Minister for Schools (): Today the Department for
Education has published local authorities’ Dedicated Schools
Grant (DSG) allocations for schools, high needs and early years
revenue funding for 2024-25, as well as confirming schools’ pupil
premium funding rates for 2024-25.
Core schools funding in England will increase by over £1.8
billion in 2024-25 compared to the previous financial year. This
follows the 16% increase (over £7.9 billion) in funding from
2021-22 to 2023-24. School funding will be at its highest ever
level in real terms per pupil by 2024-25, totalling over £59.6
billion.
Together, these publications confirm the funding increases that
each local authority will see next financial year, reflecting the
investment made in our education system in the 2021 Spending
Review and the subsequent additional funding announced in last
year’s Autumn Statement.
Mainstream school funding in the DSG will increase nationally by
2% per pupil in 2024-25, compared to 2023-24. Including the
additional funding for teachers’ pay, overall mainstream schools
funding will increase by 2.6%. This follows the 5.6% year-on-year
per pupil increase we delivered in 2023-24.
The extra funding we announced in July to support mainstream and
special schools with the costs of the 2023 teachers’ pay award
will continue to be provided alongside, and in addition to, the
DSG in 2024-25.
High needs funding will increase to over £10.5 billion in
2024-25, a 4.3% increase compared to this year, and an increase
of over 60% over the past 5 years. Every local authority will
receive an increase in funding of at least 3% per head (of their
population aged 2-18). This will help local authorities and
schools with the costs of supporting children and young people
with complex special educational needs and disabilities.
Pupil premium funding will rise to over £2.9 billion in 2024-25,
an increase of £80 million from 2023-24. This represents a 10%
increase in per pupil rates from 2021-22 to 2024-25.
The indicative allocations for early years revenue funding in
2024-25 total £6.1 billion. These include funding for the
expanded offers for eligible children aged two and under.
The Dedicated Schools Grant allocations will be made available
today at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2024-to-2025
