Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 40681

Schools: Rural Areas

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) adjust the national funding formula to reflect additional (i) staffing, (ii) maintenance, (iii) transport and (iv) other costs for small rural schools.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The 2025/26 schools national funding formula (NFF) uses the same factors as the 2024/25 NFF. This continuity from the previous year minimises disruption to local authorities and schools.The government is undertaking a review of the schools NFF to consider...

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