Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 3778
Schools: Finance
Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024
Question
Stuart Anderson
Conservative — South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for rural schools (a) in South Shropshire constituency and (b) nationally.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe national funding formula (NFF) accounts for the challenges faced by small schools in rural areas through the lump sum and sparsity factors. The lump sum provides a fixed amount of £134,000 that is unrelated to pupil numbers, and so is particularly ben...
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