Consultation outcome

Recouping local authority funding for free schools

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 21 July 2016
• Last updated: 15 December 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Recouping local authority funding for free schools: government response

Ref: DFE-00336-2016 PDF, 219 KB, 11 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We’d like your views on plans to change local authority recoupment arrangements for mainstream free schools.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
1pm on 21 July 2016 to 11:45pm on 21 September 2016

Consultation description

We’re consulting on a proposal to make mainstream free schools ‘recoupable’ from the first year they open.

Local authorities receive funding from DfE based on the total number of pupils in the area. Recoupment is where DfE takes back funding for pupils in academies and free schools, as DfE funds these schools directly.

Published 21 July 2016
Last updated 15 December 2016 + show all updates

1. 15 December 2016

   Added government response.

2. 21 July 2016

   First published.