Guidance
Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention
High needs reforms and savings targets have been agreed for local authorities with the highest dedicated school grant deficits.
Applies to England
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These agreements with local authorities set out the high needs reforms and savings targets they must follow to eliminate their historic deficits and function sustainably in future.
We have made further agreements with local authorities for 2021 to 2022 and have contacted the local authorities invited to the next round of the programme.
Guidance about the dedicated schools grant conditions for all local authorities is also available.
Published 19 March 2021
Last updated 24 March 2022 + show all updates
Last updated 24 March 2022 + show all updates
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Added safety valve agreements for Dorset, Hillingdon, Kirklees, Merton, Rotherham, Salford, South Gloucestershire, Surrey and York.
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First published.