Bryan Slater Director of Education	Distribution
	Headteacher All Norfolk Schools

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ACTION	Title	Salary Support Grants for the 2004/05 financial year
	Summary of contents	Letter and summary table Salary support grant data for: UPS1 UPS1 (supply teachers) PPP3 Grant claim for UPS2 and UPS3 (from September 2004)
	Associated documents
	Date
	Summary of action required	Check and return, as appropiate, salary support grant data for: UPS1 UPS1 (supply teachers) PPP3 Complete and return grant claim for UPS2 and UPS3 (from September 2004)
	To be completed by	As soon as possible but no later than 19 November 2004
	LEA Contact	Sara Rope	(	(01603) 638033
	E-mail address	Sara.rope@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	7. How well is the school led and managed? 8. How well does the school use its resources?
	Document reference	MI 190-04

SALARY SUPPORT GRANTS FOR THE 2004/05 FINANCIAL YEAR

We have recently received from the DFES, notification of salary support grants for the 2004/05 financial year.

Threshold Grant - Upper Pay Scale 1 (UPS1)

Inflation has been added to the 2004/05 threshold grant, this payment will be included in your next budget share. There is an increase of £27 per fte from £2,759 to £2,786. The DfES continues to provide 100% grant to fund the cost of the first point of the Upper Pay Spine with on-costs of 23.18%.

I enclose a report (Threshold 2004/05 – Threshold continuer snapshot) from our database that lists the teachers in your school currently attracting grant. Please check this for accuracy and notify me of any changes that should be made.

This form must be returned as soon as possible, but no later than 19 November 2004. If no changes are necessary it must still be returned, certified correct, to ensure your grant continues to be paid.

Threshold Grant - Upper Pay Scale 2 (UPS2)

Summer Term 2004

The grant funding for the Summer Term 2004 is distributed on the information provided as part of the Autumn Term 2003 snapshot process. This equates to £517.82 per fte teacher, which includes on-costs of 24.96%. This funding will be included in your next budget share.

Any UPS2 grant paid to schools relating to the financial year 2003-04 should be spent by 31 August 2004. Please notify me in writing if you have any unspent funds. This grant can also be used towards previous performance points awarded to those in the leadership group.

Autumn Term 2004 and Spring Term 2005

A further grant has been allocated to contribute towards the cost of teachers on UPS2 for the period 1 September 2004-31 March 2005. I am unable to confirm how much the contribution will be until I have collected the total number of full-time equivalent teachers concerned. However for budget purposes we estimate this will be in the region of 60% (including on-costs of 26.3%).

Please use the enclosed form (Teachers on the second point of the Upper Pay Spine (UPS2)- Academic Year 2004/05) to notify me of teachers on UPS2 as at September 2004 and those that are to move to UPS2 in the 2004/05 academic year. On receipt of this information from all schools and services, I will be in a position to confirm the level of grant to be paid.

If you wish to access this grant, your form must be returned as soon as possible but no later than 19 November 2004. This is a finite grant and, once allocated, there will be no further resources available.

Threshold Grant - Upper Pay Scale 3 (UPS3)

A grant has been allocated to contribute towards the cost of teachers on UPS3 for the period 1 September 2004-31 March 2005. Part of this grant has been funded by the freezing of management allowances to their April 03 cash value. I am unable to confirm how much the contribution will be until I have collected the total number of full-time equivalent teachers concerned. However for budget purposes we estimate this will be in the region of 60% (including on-costs of 26.3%).

Please use the enclosed form (Teachers on the second point of the Upper Pay Spine (UPS2)- Academic Year 2004/05) to indicate which teachers on UPS2 are eligible. Please tick the column provided for teachers that were appointed to UPS2 in September 2002, and are therefore eligible for advancement to the third point of the Upper Pay Spine (UPS3).

If you wish to access this grant, your form must be returned as soon as possible, but no later than 19 November, 2004. This is a finite grant and, once allocated, there will be no further resources available.

Threshold Grant – Supply Teachers

Please find enclosed a report (Details of Threshold Supply from 1 September 2003 to 2 April 2004) that details according to our central records, the supply teachers who worked within your school during the Autumn Term 2003 and Spring Term 2004 and who were paid on UPS1. Grant will be allocated to fund the cost of the first point of the Upper Pay Spine with on-costs of 24.96% (£2759 per fte for the 2003/04 financial year).

Please check this for accuracy and notify me of any changes that should be made. I will then be able to award grant relating to Autumn Term 2003 and Spring Term 2004. If no changes are notified, I will assume the original data is correct and allocate grant accordingly.

You only need to return this form if you are notifying us of amendments/omissions, in which case it must be returned as soon as possible but no later than 19 November 2004.

If you use a payroll provider other than Norfolk County Council Payroll Services it will be necessary for you to write to me with this information. Please list the supply teachers that worked at your school during the Autumn Term 2003 and Spring Term 2004 and who were paid on UPS1 giving their names, dates and hours.

The Summer Term 2004 report will be sent to you in November 2004.

Performance Pay Progression 2002/03 (PPP3) for Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Assistant Headteachers.

The DfES has confirmed that the 60% grant for a performance pay progression point awarded in September 2002 will continue until March 2005.

Grant will be paid for those staff detailed on the enclosed form (Performance Pay Progression – performance point awarded in 2002/03 – Continuer Snapshot). Please check this for accuracy and notify me of any changes that should be made.

This form must be returned as soon as possible, but no later than 19 November 2004. If no changes are necessary it must still be returned, certified correct, to ensure your grant continues to be paid.

Performance Pay Progression 2003/04 (PPP4) for Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Assistant Headteachers

A grant has been allocated at 60% towards the cost of the performance point plus on-costs of 22% for the period September 2003 - March 2005. This funding will be included in your next budget share.

Performance Pay Progression 2004/05 (PPP5) for Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Assistant Headteachers

The DfES has also confirmed that grant will be paid to schools for headteachers, deputy headteachers and assistant headteachers, awarded a performance point in September 2004 in respect of performance during the academic year 2003/04 and who did not receive leadership grant for a performance point awarded in the school year 2003/04. A claim form (PPP5) will be supplied by the LEA in due course.

Return of Information

Please return all information to me at the above address as soon as possible but no later than 19 November, 2004, it is vital that your forms are returned as we cannot guarantee any forms received after this date will be processed for payment. If you are missing any forms outlined above, it is likely that you have no teachers that qualify for grant within the specified categories. If in doubt, however, please contact me.

Clawback of Grant

Please note that if a school is not eligible to receive salary support grant, eg because a member of staff has left, I am obliged to recover the full amount back to the date from which the school became eligible (which may be a previous financial year).

Please inform me in writing of any change in circumstances, which will affect your entitlement to grant.

The UPS2, UPS3 and PPP3 grants allocated to Norfolk are finite amount. Once the grant has been distributed there will be no further funds available unless grant is surrendered by other schools and services.

I appreciate that, with so many different grants being awarded, the position can become somewhat confusing and I have summarised the position on the attached table for your further reference.

Please contact me, or any of my colleagues listed below, if we can be of further assistance.

Sally Palmer 01603 223546

Sara Rope 01603 638033

Hilary Bradshaw 01603 222427

Your Finance Support Officer usual contact number

Information on threshold and performance pay funding is also available on the DfES website: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/payfunding

Yours sincerely

Sara Rope

Finance Officer