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High needs reforms and savings targets have been agreed for local authorities with the highest dedicated school grant deficits.
Guidance for local authorities about the 2025 summer and autumn termly data collections for the early years entitlements for eligible working parents of 2-year-olds and under.
Local authority guidance for implementing the funding system for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
Tables showing provisional allocations for the schools, high needs and central school services blocks from 2024 to 2025.
Analysis of local authorities' schools block funding formulae.
A guide to the main academy funding, finance and governance terms and acronyms.
Funding for local authorities to spend on home-to-school travel for children from low-income families from 2021 to 2025.
How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for special free schools in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Funding to support the delivery of English and maths to those students who have not yet attained a grade 9 to 4 GCSE or equivalent in either or both subjects.
How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for mainstream free schools in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Information about how we calculate the adjustment of the dedicated schools grant allocation
Guidance on the DfE funding available to academy trusts for sponsored academy projects.
Local authority guidance for implementing the funding system for the 2024 to 2025 financial year
How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for 16 to 19 free schools in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Funding to support schools facing unexpected or imminent failure to improve in areas such as leadership, governance, safeguarding, human resources and finance.
Guidance for sixth form colleges that are converting to academy status and hold contracts for apprenticeship, advanced learner loan or adult education budget funding.
Tables showing provisional allocations for the schools, high needs and central school services blocks from 2022 to 2023.
Information on how local authorities can manage their high needs systems and associated spending in a sustainable way.
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