Purpose

- revised approach to funding and rates of High
Needs

Pupils in special units and mainstream
schools

- update on the Delivering Better Value
programme

- - approval in principle of Schools funding formula
(final

figures to be confirmed in February MTFS
paper)
- new approach to management of
schools in deficit

Decision

Cabinet
 

1)    
Noted the update on the Dedicated Schools Grant Funding for
2025-26 in section 1

2)    
Approved
the topslicing of £0.430m from the
Schools Block for Growth and Falling Rolls as set out in paragraph
2.4

3)    
Approved
the transfer of £1.290m from the
Schools Block to the High Needs Block as set out in paragraph
2.5

4)    
Approved
the use of the national funding factors,
a Minimum Funding Guarantee of 0% and capping of 0.85% in the
Havering Local Schools Funding Formula

5)    
Noted the increase in the Early Years Block as a result of
the expansion of funded childcare for younger children as set out
in section 3

6)    
Delegated
authority to the Assistant Director of
Education to approve the rate(s) per hour of childcare in line with
approach outlined in section 3 after consultation with providers
and schools forum

7)    
Noted that there are a number of Havering Maintained
Schools that are in overall deficit position and that these schools
are required to draw up and implement plans to recover this
position as set out in section 5

8)    
Noted the update on the projected deficit on the High Needs
Block and the Delivering Better Value Programme as set out in
sections 6 and 7

9)    
Approved
an increase in the funding of Special
Units in mainstream schools to £30,000 per place from
September 2024 as set out in section 8

10)Approved an increase in the base hourly rate of top up
payments for additional support in mainstream schools to £19
an hour from September 2024 as set out in section 9