Management Information Sheet
Changes to swimming pool funding
From the 1st April 2013 there is a change to the way in which swimming pool providers are paid.
Pool users will be required to pay pool providers for swimming sessions. As a school using a swimming pool provided by another school or other provider it is important that you note the following key points.
1. The money to pay for your children to swim is in your budget allocation.
2. As agreed during the consultation, the cost for a swimming session at the pool you were designated in 2012/13 is £2.96 for a group of 20 pupils.
We chose this size of group because it is the group size on which KS2 swimming entitlement has always been calculated. We would expect the charge to stay at £2.96 per session even if the number of pupils is not exactly 20. However, please note, if you decide to change pools, the pool provider will not have the funding in their allocation for your school and may decide to make an additional charge.
The pool provider will advise you as to how they will collect the money for the use of the pool. They will either ask that the LA do a journal entry to transfer the money from your budget to theirs. This may be done on a termly basis. Or the pool provider will make their own arrangements to charge you, either by doing a journal request direct to you or by sending an invoice.
For designated pools that are not at a school, the Local Authority will continue to pay the pool and charge the attending schools the £2.96 per session.
Schools that did not have access to a Local Authority pool, should continue with their current arrangement.
NOTE FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS THE £2.96 WILL NOT APPLY, FURTHER GUIDANCE WILL FOLLOW.
Pool users will be required to pay pool providers for swimming sessions. As a school using a swimming pool provided by another school or other provider it is important that you note the following key points.
1. The money to pay for your children to swim is in your budget allocation.
2. As agreed during the consultation, the cost for a swimming session at the pool you were designated in 2012/13 is £2.96 for a group of 20 pupils.
We chose this size of group because it is the group size on which KS2 swimming entitlement has always been calculated. We would expect the charge to stay at £2.96 per session even if the number of pupils is not exactly 20. However, please note, if you decide to change pools, the pool provider will not have the funding in their allocation for your school and may decide to make an additional charge.
The pool provider will advise you as to how they will collect the money for the use of the pool. They will either ask that the LA do a journal entry to transfer the money from your budget to theirs. This may be done on a termly basis. Or the pool provider will make their own arrangements to charge you, either by doing a journal request direct to you or by sending an invoice.
For designated pools that are not at a school, the Local Authority will continue to pay the pool and charge the attending schools the £2.96 per session.
Schools that did not have access to a Local Authority pool, should continue with their current arrangement.
NOTE FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS THE £2.96 WILL NOT APPLY, FURTHER GUIDANCE WILL FOLLOW.