Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 42763

Schools: Finance

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the differences in school funding across different counties.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Every year the department uses the schools national funding formula (NFF) to distribute core funding for 5- to 16-year-old pupils in mainstream state-funded schools in England. In the current NFF, the vast majority of funding is distributed on the basis o...

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