Agenda item

Highlights from Spending Review

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Coral Miller prepared a summary page of headlines on the Comprehensive Spending Review. The paper posed many unanswered questions and demonstrated the complexity and future risks of 2017-18 education funding changes.

 

It was noted that the LA would need to look at the detail to know what the potential impact will be across the LA and for schools.

 

The paper referred to a report from ISOS regarding the possible approach to High Needs funding which can be found here:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-for-young-people-with-special-educational-needs

 

It was noted that, as there was no time for consultation, no changes would be made to the Early Years formula for 2016/17. It was noted that Early Years moves to the Slough Children’s Services Trust in September 2016 and the process will move forward then.  Cambridge Education and the LA are looking at data and aiming to feed into the Early Years Task Group in February 2016.  Maggie Waller is to circulate the Task Group membership lists to all and to invite Nicola Clemo, the Chief Executive of Slough Children’s Services Trust, to be part of the Early Years Task Group.

 

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