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Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.
1. Introduction 1.1 Who is this publication for? This guide is for: local…
1. Introduction This technical note describes the methodology for the 3…
1. What are the early years funding rates? The early years funding rates…
1. Introduction Last year, we worked with local authorities to review the…
Guidance on 16 to 19 education and skills funding rules for the current and previous funding years.
Summary These rules and guidance cover the period 1 August 2025 to 31 July…
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025.…
An overview of 16 to 19 education funding and how we calculate.
A guide for schools opening as academies to estimate their revenue funding.
Find out how much local authorities receive for DSG funding in the 2026 to 2027 financial year and how it is calculated.
Rules and guidance for using 16 to 19 formula funding allocated by ESFA.
Information for institutions on the maths and English condition of funding.
Information about how we allocate 16 to 19 funding to institutions.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on the schools budget support grant (SBSG) for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Guidance for schools and local authorities on the National Insurance contributions (NICs) grant for financial year 2025 to 2026.
Information for local authorities and settings about early years funding for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
The funding rates and formula used to calculate the education and skills funding arrangements for 16 to 19 year olds.
Information for academies about their annual revenue funding.
Find out how much local authorities receive for DSG funding in the 2025 to 2026 financial year and how it is calculated.
Tables showing provisional national funding formulae (NFF) allocations for the schools and central school services blocks from 2026 to 2027.
Guidance for local authorities, schools and colleges on the core schools budget grant (CSBG) for 2025 to 2026. CSBG allocations and conditions of grant are also published here.
Local authority guidance for implementing the funding system for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes.
Guidance for public sector early years settings and local authorities on the early years National Insurance contributions and teachers’ pay grant (EY NTPG) for financial year 2025 to 2026.
This guide explains how academies are paid and how to change bank details.
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