
national funding formula «the devil will be in the detail» and claimed that the government was stalling
on revealing where schools would have reduced levels of
funding.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: «The campaign's calculations are thoroughly misleading, and ignore the fact that under our
national funding formula,
funding is based
on the needs and characteristics of each individual school.
Jon Andrews, EPI's director for school system and performance, said: «We are seeing an increasing number of schools spending more money than they have coming in and our analysis shows that increasing costs
on staff are going to add to that pressure, even with the additional
funding being delivered by the National Funding Formula.
funding being delivered by the
National Funding Formula.
Funding Formula.»
In the 2017 legislative session, there was hope that a new education
funding formula based
on national organization EdBuild's recommendations would be created to replace the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP).
EdBuild, the
national firm who was hired to study the state's education
funding formula, has released their much - anticipated recommendations
on how to update and modernize the state's education
funding formula.
Yesterday at the State Capitol, EdBuild, the
national firm who was hired to study the state's education
funding formula, presented their much - anticipated recommendations
on how to update and modernize the
formula.
As the
National Funding Formula (NFF) debate rumbles
on, beneficiaries of NFF will claim it is the only way they can survive, whilst currently generously
funded schools will fear the consequences of significant cuts to their allocations.
The statement
on small schools is nonsense because in reality most very small schools would not be considered sustainable even as part of a MAT in the context of a
national funding formula which will not give sufficient weight to the school's small size.
The government has admitted it is not yet in a position to release details of its first consultation
on the
national fair
funding formula — fuelling more concerns...
In a written parliamentary statement, she said the first stage consultations
on the new
national funding formulae for schools and high needs, published in March, «have been met with an overwhelmingly positive response from head teachers, teachers, governors and parents».
Tom Goldman, the Department for Education's director of
funding, told MPs
on Tuesday that placing pupil premium into the
national funding formula was the easiest way to achieve one single deprivation measure by which to allocate
funding.
They focused
on the proposed
National Funding Formula, which will overhaul how school spending is allocated, with calls for a «radical» re-think in how it should be calculated.
Using the evidence from the most cost - effective secondary schools, with an average teacher salary of # 49,000 (2018) and 55 % of the school's income spent
on teachers, we used our school
funding model to look at the implications of the proposed
national funding formula.
The implementation of a
National Funding Formula (NFF) is at last becoming a reality, but the government can only make information available for the first two years, 2018/19 and 2019/20, and the ultimate impact
on school budgets will still depend
on local decisions.
We are seeking views
on the design of the high needs
national funding formula and
on changes to the way we distribute high needs
funding.
The intervention comes
on the final day of a consultation
on plans for a new
national funding formula, which seeks to address historic regional variations in school
funding.