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The aim of the funding regime is to direct funding on the basis of need and the cost of provision to meet those needs. Schools were expected to fund the first £10,000 of provision from their own resources before additional funding would be received from the local authority. Recent newspaper reports suggest the regime may negatively impact schools where the school has embraced inclusion and have a number of pupils with SEN statements as the £10,000 per pupil expectation would still apply. The consequence is that the general support for other children with needs is reduced as schools struggle to fill the funding gap.
Clearly, this was not the intention of the funding changes and greater clarity is required from the DfE to local authorities and schools on the relationship between the funding streams. Without that clarity, schools may need to make changes to staffing given the reduced funding and pupils will lose out on support. Overall, the Government’s key policy of closing the gap in attainment will also fail if support is not made available to those who need it.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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