Primary and Special School Bursars and Business Managers Conference 2012

Introduction by Penny Gaunt - Deputy Director of Children’s Services

Agenda

• 09:00 – Penny Gaunt, Opening Address

• 09:15 – Key Note Speaker – Andrew Read

• 09:55 – Coffee and market place

• 10:25 – Briefing Sessions 1 & 2

• 11:25 – Jenny Clench, Head of Inclusion Support

• 12:00 – Lunch and market place

Agenda continued…

• 13:30 – Jane Carter, Head of Contracts & Purchasing Unit

• 14:00 – Briefing Sessions – 3 (5 Sessions)

• 14:30 – Glynis Hargreaves, Schools Finance Manager

• 15:00 – Conference Close

The changing landscape and our new relationship• Increased autonomy for schools

• Strategic role for Local Authorities– Local accountability for schools – sufficiency

and quality– Improving outcomes in particular for the most

vulnerable– Securing full participation in high quality

education and training opportunities

Collective Commitments

• Strong, moral imperative to retain universal collective commitments to improving outcomes for Children and Young People across East Sussex

• Collegiate consent-based approach to educational strategies, particularly for the most vulnerable

• Continued emphasis on early intervention and preventative services

• Premium on partnership working • Commitment to economic development

Finance in briefChancellor’s Autumn Statement 2011:• Continued commitment to reducing national structural

deficit.• Public spending target to be maintained.

ESCC context:• 2011/12 - £37m savings required • 2012/13 – additional £51m savings required over 3 years• Children’s Services Department - £8.9m gap • £5m savings have been proposed so far• County Council considering investment plan in February to

help close gap

Finance in brief• School Funding nationally- extra £1.2bn

• £600m to fund schools places

• £600m to support reforms (e.g. Free Schools)

• Funding for individual schools budget shares will be cash flat

• Amount and scope of pupil premium increasing

Services to Schools 2012/13

• Over 60 services now on offer

• Aligning purchasing decisions – Governing Bodies

• Reviewed purchasing system

• New look Czone pages - Learning, Running, Governing

New look Czone pages

Key dates

• 26th January: Service Descriptions launched on Czone

• 1st – 30th April: Purchasing period