- £2.2 billion increase in core funding confirmed for schools
next year
- Funding allocations provide more money for every child in
every classroom across the country
- Second year of three-year £14 billion total funding boost
In another step towards delivering on the government’s pledge to
invest a total of £14 billion over three years, the Department
for Education has today (Thursday 17 December) published school
funding allocations going to every local authority in England.
This is the second of a three-year cumulative £14 billion funding
boost, compared to 2019-20, that gives school budgets their
biggest increase in a decade.
Every pupil in England will benefit from a funding boost. The
allocations to local authorities, based on the most up to date
numbers of pupils in each school, mean that the majority of local
authorities will see increases of more than three per cent in the
funding allocated per pupil.
Delivering on the Prime Minister’s pledge, every school will get
more money for every child – “levelling up” funding and helping
to spread equality of opportunity for all. Every school is set to
receive the new minima of £5,150 per-pupil funding for secondary
schools next year, and £4,000 for primaries, up from the £5,000
and £3,750 which schools are receiving this year in the first
year of the funding settlement.
Funding to cover increases to teacher pay and pensions worth £2
billion will also be included from 2021 rather than paid
separately, reassuring schools that the funding will continue to
be provided in their core budgets.
Extra funding for small and remote schools is increasing by more
than 60 per cent next year through the national funding formula,
reflecting the financial challenges that these schools can face,
and the unique role they play in local communities.
School Standards Minister said:
“Every pupil, no matter what their background, deserves an
excellent education and the chance to fulfil their potential.
“This three-year school boost is part of our commitment to level
up outcomes and opportunities, giving the biggest increases to
schools that have historically received lower levels of funding.
“It builds on the significant support we have introduced to help
the most disadvantaged pupils, including our £1 billion Covid
catch up fund to tackle the impact of lost teaching time as a
result of the pandemic.”
The three-year funding settlement is helping make sure all
children and young people receive an excellent education,
regardless of where they grow up or go to school.
Alongside this, funding for the pupil premium will continue in
2021-22 with per pupil rates protected to remain the same as this
year. This means schools will benefit from £1,345 per eligible
primary pupil, and £955 for every eligible secondary pupil.
High needs funding to support children with Special Educational
Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is also increasing by £730 million
next year, a 10% increase that will bring the total high needs
budget to more than £8 billion.
This year the government’s £1 billion Covid catch up fund is also
helping tackle the impact of lost teaching time as a result of
the pandemic, including a £650 million catch up premium for this
academic year and a £350 million National Tutoring Programme
which is on the way to reaching hundreds of thousands of pupils
by the summer.
Further, £44 million is being invested in early years in 2021-22,
to increase the hourly rate paid to childcare providers for the
government’s free childcare entitlement offers.
Also announced today is the provisional Local Government Finance
Settlement for 2021-22, providing councils a complete picture of
their funding streams for next year.
Please see links below, where you can find out exactly
how much more funding has been allocated to each LA.
The DSG and early years pages are now live at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2021-to-2022
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2021-2022
