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Review: Secondary Education Funding - Children, Education & Home Affairs Panel

Committee/Panel: Children, Education & Home Affairs Panel
Launch Date: 22 June 2023 Close Date: 20 September 2024
Submissions Deadline: 20 September 2024 Ministerial Response Date: 23 January 2025
Review Status: Report published


                                                 

Please find above a video from the Chair of the Panel ancouncing completion of the review and the publishing of the report. 

Please find the link to the Panel's Published Report  (here)

About

The Panel set out to consider the requirements of the secondary edication system in Jersey and assess whether the funding for secondary education is sufficient to meet these requirements, with a particular focus on impact of the new `Jersey Funding Formula for Schools` on the historical deficits recorded in secondary edication.

The Panel has made 29 findings and 24 recomendations at the conclusion of this review

Terms of reference

To assess the funding provided by the Government of Jersey for secondary education and examine how it relates to the requirements and outcomes of the secondary education system.   

To consider the adequacy and practicality of the 'Jersey Funding Formula for Schools' in relation to Jersey's secondary schools.  

To review the control, governance, and efficiency of the budget for secondary school education. 

To consider how the funding of secondary education is impacted by other contextual factors including, but not limited to:

  • Requirements for addressing and improving student wellbeing;
  • Teacher and school staff remuneration, recruitment and retention;
  • Covid-19 Education recovery;
  • The application of the Jersey Premium;
  • The 14+ secondary transfer system;
  • The fee-paying and private providers;
  • Government 'value for money' savings; and
  • Public expectations. 

To compare Jersey's secondary education budget provision and funding formula with other jurisdictions.

To consider how secondary education may need to adapt in future and to establish what work the Government is doing to prepare for change.