Consultation on school funding reform

26 March 2012

“Next steps towards a fairer system” explains how the government plan to proceed with school funding reform until the end of the current Spending Review period
Key points from the document include:

they will work towards introducing a national funding formula in the next Spending Review period; – ie after the next election

setting the Minimum Funding Guarantee at minus 1.5% for 2013-14 and 2014-15;

local funding arrangements will be simplified and Schools Forums’ reformed;

the EFA will play a strong role in ensuring fairness within the new system;

a new methodology for funding high need pupils, and the funding of early years provision will be simplified and made more transparent.

The deadline for responses to the questions is Monday 21 May 2012