School funding from April 1st 2013 Philippa Stobbs Council for Disabled Children

School funding from School funding from April 1st 2013April 1st 2013

Philippa StobbsCouncil for Disabled Children

Mainstream schools

1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)

Element 1•Core funding•Amount per pupil•Varies, decided locally, Schools Forum•More in areas of higher deprivation•Usually more in secondary than in primary•‘Age-weighted pupil unit’

£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k

Mainstream schools

2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding

1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)

£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k

Element 2•Notional SEN budget•Delegated against school profile•Not per pupil•Varies according to local formula•Usually set against a number of different factors:

• profile of deprivation• profile of attainment on entry to school

Mainstream schools

2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding

1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)

£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k

£6k

£4k

£6k

£4k

Mainstream schools

3. ‘Top-up’ fundingLA High Needs Block

2. Delegated ‘AEN’ funding

1. Age-weighted pupil unit (AWPU)

£4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k £4k

£6k £6k £6k£6k

£4k

£6k

£4k

£28k

£15k

£10k

Special schools

Philippa Stobbspstobbs@ncb.org.uk