The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2012

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2012-11-27
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
Reform history JSON API PDF

Made: 27th November 2012

Laid before Parliament: 7th December 2012

Coming into force: 1st January 2013

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PART 1 — Introduction

Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

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Revocation of previous Regulations

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Amendments

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PART 2 — Action to be Taken by a Local Authority

CHAPTER 1 — Appropriation of the Non-Schools Education Budget

The Non-Schools Education Budget

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CHAPTER 2 — Determination of Schools Budgets, Individual Schools Budgets, and Budget Shares

Initial determination of a local authority’s schools budget

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The schools budget

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Exceptions

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Determination of the individual schools budget for the funding period and limit on increase in central expenditure

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Consultation

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Formulae for determination of budget shares etc for certain maintained schools and early years providers

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Determination of allocation of budget shares etc for the funding period

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CHAPTER 3 — Further Deductions and Variations to Limits Authorised by Schools Forums or the Secretary of State

Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State

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PART 3 — Determination of Budget Shares etc

CHAPTER 1 — Requirements, and Factors and Criteria Taken into Account

Pupil numbers

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Places

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Social deprivation

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Special arrangements for pupils in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes and for children receiving relevant early years provision

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Differential funding

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Additional requirements, factors or criteria

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Minimum funding guarantee

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Sixth form funding

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New schools

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Federated schools

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CHAPTER 2 — Adjustments, Correction of Errors, and Alternative Arrangements Authorised by the Secretary of State

Pupils permanently excluded from, or leaving, maintained schools

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Correction of errors and changes in non-domestic rates

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Alternative arrangements approved by Secretary of State

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PART 4 — Schemes

Required content of schemes

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Approval by the schools forum or the Secretary of State of proposals to revise schemes

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Publication of schemes

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SCHEDULE 1 — CLASSES OR DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANNED EXPENDITURE PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NON-SCHOOLS EDUCATION BUDGET OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY

Special educational provision

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School improvement

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Access to education

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Additional education and training for children, young persons and adults

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Strategic management

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Other functions

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SCHEDULE 2 — CLASSES OR DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANNED EXPENDITURE PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SCHOOLS BUDGET OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY WHICH MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM IT TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BUDGET

PART 1 — Central Services

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PART 2 — Central Schools Expenditure

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PART 3 — Central Early Years Expenditure

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PART 4 — Pupils With High Needs

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PART 5 — Items That May Be Removed From Maintained Schools’ Budget Shares

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SCHEDULE 3 — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OR FACTORS OR CRITERIA WHICH MAY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, IN A LOCAL AUTHORITY’S FORMULA UNDER REGULATION 18

PART 1 — Applicable only to budget shares for maintained schools

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PART 2 — Applicable only to budget shares for, and amounts to be allocated to, providers of prescribed early years provision

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SCHEDULE 4 — MINIMUM FUNDING GUARANTEE

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SCHEDULE 5 — CONTENTS OF SCHEMES

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Signed

David Laws — Minister of State — Department for Education — 27th November 2012

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Inserted by section 41(1) of the 2002 Act and amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.

[^f00002]: Inserted by section 101 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.

[^f00003]: Amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.

[^f00004]: Inserted by section 202 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22).

[^f00005]: Section 47A was inserted by section 43 of the 2002 Act and amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 16 to, the 2002 Act, section 57 of, paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act, section 165 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c.25) and section 194 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

[^f00006]: Section 48 was amended by section 40 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to, the 2002 Act, section 117 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 18 to, the 2005 Act, section 57 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.

[^f00007]: Subsections (2) and (2A) were substituted for subsections (2) and (3), as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.

[^f00008]: Paragraphs 2A and 2B of Schedule 14 were substituted for paragraph 2, as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.

[^f00009]: 1998 c.31. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 142(1) of the 1998 Act.

[^f00010]: 2002 c.32. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 212 of the 2002 Act.

[^f00011]: 1996 c.56.

[^f00012]: 2005 c.18.

[^f00013]: 2006 c.40.

[^f00014]: 2009 c.22.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2012/335.

[^f00016]: 2003 c.26. Regulations made under this section in relation to England are the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3146, as amended by S.I. 2004/534, 2004/3055 and 2007/573).

[^f00017]: 1989 c.41.

[^f00018]: 2006 c.21.

[^f00019]: Available at: http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/school%20funding%20reform%20-%20final%202013-14%20arrangements.pdf

[^f00020]: 1992 c.13.

[^f00021]: Sections 85 and 85A were substituted for section 85, as originally enacted, by section 74(1) of the 2006 Act.

[^f00022]: 1988 c.41.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1997/319. These Regulations have lapsed but article 11 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/533) contains a savings provision for regulation 16 of the 1997 Regulations.

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