Mainstream schools additional grant 2023 to 2024

The guidance is for:

• local authorities

• school leaders

• governing bodies and their representatives

It relates to local authority mainstream schools and academies in England.

Conditions of grant

This guidance sets out the terms and conditions applied to the mainstream schools additional grant (MSAG) allocations and payments to mainstream schools for the financial year beginning April 2023.

Methodology

This guidance will help local authorities and schools understand how the MSAG is calculated for 2023 to 2024 and how this will be paid to maintained schools and academies.

Allocations

WeIn havespring 2023, we published the MSAG school level allocations which showdetailed the total allocation and the first payment amount.

In October 2023, we published the second MSAG school level allocations which details the second payment amount.

Payments

We willmade make a first payment of MSAG to local authorities in April 2023 and to academies in May 2023.

We will make a second payment to local authorities in October 2023 and a second payment to academies in November 2023. WeThese second payments will cover September 2023 to March 2024.

In March 2024, we will make athe furthersecond payment of MSAG allocations for new and growing schools (that is, schools that have opened in Februarythe 2024.past 7 years and are still adding year groups in the 2023 to 2024 academic year).

In recognition of the funding cycle for academies, which follows the academic year (rather than the financial year used for local authority maintained schools), academies will receive an additional allocation of the MSAG to cover April to August 2024.

Further details

You can find out more about the dedicated schools grant (DSG) settlement for 2023 to 2024.