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Funding based on Free School Meals Jonathan Burberry Principal Accountant www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

1) Deprivation funding in school budget shares • Compulsory to have deprivation factor in budget shares, but local authority sets funding rate and has some choice over deprivation indicator used • Herts uses FSMs as main deprivation indicator • Local authority can vary funding rate to respond to changes in overall level of FSM entitlement • Relates to primary and secondary schools and academies www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Hertfordshire Budget Shares Deprivation element based on FSMs • Based on number of pupils entitled to FSMs as at October census. i.e. 2018-19 budget shares based on October 2017 data • Funded, like the rest of budget shares, from Dedicated Schools Grant www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Deprivation funding based on FSMs in Hertfordshire school budget shares 2018-19 Primary Secondary Total Allocation per pupil £3,203 £2,670 entitled to FSMs No of pupils entitled to 8,391 4,799 13,190 FSMs Total funding £26.9 million £12.8 million £39.7 million Based on number of pupils entitled to FSMs as at October 2017 census www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Deprivation funding based on FSMs in Hertfordshire school budget shares 2017-18 Primary Secondary Total Allocation per pupil £3,052 £2,498 entitled to FSMs No of pupils entitled to 8,655 4,993 13,648 FSMs Total funding £26.4 million £12.5 million £38.9 million Based on number of pupils entitled to FSMs as at October 2016 census www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

2) Pupil Premium – Deprivation element • Pupil Premium is a separate grant • Allocations are determined by the DfE who set the funding rate and determine the indicator to be used. • Based on “Ever 6” FSM numbers i.e. number of pupils on January census who are known to have been eligible for FSMs during the previous 6 years. www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Pupil Premium – Deprivation element • Schools need to show how they have used pupil premium to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap with their peers • Relates to primary schools, secondary schools and academies but also special schools and alternative provision www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Pupil Premium – Deprivation element 2018-19 Hertfordshire allocation Primary Secondary Total Allocation per Ever 6 £1,320 £935 FSM pupil No of Ever 6 15,551 12,433 27,984 FSM pupils Total funding £20.5 million £11.6 million £32.1 million Based on “Ever 6” FSM pupils as at January 2018 census www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Pupil Premium – Deprivation element 2017-18 Hertfordshire allocation Primary Secondary Total Allocation per Ever 6 £1,320 £935 FSM pupil No of Ever 6 15,973 12,503 28,476 FSM pupils Total funding £21.1 million £11.7 million £32.8 million Based on “Ever 6” FSM pupils as at January 2017 census www.hertfordshire.gov.uk