Decision details
*Republished - no longer subject to call in*
Decision Maker: Executive Member for Education, Learning & Skills
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
To approve consultation to be undertaken with
mainstream schools and academies within North Yorkshire on:
• The level of the Minimum Funding Guarantee (MFG) for
2021/22
• The methodology 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.
Reasons for the decision:
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
In Autumn 2017 the Department for Education (DfE) announced
national changes to the school funding formula which will
eventually see all mainstream school budgets set using a national
funding formula. The Schools Forum has adopted an approach of
calculating school budgets using the NFF principles as far as
possible since the introduction of the formula in 2018-19. The DfE
have stated that their continued aim is to move to a
“hard” NFF in the future which will determine
schools’ budgets directly, rather than through local formulae
set independently by each local authority.
On the 20th July 2020 the DfE announced the school funding
arrangements for the 2021-22 financial year indicating, nationally,
an increase of 3.77% in the NFF for 2021-22 in cash terms compared
to 2020-21 and a 3.13% increase in funding per pupil between the
two years. The Local Authority intends to consult mainstream
schools and academies within North Yorkshire on the level of the
MFG to be set for 2021-22 and the methodology to be used for
allocation to school budgets of any surplus funding available
within the Schools Block DSG after the calculation of the school
funding formula using NFF values.
Consultation feedback will be considered by Schools Forum on 12
November with the outcome of the consultation reported to Executive
Members on 24 November 2020. A final decision on school funding
will be taken by Executive in January 2021
Publication date: 16/04/2021
Date of decision: 15/09/2020