Report to:	East Sussex SACRE Agreed Syllabus Conference
Date of meeting:	21 September 2021
By:	Carrie Beech - East Sussex Adviser to SACRE
Title:	SACRE Budget Plan 2021-22
Purpose:	To advise the Agreed Syllabus Conference of the SACRE budget 2021-22

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RECOMMENDATION:

The Agreed Syllabus Conference is asked to note the budget allocation for the support of the launch and associated costs of producing the new Agreed Syllabus

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1.         Background

1.1       The annual budget allocation for SACRE in recent years has usually been between £7000 to £10,000.  This year and next financial year the allocation is agreed to be £15,000 to reflect that over the next year there is funding and work required to support the revision of the Local Agreed Syllabus.

Outline budget plan for 2021:

Area of work	Budget allocation
Specialist Advise to SACRE 6 days	£3,200
SLE support for engaging primary schools and primary networks 5 days	£1,750 (+ £350 held in St Marks TSA)
CPD mainly online plus launch events for new Agreed Syllabus to be held in person if possible – to be confirmed once plans finalised	£3000 (this will only cover part of the costs rest to be met through re-charging schools)
License fees for new Agreed Syllabus – to be finalised once provider agreed	£6,620 (50% of the total cost remainder to be paid from 2022-23 budget allocation)
NASACRE subscription fee, annual conference, on-line training fees	£105 subscription £60 conference £50 on-line training sessions
Total	£14,785

2.         Other funding allocated:

· £2000 remaining from last year’s budget held by St Mark’s Teaching School

· £450 for CPD to be paid in June 2021 for primary training – already held in St Marks Teaching School

· Subsidy for Understanding Christianity training for non-denominational schools to be subsidised by £1000 from the TSA funds

· One day SLE time to be paid from TSA funds £350

· Total to be paid for from St Marks Teaching School funds = £1800 leaving £200 to be allocated

3.         Other contributions from SLES

· Support for Secondary networks from Secondary Board

· Support for SLES representation on SACRE and support for Schools Working Group and raising profile and quality of RE Teaching

· Primary and Secondary Boards and Teaching Schools - allocation for SLEs (Specialist Leaders in Education) for school-to-school support

Contact
Carrie Beech, Adviser to East Sussex SACRE

Email: beech.education@gmail.com