16-19 Funding Formula Changes
What it means for Schools and
Academies
Mark Browne
Raising Participation Partnership
• “To protect institutions while discussions about
academic qualifications are ongoing, I can
guarantee that no institution will see its funding
per student fall as a result of these changes for
at least three years”.
Why change?
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Comprehensive Spending Review (October 2010)
Wolf Review (September 2010 and March 2011)
Importance of Teaching (November 2010)
Wolf Response (May 2011)
16-19 Funding Consultation (July October 2011)
16-19 Study Programmes (October 2011)
16-19 Funding formula review (July 2012)
• Because you asked for it!
Raising of the Participation Age
• What it is
• Young people in England are expected to continue
in education or training until the end of the academic
year in which they turn 17 from 2013 and until their
18th birthday from 2015
• What it is not
• Raising of the school leaving age
What is participation?
• Full-time Education:
– School Sixth Form
– Further Education College
– Sixth Form College
– Independent Private Provider
• An Apprenticeship
• Part-time learning if employed, self employed or
volunteering for more than 20 hours per week
What were they after
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Per Learner Funded (remove incentives)
Non ring-fenced (autonomy and accountability)
Supports RPA (affordable)
Closes the Gap (x2)
Inputs not outputs (fair)
No hidden extras (transparent)
Aligned (where practical) with pre-16 (targeted)
As few variables as possible (simple)
Avoids destabilisation (helpful)
The Consultation
The (non) Consultation
What is changing
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Goodbye SLNs
Sayonara Provider Factor
Au revoir Programme Weighting
Adios Area Cost
Arrivederci ALS
Farvel Success Factor
• Da veezhdanye Disadvantage Funding
• Da svedanya Short Course Modifier
• La revedere Residential Care Standards
2008 Simplified Formula
SLN (Standard Learner Number)
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SLN was the currency/value
1 SLN = 450 Guided Learning Hours (glh)
1 AS Level = 150 glh or 0.33 SLN
1 GCSE = 100 glh or 0.22 SLN
Enrichment = 30 glh or 0.066 SLN
Funding per SLN (2012/13) £2,920
SLN cap of 1.56 SLN or 702 glh
National average SLN is 580 glh per learner
1.29 SLN per learner
£3,767 per learner
Provider Factor
• Recognises differences between providers
• Incentivises improvements
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Disadvantage Uplift (Index Multiple Deprivation) +
Programme Weighting +
Area Cost +
Success Factor £3,767 x 1.111 = £4,185 per learner
Area Cost Weightings
Programme Weightings
Additional Learning Support
Success Factor
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Learner 1 A* A2 maths
Learner 2 A A2 physics
Learner 3 B A2 politics
Learner 4 withdraws
Success Factor 0.875
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Learner 1 D A2 media studies
Learner 2 E A2 sociology
Learner 3 D A2 drama
Learner 4 withdraws
Success Factor 0.875
Transitional Protection (TP)
The Simplified Model
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Formula Changes (proposed)
1. Disadvantage funding
2. Participation funding
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Part Time
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Weightings
3. Success rates
4. Further simplification
5. Implementation
Disadvantage Funding
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Single disadvantage fund for low level ALS
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Where costs are below £6,000
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Made up from two blocks
1. Economic deprivation
2. Prior attainment of GCSE English and maths
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Where costs are above £6,000, provider would
apply to the local authority to access the High Needs
block (or top up fund)
Participation Funding
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Basic funding rate per learner, per year (600 glh)
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1 full time rate and 4 part time rates
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Pressure from on high likely to introduce higher rate
(full time + - will bring national funding rate down)
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Rate likely to be set in December
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Work with £3,900
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Aligned with principles of the Study Programme
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Wine glass approach - fill it or don’t!
Retention Factor
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A* A2 maths
B A2 physics
U A2 sociology
Withdraws from A2 politics
Success Factor 0.75
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A* A2 maths
B A2 physics
U A2 sociology
Withdraws from A2 politics
Retention Factor 1.0
Retention Factor
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Negative factor
Young person completing their ‘learning’
No penalty for failure
Take principal learning aim
Half way between actual and 100%
Simplistic
Change to the census may be needed
Likely to bring the national funding rate down
Programme Weightings
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No more than 5. Likely to be 3
Academic weightings merged (therefore disappear)
Push national funding rate up
Weighting for vocational programmes only
Low, medium and high
Area Cost Weightings
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No change for Berkshire
Will apply to everything (at formula end)
12% increase on Disadvantage funding
Formula Protection Funding
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Transitional Protection remains
2012/13 funding per learner £5,000
– Of which £400 transitional protection
– Base funding of £4,600
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2013/14 rate is (example) £4,368
Formula protection funding £232
Transitional protection funding £250
Total funding per learner £4,850
Formula Protection Funding
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2012/13 funding per learner £4,000
– Of which £400 transitional protection
– Base funding of £3,600
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2013/14 rate is (example) £4,368
Formula protection funding £768
Transitional protection funding £300
Total funding per learner £5,436
GCSE condition
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English and maths GCSE will need to be offered to
those who have not achieved Grade C or above
Funding removed if this isn’t done
Earliest it will happen is 2016/17
Will require census change
Study Programmes
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All 16-19 year olds have a programme of study
which is:
– Coherent
– Well though out
– Breadth and depth
– Does not limit future options
Contact time, a qualification of substantial size and
value, provision for GCSE English and maths and
workplace experience to aid vocational progression
(and more…….)
Old Curriculum
New Curriculum
Progression
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Destination measures (60% progression to HE)
Will it decrease?
– Fees increase
– Young people more aware how tough it is
– Parents more aware of alternatives
– Apprenticeship demand
How can the Sixth Form better prepare young
people for that next step, especially those not
going on to HE?
Is there a financial incentive as well as an
educational one?
Consider….
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Think 16-19 – Year 14
Sandwich courses
Year 12 and 13 Work Experience
– In year
– After year 13
Apprenticeship access course
Preparation for work programme
Internships (around specialist status)
Volunteering programme
Example
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Start Date 05/09/2013
– AS physics, maths and English
– A2 physics, maths and English
– Independent Living Skills, Preparation for Life
and Work (ZILSK14E) (or 60066489)
End date 21/06/2016
Think totality of programme
Three years funding?
– from £9,700 to £14,550
Vocationally strengthen
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Young people aren't work ready when leaving
education………….
……………………..and its your fault
Young people value work experience (at the right
time and where relevant)
Is Year 10 and 11 the right time?
Employers prepared to offer experience
Removal of KS4 entitlement (and funding)
Post-16 is funded!
Role of Education Business Partnerships
Branded programme
Next steps
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2012/13 shadow allocation (18 October)
2013/14 national funding rate set in December
2013/14 allocation in March 2013
Autumn census return October 2013
– All those in learning between 1 August 2013
and on or around 6 October
Get numbers up for 2014/15
For when transitional protection ends in 2015/16
Lets not forget A level reform 2014 - 2018
Starter for 10
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Isn’t this fraudulent?
If a learner completes their AS are you sure it isn't
fraudulent to record their status as ‘study
continuing’ beyond their completion date?
How does the census return tie in with awarding
bodies?
Does this mean we cannot ‘cash in’ qualifications?
What will Ofsted think?
Will it affect the QSR?
Will the six week rule still apply?
Questions and (hopefully) answers