Schools Funding Formula 2025-26 (WL)

January 8, 2025 Cabinet Member for Children's Services (Cabinet member) Key decision Approved View on council website
Full council record

Purpose

To confirm the school funding formula for the
2025-26 financial year.

Decision

(1) 
To agree to follow the
formula set out in the report, adopting the new methodology of the
National Funding Formula (NFF) and to utilise the factor values provided by the DFE,
providing the resources are available.
 
(2) 
To agree that, should
resources not allow the funding of the formula factors in full,
that a proportionate reduction of all allowable factors is made to
reduce the allocations to fit the resources available.

Supporting Documents

E3585 Schools Funding formula 25-26.pdf
E3585 - Annex 1 2025-26 BNES School Funding Consultation - Aut 2024.pdf
E3585 - Annex 1 Appendix 1 - NFF Consultation - 2025-26 estimate iro 0.5 SEN Transfer.pdf
E3585 Decision - School Funding Formula 2025-26.pdf
E3585 - Annex 3 - Consultation responses.pdf
E3585 - Annex 1 Appendix 2 - NFF Consultation - 2025-26 estimate iro 0.5 SEN Transfer.pdf
E3585 - Annex 2 - Schools forum - Autumn 2024 NFF Consultation Responses Nov 24.pdf

Details

OutcomeApproved
Decision date8 Jan 2025
Subject to call-inYes