SALARY SUPPORT GRANTS FOR THE 2005/06 FINANCIAL YEAR

The DfES have allocated Norfolk an amount of £13,428,922 for Teachers Threshold and Performance Pay progression. In line with DfES guidelines the authority has consulted with the Norfolk's Schools Forum on how to distribute the grant to schools and services. The Schools Forum considered various options and agreed on the following:

• To fully support UPS1 for all teachers including on-costs.
• To divide the remaining grant by the total number of eligible teachers for UPS2, UPS3 and Leadership points in school, which will be paid as a simple average.
• To distribute the grant based of those in post as at 1 September, 2005.

Schools will be required to complete a form in the Autumn term based on eligible teachers employed by the school as at 1 September, 2005, this will require FTE information only, not named members of staff, however for audit purposes schools should ensure that records of those who are claimed for are retained at the school. Schools have already received an amount of funding for those teachers on UPS1 in their initial budget share, this will be adjusted in accordance with the schools Autumn return.

This is a finite grant, which will be paid when all forms have been completed and returned. Forms that are returned late or omit eligible staff will not be rectified after the grant has been distributed and there will be no grant available to make adjustments to prior year funding.

UPS1 funding for 2005/06 will be £2,829 per FTE, which includes on-costs of 22.00%, and for budget purposes we estimate funding towards UPS2, UPS3 and Leadership points will be approximately 60%.

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

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