Green paper implications for funding of children with

Green paper implications for funding of children with sensory impairment Brian Gale Director Policy & Campaigns

Dedicated Schools Grant Centrally Funded Services Individual Schools Budget School School School Other Service School School Sensory Support School Other Service School Other Service

Centrally Funded Services Individual Schools Budget School School School School School Other Service School Sensory Support Other Service School Other Service

Centrally Funded Services Individual Schools Budget School Sensory Support School School Other Service School School School Other Service

LACSEG Section 251 Relevant 1. 2. 1 Provision for pupils with SEN (individually assigned resources) No 1. 2. 2 SEN other Yes 1. 2. 3 Support inclusion No 1. 3. 2 PRU No 1. 3. 3 Education out of school No 1. 3. 5 Under 5 s No

EY 1. 2. 1 1. 2. 2 1. 2. 3 1. 3. 2 1. 3. 5 Primary Secondary Special Post 16

New structure • • • National Funding Formula Low cost SEN (Core offer) High cost SEN (LA commissioning) Integration of post 16 funding Personalised budgets New providers

National Funding Formula The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill

Issues • Low cost / high cost thresholds • How to distribute • Local discretion v national consistency • Incentive to over identify • Resource banding

More Issues • • Personalised budget Funding of support services Regional collaboration Special school academies and free schools / new providers

Yet more issues • Winners, losers and turbulence • Competition – social enterprises

Managing Risk • • • Cost control Careful section 251 preparation Marketing: Benefits and outcomes Statutory necessity Quality standards (accreditation)

• Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity (R I Fitzhenry) • Risks varies inversely with knowledge. Risks comes from not knowing what you are doing (W Buffet) • I don’t think about risk much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go (L Carter)