21.6.21 Education Banding Tool Steering Group Meeting
The following items were discussed at the meeting on 21st June 2021. A copy of the full notes can be downloaded here.
Items discussed:
- Welcome & Apologies
- Agree notes of previous meeting and review outstanding actions
- Project Lead update
- Project Progress and Next Steps
- Data Collection Report and Overview of Configuration Report
- Minimum Funding Guarantee
- Key Decisions
- Project risks & issues
- Items for next Agenda & Any Other Business
Actions
- Discuss Further Education addition to Communications & Engagement Strategy.
- Require date of SENDIASS Advisory Group (Staffordshire Parent/Carer Forum attend), for inclusion in the Communication & Engagement Strategy.
- Advise Lesley Calverley if she needs to attend the SENDIASS Advisory Group meeting to provide an overview and update on the implementation of the Education Banding Tool.
- Discuss the Medicines in Schools Group further, so that any additional information can be included in the slides to support conversations with Health.
- Obtain notes from meeting with NHS England.
- Discuss the issue of hours and what will be written in the Education Health and Care Plan when the Education Banding Tool is implemented.
- Investigate whether school has any data from other Health Authorities that can be shared.
Meeting presentation slides
The presentation covered the following. A copy of the slides can be downloaded here.
- Project Lead Update
- Project Progress and Next Steps
- High Level Implementation Plan
- Project Progress
- Next Steps
- Benefits Realisation Plan
- Communication and Engagement Strategy
- Imosphere Data Collection Report
- Purpose of Data Collection Analysis Report
- Overview
- Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Mean Top Up Funding per Mid Band
- Recommendations/Areas of Review
- Special School/College Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Mainstream School/College Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Key Stage 3 Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Key Stage 4 Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Further Education College Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- Further Education Foundation Mean Top Up Funding per Band
- General Recommendations/Considerations
- Overview of Next Steps
- Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG)
- Special School Funding
- The Lump Sum Allowance
- The MFG ... and funding overall
- Project Risks and Issues
- Quote from Education Provider