Guidance

Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2024 to 2025

Find out how much local authorities receive for DSG funding in the 2024 to 2025 financial year and how it is calculated.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Published: 19 December 2023
• Last updated: 24 July 2025
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  1. 24 July 2025

     We have added an updated pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 to take into account final pupil numbers from the October 2023 (schools block and high needs basic entitlement ) and combined January 2024 and 2025 (early years block) pupil data collections for DSG.

  2. 31 March 2025

     We have added the final update for in-year recoupment and high needs deductions; and updated pupil number tool.

  3. 8 January 2025

     We have added the updated pupil number tool for the 2024 to 2025 dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations as of November 2024.

  4. 20 November 2024

     We have updated the DSG allocations on Manage your education and skills funding (MYESF) to reflect in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.

  5. 21 October 2024

     We have added a spreadsheet showing the 2024 to 2025 DSG uplift for the cost of copyright licences.

  6. 23 September 2024

     We have added a new pupil number tool following the July update to the early years block.

  7. 22 July 2024

     We have updated the 2024 to 2025 dedicated schools grant (DSG) funding allocations to reflect recoupment and high needs deductions and early years block update.

  8. 2 April 2024

     We have added a percentage of allocation column to annex A (DSG payment dates for financial year 2024 to 2025) showing approximate allocation proportions for each payment date.

  9. 25 March 2024

     We have updated the DSG allocations on MYESF to reflect recoupment and high needs deductions for academies as at 1 March 2024. The update also reflects the increase in the number of funded weeks for both the under 2s entitlement and the under 2s early years pupil premium.

  10. 19 December 2023

      First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 October 2025

Find the latest information in the local authorities: pre-16 schools funding collection.

Applies to England

Documents

[WITHDRAWN] DSG: conditions of grant 2024 to 2025

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: technical note 2024 to 2025

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: 2024 to 2025 uplift for the cost of copyright licences

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: growth and falling rolls calculation values 2024 to 2025

ODS, 3.33 MB

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 (July 2025)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 331 KB

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 (updated March 2025)

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 (updated November 2024)

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 (Updated July 2024)

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[WITHDRAWN] DSG: pupil number tool 2024 to 2025 (December 2023)

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Details

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE). You should continue to follow this guidance.

Dedicated school grant (DSG) allocations for the 2024 to 2025 financial year

We’ve published the 2024 to 2025 dedicated schools grant (DSG) funding allocations final update for in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.

About the DSG

Read the DSG conditions of grant to find out more about how the grant should be used.

Read the technical note to understand how we calculate the DSG allocations.

The DSG growth calculations values tables give details of the 2024 to 2025 financial year growth calculation, which forms part of the schools block in the DSG allocations.

The pupil number tool shows how many pupils are allocated to each local authority.

The DSG: 2024 to 2025 uplift for the cost of copyright licences spreadsheet shows how much funding each local authority will receive to compensate them for the additional cost of Performing Right Society (PRS) licences.