The Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1996

Alternative method of determination of maintenance grant by reference to historic data for schools which become grant-maintained in the financial year in question.

15.—(1) The funding authority, in the case of a school which becomes a grant-maintained school in the financial year in question, may, subject to paragraph (2), instead of making a determination under regulation 5(1)(b), determine the amount of maintenance grant payable in respect of the school for that year in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) This regulation shall not apply in the case of a school which is situated in the area of a local education authority which, by or in consequence of a structural or a boundary change (or both such changes) within the meaning of section 14 of the Local Government Act 1992, effected by an order made under section 17 of that Act, is not the local education authority which maintained it in the preceding financial year.

(3) In any case to which this regulation applies, the amount of maintenance grant payable in respect of the school for the financial year in question shall be the sum of the amounts determined in accordance with regulations 16(1) and 17.

(4) The funding authority shall consult the local education authority and the governing body of the school before determining the amount of maintenance grant payable in respect of the school for the financial year in question in accordance with this regulation.