Local authority schools funding

Schools block funding, dedicated schools grant, education services grant, authority proforma tool, fund allocation and spending.

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Guidance and regulation

• National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant and early years National Insurance contributions (EY NICs) grant for 2025 to 2026
  • Guidance
  • 18 March 2025
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Core schools budget grant (CSBG) 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 22 April 2025
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Teachers’ pension employer contribution grant 2024 for schools, high needs settings and local authorities: 2024 to 2025
  • Guidance
  • 22 April 2025
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2025 to 2026
  • Guidance
  • 31 March 2025
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Basic need allocations
  • Guidance
  • 27 March 2025
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Package to level up opportunities for the most disadvantaged pupils
  • 28 March 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Investment to shield schools from high energy bills and boost to budgets
  • 6 December 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Thousands more school and sixth form places to be created
  • 10 June 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• School revenue funding settlement for 2017 to 2018
  • 20 December 2016
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
  • Written statement
• Schools revenue funding settlement for 2016 to 2017
  • 17 December 2015
  • Department for Education and Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
  • Written statement

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Research and statistics

• LA and school expenditure: 2016 to 2017 financial year
  • 24 October 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• Planned LA and school expenditure: 2018 to 2019 financial year
  • 27 September 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• Planned LA and school expenditure: 2017 to 2018 financial year
  • 21 September 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• LA and school expenditure: 2015 to 2016 financial year
  • 10 May 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics
• Planned LA and school expenditure: 2016 to 2017 financial year
  • 29 September 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Reforming how local authority school improvement functions are funded
  • 11 January 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 26 November 2021
• School loan schemes: implementation of changes
  • 22 March 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 13 December 2017
• Recouping local authority funding for free schools
  • 15 December 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 21 September 2016
• National funding formula for schools and high needs
  • 13 October 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Education Investment Areas: selection methodology
  • 11 April 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Schools block funding formulae 2019 to 2020
  • 28 June 2019
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government