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Response by the Cabinet Member: Thank you for your query regarding different elements of the delegated schools funding. We hope that you find the links helpful. Your questions are repeated for ease of reference. 1. What is the average funding per head for primary and secondary schools in Powys? 2024/25 Financial year Delegated School Budgets per pupil, by sector (£) Primary Average: £4,800 Secondary Average: £6,164 2. What are primary and secondary schools' lowest and highest per-head funding figures? 2024/25 Financial year Delegated School Budgets per pupil, by sector (£) Primary Lowest: £3,915 Primary Highest: £17,333 (School closed in August 2024) Primary 2nd highest: £9,500 (School closed in August 2024) Primary 3rd highest: £8000 (Proposal to close in August 2025) Secondary Lowest: £5,083 Secondary Highest: £6,589 3. How much funding is allocated to schools for Additional Learning Needs (ALN)? 2024/25 Financial year budgeted-expenditure-sen-and-aln-april-2024-to-march-2025 (gov.wales) £12.019 million is delegated to schools inclusive of Special schools 4. What is the average ALN funding per school in Powys, along with the lowest and highest figures? Extract from the section 52 budget return for schools - Primary / All age / Secondary Total Notional SEN / ALN budget £4.271 million Number of schools open at 1st April 2024 = 84 Average funding per school £50.8k Lowest £1k Highest £286k 5. Could you provide a brief overview of how ALN funding works, What does it cover and how do schools in Powys access this funding? The notional ALN funding for mainstream schools is distributed to schools based on the number of learners each mainstream school has in each of the new categories of ALN (ULP, School IDP and LA IDP) using a 3-year average. Each category is expressed as a “ULP equivalent”. The following ratios are applied: Category ULP Equivalent Unit rate Universal Learning Provision (ULP) 1x ULP £155 School Individual Development plan (SCH IDP) 14 x ULP £2,170 Local Authority Individual Learning Provision (LA IDP) 50 x ULP £7,750 In addition, the Education service retains a small portion of funds in case of emergencies i.e. additional pupils with ALN Secondary / All age schools receive a lump sum of £129,974 in addition to the formula allocation above for ALNCOs and Pastoral. Primary schools receive an additional £111 per pupil ALNCO funding within the component 1 per pupil element.
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