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Guidance

Academies and dedicated schools grant: recoupment

Information about how we calculate the adjustment of the dedicated schools grant allocation

From:
EducationDepartment andfor Skills Funding AgencyEducation
Published
28 January 2021
Last updated
2627 February 20252026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Academies and dedicated schools grant 20252026 to 2026:2027: calculation of recoupment

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Academies and dedicated schools grant 20242025 to 2025:2026: calculation of recoupment

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Details

Recoupment is the method we use to adjust a local authority’s dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocation, when maintained schools convert to academy status.

Read the guidance to see how and when we calculate and make the adjustments in each financial year.

Updates to this page

Published 28 January 2021

Last updated 2627 February 20252026 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

    3. We have updated the page to include the academies and dedicated schools grant recoupment guidance for 2025 to 2026; and removed the guidance for 2023 to 2024 which has expired.

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Update history

2026-02-27 12:05
Added ‘Academies and dedicated schools grant recoupment guidance for 2026 to 2027’.

2025-02-26 09:36
We have updated the page to include the academies and dedicated schools grant recoupment guidance for 2025 to 2026; and removed the guidance for 2023 to 2024 which has expired.

2024-02-14 09:43
We have added the Academies and dedicated schools grant calculation of recoupment guidance for 2024 to 2025 and removed the obsolete guidance for 2022 to 2023.

2023-01-24 15:23
We have added the academies and dedicated schools grant recoupment calculation guidance for 2023 to 2024; the now obsolete guidance for 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 have been removed.

2022-04-20 14:39
Added “Academies and dedicated schools grant 2022 to 2023: calculation of recoupment”