School staff instructor grant
Updated 12 November 2021
Applies to England
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Purpose
State-funded schools in England with a Combined Cadet Force will receive funding to support their school staff instructor.
This funding aims to:
- help support the sustainment of cadet units in schools
- assist with the growth of cadet numbers
- support the government’s ambition of having 60,000 cadets in school cadet units
The school staff instructor is vital for the sustainment of the school cadet unit. The effectiveness of the school staff instructor is enhanced the more time they can carry out the role in the school.
Who the funding is for
The grant funding is payable to all state-funded schools in England that have a Combined Cadet Force with a school staff instructor in post. This includes:
- schools maintained by the local authority
- academies (including university technical colleges) and free schools
- further education (FE) colleges
What you can spend it on
The grant funding must only be used to fund the school staff instructor to spend additional time in the performance of Combined Cadet Forces duties and activities applicable to the role.
You are accountable for how you use the school staff instructor grant funding. You are expected to spend the grant for the purpose it was provided.
Once allocated to the school, the funding must be placed under the control of the school’s school staff instructor.
Schools and local authorities must follow the terms and conditions in the conditions of grant documents.
How the funding is calculated
The grant funding for the academic year 2021 to 2022 is calculated based on the daily allowance rate a school staff instructor receives from the Ministry of Defence.
51 days (one day per week for 51 weeks) x £74.80 (daily rate) = £3814.80
In the case of a school or 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.
Payment dates
Maintained schools
Maintained schools do not receive funding directly from DfE. We give the funding to your local authority and they pass it on to you.
We give local authorities school staff instructor grant funding for maintained schools in 2 separate payments. They receive:
- 7/12 of your funding allocation on 29 October 2021
- 5/12 of your funding allocation on 29 April 2022
Academies (including UTCs) and free schools
We send academies and free schools their school staff instructor grant funding in 2 separate payments. You receive:
- 7/12 of your funding allocation on 1 November 2021
- 5/12 of your funding allocation on 2 May 2022
FE colleges
We send FE colleges their school staff instructor grant funding in 2 separate payments. You receive:
- 7/12 of your funding allocation on 18 November 2021
- 5/12 of your funding allocation on 20 May 2022