The School Finance (England) Regulations 2012

Redetermination of schools budgets and individual schools budgets

12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a local authority may redetermine their schools budget and individual schools budget at any time before or during the funding period.

(2) In making any redetermination under paragraph (1), a local authority—

(a) may only reduce the amount of their schools budget where they receive an amount of Dedicated Schools Grant which is lower than the amount on which they based their determination under regulation 7;

(b) must not reduce their individual schools budget by making further deductions of central expenditure from their schools budget unless they obtain authorisation to do so from their schools forum under regulation 13(1)(b) or the Secretary of State under regulation 13(3);

(c) must comply with the limits referred to in paragraph 36 of Schedule 2 and imposed by regulation 7(2) unless they obtain authorisation to vary those limits from their schools forum under regulation 13(1)(c) or the Secretary of State under regulation 13(3).

(3) Before the beginning of the funding period, a local authority must advise schools of any circumstances they are aware of which make it likely that a redetermination will be made in respect of the funding period, and the nature of any redetermination likely to be made in particular circumstances.

(4) Where a local authority makes a redetermination under paragraph (1), they must give notice of that redetermination to the governing bodies of the schools maintained by them within 28 days of making the redetermination.