Consultation Documentation - Department of Education, Northern Ireland

Autumn 2004 Common Funding Consultation Documents

This section details the consultation documentation on the Proposed Common Funding Scheme for the Local Management of Schools, which issued to all schools in September 2004.

Also within this section are links to press releases in connection with the Autumn 2004 consultation , and the announcement on the Common Funding Scheme to be applied to the funding for all schools from April 2005, which includes details of the changes made to the proposals following consideration of the responses received to this consultation exercise.

The Proposed Common Funding Scheme, provided to schools for the Autumn 2004 consultation, outlining the proposals at that time, along with related documents, can be accessed using the links below:

Covering Letter to all Schools PDF 26 KB Letter to all schools from the Department of Education outlining the arrangements for the Consultation on the proposed Common Funding Scheme and the factors to be applied from April 2005

Equality Impact Assessment PDF 74 KB Copy of the Equality Impact Assessment undertaken following responses to the original consultation exercise undertaken in 2001 on proposals for a Common Funding Formula

Response Form PDF 50 KB Response form for the Autumn 2004 Consultation on the Proposed Common Funding Scheme

Press Release - 15 February 2005 New Funding Arrangements - anouncement by the Minister Barry Gardner on the introduction of Common Funding for all schools in Northern Ireland from April 2005.

Changes made to the proposals following the Autumn 2004 Consultation with Schools WORD 31 KB Details of the changes to the proposals, arising from the Consultation with schools, and incorporated into the Common Funding Scheme applied from April 2005.

Changes made to the proposals following the Autumn 2004 Consultation with Schools PDF 22.3 KB Details of the changes to the proposals, arising from the Consultation with schools, and incorporated into the Common Funding Scheme applied from April 2005.