Decision details

To consider the proposed funding allocation methodology for the elements of the DfE Core Schools Budget Grant in relation to support for employer National Insurance Contribution costs and 2025 pay award costs for special schools and academies and pupil referral units / alternative provision schools for the 2025/26 financial year. To approve the recommendation in respect of the funding allocation methodology to be used for the allocation of the grant elements to the special schools and academies and pupil referral units / alternative provision operating within North Yorkshire.

The Corporate Director – Children and Young People’s Service, in conjunction with Executive Members for Children and Young People, has agreed the recommendation for the National Insurance Employer Contribution Costs and 2025 Pay Award Costs elements of the Core Schools Budget Grant (CSBG) funding to be distributed to local authority maintained Special Schools and Alternative Provision and Special and Alternative Provision Academies based on the Department for Education (DfE) methodology used to distribute the funding to local authorities for the 2025-2026 financial year.

The local authority must determine a distribution methodology for the CSBG for the 2025-26 financial year using the criteria outlined by DfE.

The recommendations are based on the DfE grant funding guidance and conditions of grant and therefore no alternative options are available for consideration.