The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2021

15.—(1) Where sub-paragraph (2) applies in respect of secondary schools, primary schools which are middle schools and primary schools which are all-through schools, an amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) to (5).

(2) This sub-paragraph applies where—

(a) in respect of those pupils for which the school is their home school, the mean of the distances between each pupil’s home and his or her second closest school is more than or equal to a distance determined by the local authority of at least—

(i) two miles in respect of middle schools,

(ii) two miles in respect of all-through schools, and

(iii) three miles in respect of secondary schools other than middle schools or all-through schools; and

(b) the average size of a year group at the school (derived by dividing the number of pupils by the number of year groups) is less than a number determined by the local authority, which must be no more than—

(i) 69.2 in respect of middle schools,

(ii) 62.5 in respect of all-through schools, and

(iii) 120 in respect of secondary schools other than middle schools or all-through schools,

and the same number must be applied to all the schools of each type listed in this sub-paragraph.

(3) The amount is calculated in accordance with one of the following methods—

(a) a sum of A, with each school being allocated the same sum;

(b) a sum of the amount A x (1-B/C); or

(c) a sum determined as follows—

(i) if B is less than 0.5 x C, the sum of A; and

(ii) if B is equal to or more than 0.5 x C, a sum of the amount A x (1-((B – (0.5 x C)) / (0.5 x C))).

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph—

• A is a sum of up to £100,000, and the same sum must be used in the calculation for each school;

• B is the average size of a year group at the school (derived by dividing the number of pupils by the number of year groups); and

• C is the number determined by the authority in sub-paragraph (2)(b).

(5) The authority must use the same method of calculating the amount under sub-paragraph (3) in respect of all schools to which sub-paragraph (2) applies.