The School and Early Years Finance and Childcare (Provision of Information About Young Children) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024

Lump sums for primary and secondary schools

16.—(1) In determining budget shares for primary and secondary schools (other than special schools, pupil referral units, and nursery schools), a local authority must ascertain and take into account in its formula the following factors.

(2) A single sum for primary schools—

(a) other than middle schools(1), of an equal amount to be given to each school; and

(b) which are middle schools, of an amount to be calculated per school in accordance with the middle school single sum formula.

(3) A single sum for secondary schools—

(a) other than middle schools, of an equal amount to be given to each school; and

(b) which are middle schools, of an amount to be calculated per school in accordance with the middle school single sum formula.

(1)

“Middle school” has the meaning given by section 5(3) of the 1996 Act, by virtue of section 142(8) of the 1998 Act, which provides that (in the absence of a different meaning) the 1998 Act is to be construed as one with the 1996 Act.