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