Nursery School Governance

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Nursery School Governance

• Arina Hester
• Headteacher, Godolphin Infants
• Christina West
• Senior Accountant,Learning Cultural Services
• Ron Fowler
• Governor Support Officer

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ISB Primary and Secondary
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pupil led factors non-pupil-led
factors AWPU Free school meals ENI Site
specific NWPU Size related Resource
Units Individually protected budgets P
rior year adjustments
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AWPU Age waited pupil unit

• Basic unit of funding
• 7 AWPUs ranging from Nursery to Year 11
• Reflect differing needs at various stages
• 20 elements
• January PLASC numbers and September count used
  for pupil numbers

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AWPU

• Elements cover
• staffing
• capitation
• property maintenance
• utilities
• office expenses
• exams
• delegated services

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ENI Education Needs Index

• Recognises educational need
• Allocation based on results from standardised
  tests
• From 02/03 includes the funding for low
  complexity statements
• 95 safety netting to limit year on year changes
  for primaries

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NWPU Needs Weighted Pupil Unit

• Additional funding for pupils with statements
• To meet additional requirements over and above
  that provided by AWPU
• Pupils need assessed by a panel
• Teaching and support needs are combined and
  converted into a value based on NTA hours

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Resource Units/Special Schools

• Resource Units
• place-led funding makes up majority of budget
• plus pupil-led funding for capitation and
  additional support
• Special Schools
• largely funded on planned place numbers
• fixed element
• pupil-led
• outreach

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Reference

• Fair Funding Formula 2003/04
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• gives formula details
• Fair Funding Scheme for Financing Schools
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• principals of scheme
• Section 52
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• actual figures

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Management Financial Requirements

• Set out in Fair Funding Scheme e.g.
• delegation of powers
• budget plan by 31 May
• provision of financial information
• purchasing, tendering, contracting requirements
• banking arrangements
• balances
• insurance cover

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Why are the changes being made?

• It gives governing bodies more freedom and
  fexibility to decide on their own membership
• Governing bodies are best placed to decide what
  works for them
• It should help governing bodies operate more
  effectively

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When will these changes come into force?

• Maintained Nursery Schools will be required to
  establish a new governing body ready for 1st
  September 2003

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What are the main changes

• New categories are-
• Staff governors
• Parent governors
• Community governors
• LEA
• Associate members

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Staff Governors

• Headteachers,teachers and non teaching staff are
  now included in the same category
• One place must be reserved for the headteacher
  within the staff governor category
• One place must be reserved for a teacher,unless
  no teacher stands for election
• If there are three or more staff governor
  places,then one has to be reserved for a member
  of the support staff
• Staff governors cannot serve out their term of
  office if they no longer work at the school

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Parent Governors

• Disqualified from election or appointment as a
  parent governor if -
• An elected member of the LEA
• Paid to work at the school for 500 hours or more
  in a school year
• Can serve out term of office if their child
  leaves the school during term of office

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Community Governors ( were co - opted governors )

• Appointed by governing body
• Cannot be a community governor if-
• a registered pupil at the school
• Paid to work at the school for 500 hours or more
  in the school year (ie eligible to be staff
  governor)
• Elected member of LEA
• Can serve out term of office if their child
  leaves the school during the term of office

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LEA governors

• Appointed by LEA
• Disqualified from appointment as a LEA governor
  if eligible to be staff governors at the school

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Associate Members

• Can attend full governing body meetings and can
  be appointed to committees
• Are not governors .. Are not recorded on
  instrument of government
• Can be pupils,school staff and people who want to
  contribute specifically on issues related to
  their area of expertise
• It is up to governing body to decide whether or
  not to appoint any associate members

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Main changes to disqualifications

• Governors may serve on more than two governing
  bodies.....if they have the time!
• A governor (or future governor) is disqualified
  if they refuse at anytime a request by the clerk
  to the governing body to make an application for
  a criminal records certificate

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Maintained Nursery Schools

• Four compulsory stakeholder groups
• Parents at least a third
• School staff at least two places,but no more
  than one third,including the headteacher
• The LEA one fifth
• Community governors at least one fifth
• In addition the governing body can appoint one or
  two sponsor governors

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Terms of office

• Term of office for governors is four years
• The governing body can decide to set shorter
  terms for one or more categories of governor.
• A shorter term of office
• Must not be shorter than one year
• Must be recorded on the instrument
• Cannot be varied for individual governors

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Next steps ( 1 )

• Choose a new constitutional model and adopt an
  instrument of government,before end of summer
  term
• Approach existing LEA governors to see if they
  wish to be re-appointed
• Hold elections for staff and parent governors

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Next steps ( 2 )

• Consider who you may wish to have as community
  governors.ready to discuss at your first Autumn
  meeting

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Model Instrument of Government
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Where can I find out more? ( 1 )

• www.governornet.co.uk
• Guidance booklet no. 0329/2003
• from DfES publications 0845 6022260
• Christina West 01753 875740
• Ron Fowler 01753 875798

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Where can I find out more? ( 2 )

• DfES Detailed finance guidance to be issued in
  September 2003
• National conferences to support implementation of
  statutory governance
• Manchester 4th November
• Birmingham 5th November
• London 12th November
• Video to support the National Training Programme
  for New Governors,mid July