Agenda item

Action

Ian Pearson presented the report on the high needs funding arrangements for mainstream schools.

The proposal includes streamlining the number of SEN bands to 4 from 7 by removing the least well used bands and to stop expressing a statement in terms of the number of hours of support but in terms of the monetary value.  Statements / Education Health Care Plans (ECHP) will cease to be expressed in terms of hours from September 2014. The change over to the new funding bands will be phased in as the statements are converted to ECHP at the pupil’s annual review.

DECISION: The Schools Forum agreed the changes to the funding arrangements for pupils with statements / ECHP from September 2014.