Type of Place Funding Revenue Set Up Allowance Initial New School Growth Allowance New The school will be funded through the funding formula Set up allowance based on agreed Initial school set up two School on estimated pupil numbers at April, September and final size of school. terms prior to opening. the following January based on the maximum number of places commissioned in each available year group (see separate table for £250 per primary pupil until all year groups have been opened and all details) £500 per secondary pupil planned places have been released for admission. This allowance will be split over 5 Should it be necessary to increase those numbers in equal annual instalments. year the equivalent funding will be provided through the growth fund. Formal The school will be funded through the funding formula If the difference between the current None. Expansion on estimated pupil numbers at April, September and size and the final size of the school of a School the following January based on the maximum number when the expansion is complete is of places commissioned in each available year group less than 30% of total NOR, there will until all year groups have been opened and all be a sliding scale applied to the planned places have been released for admission. revenue set up allowance. The allowance will be paid equally over 5 Should it be necessary to increase those numbers in years or the life of the expansion year the equivalent funding will be provided through whichever is shorter. the growth fund. If the expansion is at least 30% of the If a school fails to achieve the additional planned total NOR the rates will be: numbers in the first year of its expansion, the shortfall £250 per primary pupil against the plan will be funded in the second year £500 per secondary pupil only. If the expansion is greater than 20% and less than 30% of the total NOR the rates will be: £200 per primary pupil £400 per secondary pupil
Type of Growth Place Funding Revenue Set Up Allowance Initial New School Allowance New School The school will be funded through the funding formula on estimated pupil numbers at April, September and the following January based on the maximum number of places commissioned in each available year group until all year groups have been opened and all planned places have been released for admission. Should it be necessary to increase those numbers in year the equivalent funding will be provided through the growth fund. Set up allowance based on agreed final size of school. £250 per primary pupil £500 per secondary pupil This allowance will be split over 5 equal annual instalments. Initial school set up two terms prior to opening. (see separate table for details) Formal Expansion of a School The school will be funded through the funding formula on estimated pupil numbers at April, September and the following January based on the maximum number of places commissioned in each available year group until all year groups have been opened and all planned places have been released for admission. Should it be necessary to increase those numbers in year the equivalent funding will be provided through the growth fund. If a school fails to achieve the additional planned numbers in the first year of its expansion, the shortfall against the plan will be funded in the second year only. If the difference between the current size and the final size of the school when the expansion is complete is less than 30% of total NOR, there will be a sliding scale applied to the revenue set up allowance. The allowance will be paid equally over 5 years or the life of the expansion whichever is shorter. If the expansion is at least 30% of the total NOR the rates will be: £250 per primary pupil £500 per secondary pupil If the expansion is greater than 20% and less than 30% of the total NOR the rates will be: £200 per primary pupil £400 per secondary pupil None.
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