Decision details

Approval to consult early years’ providers, mainstream schools and academies and special schools and academies within North Yorkshire on early years’, mainstream school and special school funding proposals for the 2022/23 financial year.

To approve consultations to be undertaken as follows:

a. With mainstream schools and academies within North Yorkshire on:
• The level of the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for 2022/23
• The methodology for the allocation to school budgets of any surplus funding available after the application of the National Funding Formula (NFF) factor values in the North Yorkshire school funding formula for 2022/23

b. With special schools and academies within North Yorkshire on:
• The level of the Special School Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for 2022/23

c. With early years providers within North Yorkshire on:
• The early years provider base funding rates for 3 and 4 year olds (universal and extended entitlement) and disadvantaged 2 year olds for 2022/23

The Department for Education (DfE) provided information in July 2021 on indicative funding levels and funding formula changes for the DSG Schools Block, High Needs Block and Central School Services Block for 2022/23. It is envisaged that similar indicative funding information will be provided for the 2022/23 Early Years Block in early / mid Autumn 2021.

The determination of budgets from the DSG funding sources for mainstream schools, special schools and early years’ providers require local decisions, and associated consultation, to be undertaken on the funding formula elements in respect of the level of the MFG and early years’ provider base funding rates. In addition, in previous years, mainstream schools and academies have been invited to provide their views on the methodology to be used for the allocation to school budgets of any surplus funding available after the application of the NFF factor values in the North Yorkshire funding formula.

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