Freedom of information response
Dedicated Schools Grant and SEND performance indicators
1. Please provide the council’s response to the DLUHC consultation/survey on the removal of the current statutory override on Dedicated School Grant deficits (i.e. removing the ringfence of DSG deficits that means they do not have to be funded from available reserves)
2. What is the current forecast in-year underspend/overspend outturn on the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2022/23 (i.e. the forecast outturn for the end of the financial year, applying only to 2022/23 budgets)?
3. What is the current forecast cumulative position on the Dedicated Schools Grant by the end of 2022/23 (i.e. the forecast cumulative surplus or deficit by the end of the financial year)?
4. What is the forecast level of reserves by the end of 2022/23 for those reserves that have the capacity to be used to cover any Dedicated Schools Grant deficit?
5. Please state if the council’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is covered by a safety valve agreement, a Delivering Best Value arrangement, or any other agreement with the national government
6. Please provide a list of the council’s Key Performance Indicators (or similar targets) in 2022/23 concerning SEND, including the 2021/22 benchmark for those KPIs, any annual or quarterly targets/benchmarks in 2022/23 and the performance against those targets/benchmarks to date
7. Please list the staff roles within the council’s SEND team (those staff employed by the council to manage and deliver SEND eligibility and provision)
8. Is performance against these KPIs (as referred to in question 6) considered in the pay, bonuses or performance management of any SEND staff/management? Please provide details.
- Please provide the council’s response to the DLUHC consultation/survey on the removal of the current statutory override on Dedicated School Grant deficits (i.e. removing the ringfence of DSG deficits that means they do not have to be funded from available reserves)
- Appendix Attached
- What is the current forecast in-year underspend/overspend outturn on the Dedicated Schools Grant for 2022/23 (i.e., the forecast outturn for the end of the financial year, applying only to 2022/23 budgets)?
- The DSG 2022/23 is currently forecasting a breakeven position.
- What is the current forecast cumulative position on the Dedicated Schools Grant by the end of 2022/23 (i.e., the forecast cumulative surplus or deficit by the end of the financial year)?
- The DSG deficit will remain unchanged at £1.705m
- What is the forecast level of reserves by the end of 2022/23 for those reserves that have the capacity to be used to cover any Dedicated Schools Grant deficit?
- No Reserves are available to support DSG deficit
- Please state if the council’s Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is covered by a safety valve agreement, a Delivering Best Value arrangement, or any other agreement with the national government
- Thurrock is part of the Delivering Better Value programme
- Please provide a list of the council’s Key Performance Indicators (or similar targets) in 2022/23 concerning SEND, including the 2021/22 benchmark for those KPIs, any annual or quarterly targets/benchmarks in 2022/23 and the performance against those targets/benchmarks to date
|
Key Performance Indicator |
2021 Outturn (Jan - Dec) |
2022 to date (Jan - Oct) |
Target (2022) |
SN |
East of England |
National |
|
% of new EHC Plans completed within 20 weeks YTD (Jan - December), excluding exceptions |
76% |
54% |
80% |
71% |
65% |
60% |
|
% of SEN Support pupils (Reception to Year 11) |
11% |
12% |
N/A |
11% |
12% |
13% |
|
% of pupils with an EHC Plan in (Reception to Year 11) |
5% |
5% |
N/A |
4% |
4% |
4% |
|
% SEND NEET + Unknown 16-18 year olds (Age at start of academic year) |
6% |
8% |
5% |
7% |
9% |
9% |
- Please list the staff roles within the council’s SEND team (those staff employed by the council to manage and deliver SEND eligibility and provision)
- Is performance against these KPIs (as referred to in question 6) considered in the pay, bonuses or performance management of any SEND staff/management? Please provide details.
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