special schools (NMSS) Nursery schools Per pupil Agreed per N/A N/A funding pupil funding through the paid by early years commissioning funding local authority formula. The for costs place funding assessed by the system authority and doesn’t operate in 0 to not met through 5 year only the early years settings funding system Independent Place funding Agreed per Place funding Agreed per schools and system pupil funding system pupil funding doesn’t alternative operate in paid by paid by doesn’t provision (AP) independent commissioning operate in commissioning schools local authority independent local authority schools Maintained pupil £10,000 per Agreed per Element 1 Agreed per referral units, AP place based on pupil top-up (based on 16 pupil top-up academies number of paid by to 19 national paid by and AP free places to be commissioning funding commissioning schools funded school or local formula) plus local authority authority element 2 (£6,000 per place) based on number of SEND places to be funded FE institutions, N/A N/A Element 1 Agreed per special post 16 (based on 16 pupil top-up institutions to 19 national paid by (SPIs) funding commissioning and independent formula) plus local authority element 2
special schools (NMSS) Nursery schools Per pupil funding through the early years funding formula. The place funding system doesn’t operate in 0 to 5 year only settings Agreed per pupil funding paid by commissioning local authority for costs assessed by the authority and not met through the early years funding system N/A N/A Independent schools and alternative provision (AP) Place funding system doesn’t operate in independent schools Agreed per pupil funding paid by commissioning local authority Place funding system doesn’t operate in independent schools Agreed per pupil funding paid by commissioning local authority Maintained pupil referral units, AP academies and AP free schools £10,000 per place based on number of places to be funded Agreed per pupil top-up paid by commissioning school or local authority Element 1 (based on 16 to 19 national funding formula) plus element 2 (£6,000 per place) based on number of SEND places to be funded Agreed per pupil top-up paid by commissioning local authority FE institutions, special post 16 institutions (SPIs) and independent N/A N/A Element 1 (based on 16 to 19 national funding formula) plus element 2 Agreed per pupil top-up paid by commissioning local authority
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