The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2018

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

(a) references to the number of pupils—

(i) for the purposes of the previous funding period, exclude those funded by a sixth form grant and those in places which the local authority has reserved for children with special educational needs; and

(ii) for the purposes of the funding period, exclude those funded by a sixth form grant;

(b) the “relevant number” of pupils for the previous funding period is the number of pupils at the school on 6th October 2016;

(c) the “relevant number” of pupils for the funding period is the number of pupils at the school on 5th October 2017;

(d) the “minimum funding number” means a number determined by the authority, between and including 0.985 and 1.005;

(e) the redetermined adjusted budget share for the previous funding period means a number calculated by the authority, which must exclude—

(i) any amount allocated under regulation 14(2) (places reserved for children with special educational needs) of the 2017 Regulations;

(ii) any amount included under regulation 24(1) or (2) (Sixth form funding) of the 2017 Regulations;

(iii) any amount included under regulation 28 (Correction of errors and changes in non-domestic rates) of the 2017 Regulations;

(iv) the difference between (a) any amount allocated to the school under regulation 25(4) or (8) of the 2017 Regulations, and (b) the single sum which the school would have received under paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 3 to the 2017 Regulations if regulation 25(4) or (8) of the 2017 Regulations had not applied;

(v) any amount allocated to the school under Schedule 3 to the 2017 Regulations where such amount has been deducted from the schools budget under Part 5 (Children And Young People With High Needs) of Schedule 2;

(vi) any amount allocated to the school under regulation 10(3) (early years single funding formula) of the 2017 Regulations;

(vii) any amount included in respect of paragraph 11 (rates) of Schedule 3 to the 2017 Regulations;

(viii) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 1 (primary single sum) of Schedule 3 (or, where regulation 25(4) or (8) applies, the amount allocated to the school under that regulation);

(ix) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 2 (secondary single sum) of Schedule 3 (or, where regulation 25(4) or (8) applies, the amount allocated to the school under that regulation);

(x) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 14 (primary sparsity) of Schedule 3; and

(xi) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 15 (secondary sparsity) of Schedule 3;

(f) references to a redetermined adjusted budget share for the funding period include the effect of any alternative arrangements approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 29, but the authority must exclude—

(i) any amount allocated under regulation 14(2) (places reserved for children with special educational needs);

(ii) any amount included under regulation 24 (Sixth form funding);

(iii) any amount included under regulation 28 (Correction of errors and changes in non-domestic rates);

(iv) any amounts allocated under regulation 10(1) (formula for determining budget shares) which would have been within a class or description of the expenditure listed in Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations that the authority deducted in the previous funding period;

(v) any amount allocated to the school under regulation 10(3) (Early years single funding formula);

(vi) any amount included in respect of paragraph 11 (rates) of Schedule 3;

(vii) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 1 (primary single sum) of Schedule 3 (or, where regulation 25(4) or (8) applies, the amount allocated to the school under that regulation);

(viii) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 2 (secondary single sum) of Schedule 3 (or, where regulation 25(4) or (8) applies, the amount allocated to the school under that regulation);

(ix) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 14 (primary sparsity) of Schedule 3; and

(x) any amount allocated to the school under paragraph 15 (secondary sparsity) of Schedule 3;

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a) where a school opened during the previous funding period, its redetermined adjusted budget share for the previous funding period is the amount it would have been if the school had opened on 1st April 2017; and

(b) where a school opens during the funding period, its redetermined adjusted budget share for the funding period is the amount it would have been if the school had opened on 1st April 2018,

in both cases adjusted in accordance with paragraph 1(e) or (f), whichever is applicable.