Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2022 to 2023

Allocations

We have published the 2022 to 2023 dedicated schools grant (DSG) funding allocations for local authorities, which show how much funding each local authority will receive, and how that funding has been calculated.

We have also published additional high needs funding and indicative allocations, at local authority level, of the schools supplementary grant, and have now added the 2022 to 2023 pupil number tool which will enable you to see how many pupils are allocated to each local authority.

The 2022 to 2023 schools and high needs additional allocations above show the 2022 to 2023 DSG allocations of the schools block and high needs block, additional funding for the high needs block, and indicative allocations of the schools supplementary grant.

We’ll publish finalised schools supplementary grant allocations, at school level, in spring 2022. In the interim, schools, academies and local authorities can use the calculator tool to get an estimate of individual school level allocations for this grant. We’ve published the calculator to help schools’ budget planning, before the funding allocations are confirmed.

You can read the published methodology for the schools supplementary grant.

About the calculation of DSG

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

The DSG growth calculations values tables give details of the 2022 to 2023 financial year growth calculation, which forms part of the schools block in the DSG allocations.

Additional high needs allocations

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This extra funding recognises the additional costs that local authorities and schools will face in the coming year, which were not foreseen when the original high needs block allocations were calculated, including the Health and Social Care Levy, that will be applied initially through increased national insurance contributions from employers.

The additional funding also takes into account that colleges and other providers offering extra hours of study to students with high needs may require extra high needs top-up funding to support those students.

Further information

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