Decision details

That the School Funding Settlement for 2012/13, including the Pupil Premium and Dedicated Schools’ Grant be noted.

The Local Authority is obliged to account for and distribute funding received from the Government for the purposes of education in accordance with the relevant legislative accounting provisions.

Following a consultation undertaken by the Government in Summer 2011, it was agreed that the current funding methodology for 2011/12 should continue for 2012/13 through the Dedicated Schools Grant.  As part of a further spending review announcement in December 2011, the Government announced that the overall settlement for schools would be maintained at ‘flat cash’ per pupil throughout the period, which meant that it would rise in line with pupil numbers.  It was also announced that the Pupil Premium would be in addition to this settlement.