CFF - Transitional Support Arrangements
Calculation of Each School's Share of the Fund.
Transitional support arrangements have been designed to help all schools manage any budget increases or reductions, solely as a result of introduction of the Common Funding Formula (CFF).
In determining the funding changes arising from the introduction of Common Funding, an assessment was made by comparing the total funding allocated to each school in 2004/05 by each Funding Authority under its funding arrangements, against what would have been allocated using the Common Funding Formula, had it applied in that year.
The assessment applies to the overall formula funding allocated, not to specific factors within the formula.The information used to fund each school, and the total funding distributed, under both sets of formulae is the same. This shows the changes arising out of the move from seven separate funding formulae to the single Common Funding Formula, and the total level of funding movement - from schools with relative reductions to schools with relative gains - constitutes the 'Transition Fund'.
Transitional funding aims to smooth the budgetary changes at individual school level, as a result of moving all schools from their historic delegated funding under their old schemes, onto a consistent and equitable system applied to all schools irrespective of their location. The total amount required for the Transition Fund is deducted from the total available for distribution to all schools, before the formula is run. All eligible schools then receive their relative share from the transitional funding pot.
Each school’s share is set as a percentage of the Transition Fund and this remains constant throughout the transition period. Under the current arrangements, the transitional arrangements will apply in 2005/06 and 2006/07, with all schools' budgets fully determined by the Common Funding Formula in the 2007/08 financial year, when the transition period ends. At that time, all schools will be fully funded under Common Funding distributions, which will no longer have funding set aside for the Transition Fund before the formula is run.
The following tables show the comparative levels of funding for each school and the (rounded for illustration only) percentages that are applied during the period of Transition as set out in the Common Funding Scheme.
These tables are contained in the Excel Documents below:
Belfast Education and Library Board schools Transition Excel 45 KB
North Eastern Education and Library Board schools Transition Excel 68 KB
South Eastern Education and Library Board schools Transition Excel 57 KB
Southern Education and Library Board schools Transition Excel 72 KB
Western Education and Library Board schools Transition Excel 62 KB
Voluntary Grammar schools Transition Excel 28 KB
