Guidance
Mainstream free school revenue funding
How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for mainstream free schools in the 20242025 to 20252026 academic year.
- From:
- Department for Education
- Published
- 29 November 2013
- Last updated
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Applies to England
Documents
Details
This guide explains how much revenue funding mainstream free schools will receive.
There is also a financial template to help budget planning for:
- groups proposing to open a mainstream or 16 to 19 free school
- open mainstream and 16 to 19 free schools
- groups proposing to open a mainstream (local authority presumption) school
It gives you an indicative funding allocation based on the size, phase and location of your school.
Details
This guide explains how much revenue funding mainstream free schools will receive.
There is also a financial template to help budget planning for:
- groups proposing to open a mainstream or 16 to 19 free school
- open mainstream and 16 to 19 free schools
- groups proposing to open a mainstream (local authority presumption) school
It gives you an indicative funding allocation based on the size, phase and location of your school.
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Update history
2025-10-08 11:30
Updated for 2025 to 2026.
2024-11-18 12:51
Updated for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.
2023-06-15 15:47
Added ‘A guide to new mainstream free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024’.
2022-06-16 11:20
Updated guidance for 2022 to 2023 academic year and removed link to financial template.