The Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1995

PART III ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

1.  In this Part—

“the authority” means Essex County Council; and

“school” means a grant-maintained secondary school situated in the area of the authority, or a secondary school maintained by the authority.

2.  The funding authority shall determine for each school the aggregate number referred to in paragraph 3(i) (referred to in paragraph 6 as the “total number of funding units for the school”). as follows.

3.  The funding authority shall determine in respect of each school—

(a) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 who had not attained the age of 14 on 31st August 1994;

(b) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 aged 14 or 15 on 31st August 1994 multiplied by 1.22;

(c) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 aged 16 or over on 31st August 1994 multiplied by 1.57;

(d) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school who on 19th January 1995 were provided with free school meals under section 22(3) or (3A) of the Education Act 1980 multiplied by 0.1815;

(e) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on that date who were entitled to be provided with such meals multiplied by 0.0726;

(f) the number (expressed as a percentage) appearing to them to represent the school’s share (or, where the school is a grant-maintained school, the share which would have been the school’s share had the school been covered by the scheme) of funding treated by the authority under their scheme as funding for pupils who have special educational needs allocated in accordance with the allocation formula under the authority’s scheme but using the reading test data used in the preceding financial year for the purposes of paragraph 10(f) of Part II of Schedule 4 to the 1994 Regulations, multiplied by 7.5626;

(g) where it appears to the funding authority that the school is treated by the authority in accordance with their scheme (or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, would have been so treated had the school been covered by the scheme) as in the London Weighting area, the number appearing to the funding authority to be the aggregate of the number referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above and the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) above multiplied by 0.0230;

(h) in the case of The Alderman Blaxill School the number appearing to them to be the aggregate of the numbers of registered pupils referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above multiplied by 0.0315; and

(i) the aggregate of—

(i) the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) to (h) above;

(ii) 108.9008; and

(iii) where it appears to the funding authority that the school is treated by the authority in accordance with their scheme (or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, would have been so treated had the school been covered by the scheme) as having a split site, 21.1752, 42.3504 or 84.7008 according to the weighting (as 1, 2 or 4 respectively) applicable to the school for this factor under the authority’s scheme.

4.  The funding authority shall determine the number which is the aggregate of the aggregate numbers determined in accordance with paragraph 3(i) (referred to in paragraph 5 as the "total number of funding units for the authority").

5.  The funding authority shall determine the amount (referred to in paragraph 6 as the “amount per pupil”) obtained by dividing the adjusted secondary schools total for the authority by the total number of funding units for the authority.

6.  The funding authority shall determine as the amount of each school’s CFF share the amount obtained by multiplying the amount per pupil by the total number of funding units for the school.