Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2026 to 2027

Dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocations for the 2026 to 2027 financial year

The We’ve made the March update to the 2026 to 2027 DSG allocations coverfunding schoolsallocations block,to reflect:

• in-year recoupment
• high needs block,deductions

These centralcan schoolbe servicesfound block,in the Manage your education and earlyskills yearsfunding block funding.service (MYESF).

About the DSG

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

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

Additional high needs tables explain the detail behind the high needs block calculations.

The DSG growth and falling rolls tables give details of the 2026 to 2027 financial year growth and falling rolls calculation, which forms part of the schools block in the DSG allocations.

The pupil number tool shows how many pupils are allocated to each local authority.