School staff instructor (SSI) funding grant: FE colleges conditions of grant 2021 to 2022
Published 20 October 2021
Applies to England
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1. Introduction
The school staff instructor (SSI) funding grant 2021 to 2022 (“grant funding”) will be paid by the Secretary of State for Education (“Secretary of State”) to *colleges, under section 14 of the Education Act 2002. In accordance with section 16 of that Act, the Secretary of State sets the following terms on which financial assistance is given in relation to the grant funding payable for the academic year 2021 to 2022.
The grant funding for the 2021 to 2022 academic year is paid in 2 instalments from the Secretary of State to colleges as follows:
| Financial year | 2021 to 2022 academic year | Payment date |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 to 2022 | September 2021 to March 2022 | 18 November 2021 |
| 2022 to 2023 | April 2022 to August 2022 | 20 May 2022 |
*colleges - sixth form colleges or further education (FE) corporations regulated under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
2. Purpose of the grant funding
The grant funding once allocated to the college must be placed under the control of the college’s Combined Cadet Forces (CCF) SSI. The grant funding meets the commitment made by the Secretary of State to support SSIs and to confirm departmental support for achieving the Government ambition of having 60,000 cadets in school cadet units. The grant funding matches the allowance paid by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to an SSI and equates to an SSI’s additional day’s allowance. The additional day enables an SSI to spend more time on cadet duties, which, in turn will help to sustain the unit and the growth of cadet numbers.
3. Basis of allocation of the grant funding
The grant funding for the academic year 2021 to 2022 is calculated based on the daily allowance rate an SSI receives from the MoD as follows:
51 days (one day per week for 51 weeks) x £74.80 (daily rate) = £3814.80
In the case of a college which has opened or is due to open during the 2021 to 2022 academic year the rate payable will equate to the number of weeks left within the academic year. For example, if there were 30 weeks remaining, the amount payable would be 30 x £74.80.
4. Terms on which the grant funding is allocated to colleges
- The grant funding once allocated to the college’s proprietors must be placed under the control of the SSI of the college’s CCF.
- The grant funding is only payable when a college that has a CCF has an SSI in post. Where an SSI holds this position for two (or more) separate CCFs they will be entitled to the grant funding for each of the CCFs.
- The grant funding is provided on the basis that it must only be used to fund the SSI to spend additional time in the performance of CCF duties and activities applicable to their role. Therefore, supporting the success and sustainment of the CCF and assisting with cadet growth.
5. Variation
The basis for allocation of the grant funding may be varied by the Secretary of State from the terms set out in clause 4 above, if requested by the college or at the discretion of the Secretary of State.
6. Other terms
If a college’s board of management fails to comply with the terms set out in the paragraphs above, including but not limited to the misuse of grant funding, the Secretary of State may require the repayment of the whole or any part of the grant funding paid to the college or the withholding of subsequent instalments of the grant funding.
This will be notified in writing to the college and any such sum that has been notified shall be recovered against 16-19 education funding by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on behalf of the Secretary of State to the college’s proprietor or withheld from subsequent instalments of the grant funding. Any such recoveries will be undertaken in line with the college’s funding agreement.
7. Overpayments
Any overpayment of the grant funding shall be recovered against 16 to 19 education funding by ESFA on behalf of the Secretary of State to the college’s board of management.
8. Further information
The books and other documents and records relating to the recipient’s accounts (for the purposes of this grant “recipient” is the college’s board of management) must be made available for inspection by the Secretary of State and by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
The Comptroller and Auditor General may, under section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983, carry out examinations into the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness with which the recipient has used its resources in discharging its grant-aided activities.
The college’s board of management must provide such further information as may be required by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining whether, or to what extent, it has complied with the terms set out in this document.
Failure to provide this information may result in the Secretary of State requiring repayment of the whole or any part of the grant funding paid to the college proprietor, according to the method outlined in section 6, or the withholding of subsequent instalments of the grant funding.