Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 47989

Schools: Finance

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant to areas with (a) below average allocations and (b) deficits.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The schools national funding formula (NFF) distributes core funding for 5-16 year old pupils in mainstream state-funded schools in England. The NFF allocates funding based on schools’ and pupils’ characteristics. In the current NFF, the vast majority of f...

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