High Needs Block Update

High Needs Block Update
Annette Parr - Lead Support and Intervention OfficerKaren Atkins Principal Finance Officer

Timetable for Determining HNB 2014/2015
July Sept 2013Local authorities to check the baseline place allocations for both pre and post 16 places for the 2013/2014 year for each institution.Briefing by EFA at regional Finance/SEN meetings where agreement is reached on submitting both individual and October 2013EFA will issue a template for returning place numbers in December November 2013 Submission criteria publishedHigh needs template reissued to include 2012 to 2013 actual post 16 student numbers20th December 2013Initial allocations of the HNB of the DSG to all LAs23rd December 2013LAs return template issued in November with place numbers for 2014 to 2015 academic yearEnd March 2014 Allocations of 2014/2015 place funding to institutionsFinal DSG High Needs Allocations for 2014/2015

Briefing by EFA October 2013
Outstanding Issues in 2013 to 2014Funding under 5s with high needsIndependent Hospital Education FundingPlace Funding and Top Up FundingHigh Needs Funding 2014 to 2015Demonstration of New HN TemplatesKey Reforms that will Impact on FundingSEN Reforms in Children & Families BillFunding Reforms 2014 to 2015

High Needs Budget Issues
National High Needs Budget for the FY 2014 to 2015 yet to be decidedWorking on the expectation that resources will continue to be tight and increases in some allocations will need to be balanced by reductions in othersIncreases in places how they will be fundedIncreases in top-up funding and central service costs

SEND Reforms in Children & Families Bill
New Education, Health & Care PlansJoint Commissioning & delivery across education, health and social care servicesLAs publishing their Local Offer of services to support SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)New Statutory Duties come into effect from September 2014

Funding Reforms 2014 to 2015
High Needs funding one element of wider reformsSchool funding reforms and threshold of 6,000 delegated to schools and academiesPlace funding representing around 1/3rd of high needs funding outside school budgetsAim to improve implementation for 2014 to 2015