8.7.21 Education Banding Tool Implementation Reference Group Meeting
The following items were discussed at the meeting on 8th July 2021. A copy of the full notes can be downloaded here.
Items discussed:
- Welcome & Apologies
- Agree notes and actions of previous meeting
- Workshop
- Items for future agenda
- Questions & feedback from members & Any Other Business
- Future meetings
Actions
- Support upskilling of Keyworkers on Further Education provision.
- Confirm percentage profiles for matrix 3, and clarify whether this is now the most significant level. Also the primary need recorded for matrix levels 1,2 & 3.
- Issues accessing specialist services to support Annual Reviews to be added to the Risk Log.
- Reconsider Early Years enhancement for special and mainstream, as part of modelling.
- Check if absconding is explicitly mentioned in the FACE Assessment questions.
- Review EN Funding criteria to identify if there are any circumstances where a school could request additional funding/costs associated to a child’s need that are not considered within the FACE assessment questions.
- Communicating Well question and factoring in requirement of a scribe – needs to be more guidance to answer question.
- Diagnosis of Health Needs – top 3 to be selected. Need to understand why and value of this data collection
Meeting presentation slides
The presentation covered the following. A copy of the slides can be downloaded here.
- Which of the High Needs Block funding within your school budget should be allocated by the Banding Tool?
- What are the reasons we would allocate different funding for a pupil with the same level of need ( ie Band Level) in a primary, secondary or Post 16 education establishment?
- We would like to seek your views on the wording contained within the FACE assessment questions
- Are there any circumstances where a school would request additional funding/costs associated to a child’s need that are not considered within the FACE assessment questions?
- Band Level 5 funding level discussion
Future Meetings
- 18 Aug 2021 at 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- 16 Sept 2021 at 3.00pm to 5.00pm
- 17 Nov 2021 at 3.30pm to 5.00pm
- 15 Dec 2021 at 4.00pm to 5.00pm