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School Budget Formula Factors

During December of each year, LAs are notified by the DCSF, of their Education Formula Spending Share (EFSS). The EFSS is made up of two separate blocks – the Schools FSS, and the LA FSS. In addition to this, the DCSF also sets out for each LA a target for schools spending termed the “Schools Budget”.

Following receipt of these notifications, budget reports are prepared, detailing any shortfall in funding, and offering up proposals on how the shortfall may be met. The reports are discussed by elected members during the round of Select Committee meetings held in January as a part of the annual Council Tax setting exercise. Decisions which need to be taken by members at this stage may include:

Does the Council intend to fund schools at the level set by the DCSF in the Schools Budget notification. (The Secretary of State has the power to set a minimum level of Schools Budget if an LA does not meet this target).

If Members decide to meet the Schools Budget target, a decision must then be made, as to where the additional funding is to be found. This may be from savings identified elsewhere within the budget, or from an increase in Council Tax.

The recommendations of each Select Committee are then considered by the Executive Committee prior to the tax-setting Council meeting.

Once the Council Tax has been set, and the total amount of funding available for Schools is known, the total Schools Budget is then allocated across the four sectors using the following method:

a) The Individual Schools Budget (ISB) for each sector in the current financial year is the base for the next year’s budget.

b) Each ISB is then uplifted for the following:

The full-year effect of the current year’s pay & prices increases.
An amount for the next year’s pay & prices increases.
Pay increments for teaching and non-teaching staff.
The full-year effect of pupil number changes in September of the current financial year.
The part-year effect of pupil number changes in September of the next financial year.

c) Each ISB is then further adjusted to take account of known real-terms changes.

The total ISB is then reconciled to the Schools Budget as approved by Full Council, and allocated to individual schools according to the formula as detailed on the attached pdf:


		Allocation of ISB


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