Resource Allocation

Divisional Responsibilities

School Finance Branch:

• School finance (bids and monitoring)
• Funding of Making a Good Start Initiative
• Common Local Management of Schools (LMS) scheme and fromula
• Recurrent funding of voluntary grammar and grant maintained integrated schools

Allocations, Finance and Governance Unit:

• Appointments, training and support, remuneration and performance assessment of members
• Chief Executive/second tier pay and performance
• General Staffing, pay and workforce issues
• Efficiency delivery plans
• Shared services/collaborative working bids
• Best value policy and implementation
• Procurement (non-capital)
• Human Resources payroll project
• RAP section 2 (performance targets)
• Processing Honours nominations
• Annual reports guidance
• Review of Public Administration workstream on Governance and Accountability
• School funding (LMS)
• Funding authority role for Voluntary Grammar Schools and Grant Maintained Integrated Schools
• School governance (Boards of Governors)
• Allocations and Accountability arrangements for Education and Library Boards (ELBs), CCMS and Staff Commission
• Funding and administration of CCMS
• Reconstitution of ELB Boards and Boards of Governors
• School transport, meals and clothing allowances – for eligible pupils only
• School management and administration
• Managing the approval process of Education and Library Board (ELB) and Staff Commission Resource Allocation Plans
• Accounting treatment issues for ELBs and Staff Commission
• Accountancy support for Schools Finance Branch
• Determining core centre allocations for each ELB
• Annual accounts for ELBs and Staff Commission
• Monitoring and control of ELB/Staff commission recurrent expenditure
• Co-ordination of in-year bids from ELBs
• Maintenance of ELB and Staff Commission Management Statements
• Overseeing implementation of HELM and JACK recommendations
• Servicing OAST steering group

School Administration Branch:

• Home to school transport
• School meals service
• Boarding and clothing allowances
• Education maintenance Allowance
• Primary and secondary standing conferences
• Children (Public Performances) Regulations
• General administration and school management issues
• Schemes of management
• Appointments to Boards of Governors
• School security
• Registration of Independent Schools
• Interface Schools Support Programme
• Review of school governance