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WQ.480/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
BY DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 6TH DECEMBER 2021
Question
In relation to the determination of the formulae for school funding, will the Minister provide the following –
- the date the process was started;
- the date the consultation ended;
- which stakeholders were consulted and the dates of any meetings held with them;
- the date the first draft of the report was completed;
- the date the final draft of the report was completed; and
- the date the report was passed to him as a Minister?
Answer
- the date the process was started; The initiation meeting to start the project to review the funding formula was on 29th April 2021.
- the date the consultation ended;
This work is being developed iteratively as a project and is not a consultation. The work to determine how the evolving formula influences the budget for 2022 will be complete by the end of December 2021.
- which stakeholders were consulted and the dates of any meetings held with them;
As part of the project, stakeholders were split into three working groups: Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Inclusion. In the third quarter the Inclusion content was merged into the Primary and Secondary groups.
Members of the Secondary Group are:
• 2 Secondary School Heads,
• 1 Bursar from a Fee-Paying School
• A representative from the School Improvement & Advisory Service
• Project Manager (to ensure what is discussed aligns with other Education Reform Programme projects)
• Workshop dates: 12/5, 7/6, 13/7, 18/11 Members of the Primary Group are:
• 2 Primary Heads (1 town school, 1 Parish school)
• 1 Bursar from a Fee-Paying School
• Project Manager (to ensure what is discussed aligns with other Education Reform Programme projects)
• Workshop dates: 14/5, 10/6, 23/6, 12/11
Members of the Inclusion Group are:
• 1 Primary Head
• 1 Secondary Head
• Head of Inclusion
• Head of SEN
• A representative from the School Improvement & Advisory Service
• Workshop dates: 11/5, 11/6, 25/6, 12/7, 26/7
Additionally, feedback continues to be garnered through a Quality Assuance process from nasen (authors of the Inclusion Review) and the Public Sector Consultancy (formerly 2020, authors of the Independent School Funding Review).
- the date the first draft of the report was completed; and
- the date the final draft of the report was completed; and
- the date the report was passed to him as a Minister?
The project output will be in the form of a proposed budget and is being developed in an iterative process. The first presentation to the Minister will be the proposed 2022 budget in December 2021.