Management Information Sheet
Extended Schools Funding - 2011/12
This note summarises the Schools' Forum proposals for Extended Schools funding in the next financial year that will be recommended to the Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Panel (13 January) and the County Council Cabinet on Monday 24 January. Until the recommendations have been agreed the financial information in this note is provisional and is being made available to aid planning. NB: NCC Committee paper details can be accessed from www.norfolk.gov.uk under Committees.
The proposals include that cluster funding for Extended Schools and Parent Support Advisers for 2011/12 be allocated as a fixed sum, amount per-school, plus an amount per-pupil, i.e.
Extended Schools Sustainability = £10,000 per cluster plus £1096.12 per-school plus £4.40 per-pupil (see Appendix A); Extended Schools PSA = £11,835 per cluster plus £619.27 per-school plus £2.49 per-pupil (Appendix A).
NB: The per-pupil amounts are dependent upon the actual total number of pupils and may be revised slightly as necessary.
Schools have the freedom to choose how they use this funding and this might include:
Identifying and agreeing an amount as a cluster fund to continue to employ the Extended Schools Co-ordinator (ESCO), and
Continuing to employ a Parent Support Adviser (PSA).
Please click here for pay rates and example employment costs for the above roles working across a cluster.
Schools are encouraged to continue to liaise and collaborate across their clusters in providing access to extended services, including the ongoing assessment of community needs.
Extended Services Disadvantage Subsidy
The final instalment of the Extended Services Disadvantage Subsidy funding for 2010/11 will be made this term. The Disadvantage Subsidy continues for 2011/12 and the proposal is that it be distributed using Education Acorn Groups A - D by cluster (based on the 2010/11 budget), plus an additional amount to help with administration of the Subsidy grant (see Appendix B). This is likely to need the continued involvement and co-ordination of activities by the ESCO and input from the PSA. This funding has been successful in enabling children and young people to access extended schools activities who would not normally have been able to do so on economic grounds and the Acorn groups have very similar 'types' to the previously listed 'target group'. There is also powerful evidence, over 100 local case studies, which show that in providing this access the lives and aspirations, attendance, behaviour and school performance of many of these children and young people has been enhanced. An early evaluation of the national Subsidy pathfinder is available at http://publications.education.gov.uk.
The Pupil Premium
From 1st April, 2011, schools will also receive an allocation of the new Pupil Premium funding which is to provide additional targeted support to the most disadvantaged children and young people. For example this might include one-to-one tuition, after school support, mentoring and coaching. The Premium will start at £430 a year for every free school meals pupil. The school census in January 2011 will be used to determine the number of pupils receiving the premium in 2011/12. The Government's intention is to extend the reach of the Pupil Premium from 2012/13 to those who have been known to be eligible for free school meals before.
The evaluation of the impact of Norfolk Extended Schools was highlighted in School Workforce Remodelling Newsletter No. 17 and many children, young people and their families continue to benefit from schools providing access to extended services across clusters and communities.
Please click here to read three case studies (Harleston, Lynn Grove and Wymondham) on the roles of the Extended Schools Co-ordinator and Parent Support Adviser which outline the differences they have made by working collaboratively across schools with children, their families and the community and also a Disadvantage Subsidy Impact case study (Wayland) on a whole-cluster approach.
Whilst the TDA no longer provides national support on Extended Schools, there is support available from ContinYou. In looking at sustainability of Extended Schools activities and roles in the longer term, schools might like to read this document entitled Money, money, money… makes your school go round… and also access news related to extended services, find funding information and know-how, consultations, training... and more at www.learning-exchange.org.uk.
Useful links
4Children provides a range of resources and support related to the childcare element of Extended Schools. www.4children.org.uk
ContinYou has developed guidance on the sustainability of extended services and has set up a good practice sharing space called the Learning Exchange.
Ofsted's resources for extended services in schools and children's centres. www.tinyurl.com/yj4dcyv
A report on the role of parent support advisers from University of Warwick, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (Cedar). www.tinyurl.com/yl6xotw
LA contacts
If you have a query or would like further advice on the above, please contact Paul Hoey on 01603 223824 or paul.hoey@norfolk.gov.uk.
For specific queries on the Disadvantage Subsidy, please contact Virginia Wakely on 01603 638092 or virginia.wakely@norfolk.gov.uk.
For queries relating to Parent Support Advisers, please contact Bev Bird on 01603 303328 or beverley.bird@norfolk.gov.uk.
For any change to cluster fund holder for Extended Schools or PSA funding, please inform Kathryn Roe in writing, email kathryn.roe@norfolk.gov.uk.
The proposals include that cluster funding for Extended Schools and Parent Support Advisers for 2011/12 be allocated as a fixed sum, amount per-school, plus an amount per-pupil, i.e.
Extended Schools Sustainability = £10,000 per cluster plus £1096.12 per-school plus £4.40 per-pupil (see Appendix A); Extended Schools PSA = £11,835 per cluster plus £619.27 per-school plus £2.49 per-pupil (Appendix A).
NB: The per-pupil amounts are dependent upon the actual total number of pupils and may be revised slightly as necessary.
Schools have the freedom to choose how they use this funding and this might include:
Identifying and agreeing an amount as a cluster fund to continue to employ the Extended Schools Co-ordinator (ESCO), and
Continuing to employ a Parent Support Adviser (PSA).
Please click here for pay rates and example employment costs for the above roles working across a cluster.
Schools are encouraged to continue to liaise and collaborate across their clusters in providing access to extended services, including the ongoing assessment of community needs.
Extended Services Disadvantage Subsidy
The final instalment of the Extended Services Disadvantage Subsidy funding for 2010/11 will be made this term. The Disadvantage Subsidy continues for 2011/12 and the proposal is that it be distributed using Education Acorn Groups A - D by cluster (based on the 2010/11 budget), plus an additional amount to help with administration of the Subsidy grant (see Appendix B). This is likely to need the continued involvement and co-ordination of activities by the ESCO and input from the PSA. This funding has been successful in enabling children and young people to access extended schools activities who would not normally have been able to do so on economic grounds and the Acorn groups have very similar 'types' to the previously listed 'target group'. There is also powerful evidence, over 100 local case studies, which show that in providing this access the lives and aspirations, attendance, behaviour and school performance of many of these children and young people has been enhanced. An early evaluation of the national Subsidy pathfinder is available at http://publications.education.gov.uk.
The Pupil Premium
From 1st April, 2011, schools will also receive an allocation of the new Pupil Premium funding which is to provide additional targeted support to the most disadvantaged children and young people. For example this might include one-to-one tuition, after school support, mentoring and coaching. The Premium will start at £430 a year for every free school meals pupil. The school census in January 2011 will be used to determine the number of pupils receiving the premium in 2011/12. The Government's intention is to extend the reach of the Pupil Premium from 2012/13 to those who have been known to be eligible for free school meals before.
The evaluation of the impact of Norfolk Extended Schools was highlighted in School Workforce Remodelling Newsletter No. 17 and many children, young people and their families continue to benefit from schools providing access to extended services across clusters and communities.
Please click here to read three case studies (Harleston, Lynn Grove and Wymondham) on the roles of the Extended Schools Co-ordinator and Parent Support Adviser which outline the differences they have made by working collaboratively across schools with children, their families and the community and also a Disadvantage Subsidy Impact case study (Wayland) on a whole-cluster approach.
Whilst the TDA no longer provides national support on Extended Schools, there is support available from ContinYou. In looking at sustainability of Extended Schools activities and roles in the longer term, schools might like to read this document entitled Money, money, money… makes your school go round… and also access news related to extended services, find funding information and know-how, consultations, training... and more at www.learning-exchange.org.uk.
Useful links
4Children provides a range of resources and support related to the childcare element of Extended Schools. www.4children.org.uk
ContinYou has developed guidance on the sustainability of extended services and has set up a good practice sharing space called the Learning Exchange.
Ofsted's resources for extended services in schools and children's centres. www.tinyurl.com/yj4dcyv
A report on the role of parent support advisers from University of Warwick, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (Cedar). www.tinyurl.com/yl6xotw
LA contacts
If you have a query or would like further advice on the above, please contact Paul Hoey on 01603 223824 or paul.hoey@norfolk.gov.uk.
For specific queries on the Disadvantage Subsidy, please contact Virginia Wakely on 01603 638092 or virginia.wakely@norfolk.gov.uk.
For queries relating to Parent Support Advisers, please contact Bev Bird on 01603 303328 or beverley.bird@norfolk.gov.uk.
For any change to cluster fund holder for Extended Schools or PSA funding, please inform Kathryn Roe in writing, email kathryn.roe@norfolk.gov.uk.