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<p>Current school funding, for individual schools and at local authority level, cannot
be directly compared to school funding in 2010 due to structural changes in the funding
system. For local authorities, funding for schools was only identified separately
from funding for high needs or early years in 2013, so comparisons cannot be made
before that point. In 2018, the schools national funding formula (NFF) started to
direct funding according to a consistent assessment of need, rather than historic
local spending decisions. Funding changes since 2018 will therefore reflect this move
to fairer funding.</p><p>Local authority level data on school funding, including average
funding per pupil, is published annually as part of the announcement of Dedicated
Schools Grant (DSG) allocations.</p><p>The block of funding in the DSG relating to
primary and secondary mainstream schools (the 'schools block') was first introduced
in 2013/14. DSG data between 2013/14 and 2017/18 provides the schools block per-pupil
unit of funding for each local authority. This covers both primary and secondary schools
together. The department does not hold separate data for primary and secondary pupils
for this period and does not have comparable data for years prior to 2013/14.</p><p>The
funding system changed again in 2018/19 when the NFF was introduced. With the introduction
of the NFF, funding was provided by reference to primary and secondary schools separately.</p><p>The
scope of the per pupil figures pre and post-2018 are not directly comparable. In particular,
the central services provided by local authorities was split out from the schools
block funding in 2018/19, and instead funded separately through the central school
services block from that year onwards.</p><p>Links to the published DSG tables can
be found here:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2013-to-2014"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2013-to-2014</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>201617</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pre-16-schools-funding-guidance-for-2018-to-2019</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2019-to-2020</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2020-to-2021"
target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2020-to-2021</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2021-to-2022"
target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2021-to-2022</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2022-to-2023"
target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2022-to-2023</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2023-to-2024"
target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2023-to-2024</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025"
target="_blank">https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding/national-funding-allocations/DSG/2024-to-2025</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The DSG allocations are at local authority level, not at the level of individual
schools. However, notional school level funding data is published annually in the
NFF school impact table, including notional funding per pupil. However, this does
not represent the level of funding that individual schools will necessary ultimately
receive, as schools’ actual allocations are based on local authorities’ local funding
formulae.</p><p>Links to the latest NFF school impact tables can be found here:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2023-to-2024"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2023-to-2024</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2024-to-2025"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2024-to-2025</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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