Pre-16 schools funding: local authority guidance for 2024 to 2025

Schools revenue funding operational guide: 2024 to 2025

Local authorities and schools forums should use this guidance to plan the local implementation of the funding system for the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

Growth and falling rolls fund guidance: 2024 to 2025

Local authorities should use this guidance when setting up funds for growth or falling rolls. The guidance includes examples of approved criteria.

The notional SEN budget: operational guidance

This guidance has been written to help local authorities comply with the notional SEN budget requirement. Local authorities are required to identify a notional amount to guide mainstream schools in their spending to meet the costs of additional support for the school’s pupils with special educational needs.

Disapplication proforma: 2024 to 2025

There is now one proforma for all disapplication requests, it’s important that local authorities use the correct tab within the proforma.

The department will move to a digital form for disapplication requests during autumn 2023. All safety valve local authorities will be contacted individually with details about how they should submit disapplication requests for 2024 to 2025.

We have also included further details on the requirement of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).

Please refer to the movement between blocks section for further information on block transfer requests, including details of the supporting evidence we would expect to be submitted alongside a completed proforma.

Allowable factor value ranges: 2024 to 2025

We have published a spreadsheet which shows the allowable factor value ranges for each local authority in 2024 to 2025.

Further information

Read the high needs funding 2024 to 2025: operational guide for information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2024 to 2025 financial and academic year.

You can read the national funding formula for schools and high needs for further details of the NFF funding system for 2024 to 2025.

View the provisional national funding formula allocation tables for schools, high needs and central school services blocks for 2024 to 2025.

Read the schools operational guide: 2023 to 2024 for information about planning the local implementation of the funding system for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.