Schools and Colleges - Partnership History
The arrangements described below have been replaced. Many of the features of the old arrangements will remain in place going forward. The role of the Chair, the devolving of funding to localities and the local accountability structure have ended. Local co-ordinators and referral systems remain in place.
Where does the money come from?
+A grant of around £3million is shared between four partnerships and two smaller MAT groups based on pupil numbers and fsm as a proxy for deprivation. This money is drawn from the High Needs section of the DSG.
+Additional funding from High Needs allocated for a small number of students as part of an EHCP
+Additional development funding drawn from High Needs
+ Pupil funding directed from schools to their partnerships for students no longer in school
Who is in charge?
Each Partnership has a Chair who is a local Headteacher or senior staff member of a Partnership school. The Chair acts as Head of the Partnership staff. The Chair is chosen by all local heads and is accountable to them.
The Partnerships receive funding from the LA through a commissioning agreement, underpinned by a memo of understanding signed by Heads of all secondary schools and academies in the county.
The Chairs meet together regularly with the LA.
Loss of Sovereignty?
The Legal right of a Headteacher or Principal to permanently exclude a pupil is unaffected by these arrangements.
Our arrangements do mean that a school or academy can get help and support with a student, upto and including a placement in an alternative setting. Permanent Exclusion is not needed as a means to "move a child on"
Local schools work together in a highly effective way to find good solutions.
Value for money?
Each local school attends the local referral panel in each Partnership. Decisions about which students should access the additional resources held by the partnership are therefore taken collectively.
Partnerships have been successful in finding ways to develop provision locally to drive down the cost of educating children out of school.