Purpose

To request approval to consult early
years’ providers, mainstream schools and academies and
special schools and academies within North Yorkshire on early
years’, mainstream school and special school funding
proposals for the 2025/26 financial year.

Decision

That the following consultations to be
undertaken:

a. With mainstream schools and academies within North Yorkshire;
subject to the receipt of the 2025/26 funding information from the
DfE and based on previous years, the expected consultation content
is:

• The level of the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for
2025/26
• The methodology to be used in the event of any surplus or
shortfall in funding on the Schools Block DSG after the calculation
of school funding formula allocations using the NFF values, as
determined by the DfE.
• The calculation of the notional SEN budget, based on the
latest analysis of the numbers of pupils with SEND in mainstream
schools and academies.
• Any request by the local authority to transfer funding from
the Schools Block DSG to the High Needs Block budget for the
2025/26 financial year

b. With special schools and academies within North Yorkshire;
subject to the receipt of the 2025/26 funding information from the
DfE and based on previous years, the expected consultation content
is:

• The level of the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for
2025/26, in the event of the funding level increase not being
prescribed by the DfE.

c. With early years providers within North Yorkshire; subject to
the receipt of the 2025/26 funding information from the DfE and
based on previous years, the expected consultation content
is:

• The early years provider base funding rates for 3 and
4-year-olds (universal and extended entitlement), 2-year-olds
(disadvantaged and working parents) and 9-month-olds of working
parents for 2025/26
• The value of the early years Special Educational Needs
Inclusion Fund (SENIF) for 2025/26

Any other funding consultation deemed to be required as a result of
the implementation of the expansion of early years funded
provision