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

PART VIII CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

1.  In this Part—

“the authority” means Cambridgeshire 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(p) (referred to below in this Part of this Schedule as the “total number of base 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 in age band 2 i.e. who had not attained the age of 11 on 31st August 1994, multiplied by 5/12;

(b) the number which the funding authority estimate will be the number of registered-pupils at the school on 18th January 1996 in age band 2 i.e. who will not have attained the age of 11 on 31st August 1995, multiplied by 7/12;

(c) the aggregate of the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above multiplied by 0.73;

(d) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 in age band 3 i.e. aged 11, 12 or 13 on 31st August 1994, multiplied by 5/12;

(e) the number which the funding authority estimate will be the number of registered pupils at the school on 18th January 1996 in age band 3 i.e. aged 11, 12 or 13 on 31st August 1995, multiplied by 7/12;

(f) the aggregate of the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) above;

(g) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 in age band 4 i.e. aged 14 or 15 on 31st August 1994, multiplied by 5/12;

(h) the number which the funding authority estimate will be the number of registered pupils at the school on 18th January 1996 in age band 4 i.e. aged 14 or 15 on 31st August 1995, multiplied by 7/12;

(i) the aggregate of the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (g) and (h) above multiplied by 1.27;

(j) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 19th January 1995 in age band 5 i.e. aged 16 or over on 31st August 1994 multiplied by 5/12;

(k) the number which the funding authority estimate will be the number of registered pupils at the school on 18th January 1996 in age band 5 i.e. aged 16 or over on 31st August 1995, multiplied by 7/12;

(l) the aggregate of the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (j) and (k) above multiplied by 1.66;

(m) 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 0.1717;

(n) the number appearing to them to be the number of registered pupils at the school who on that date were entitled to be provided with such meals multiplied by 0.1901;

(o) where it appears to the funding authority that the school’s budget share for the financial year in question determined in accordance with the authority’s scheme includes (or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, that the school’s budget share so determined, had the school been covered by the scheme, would have included) an amount in respect of the turnover of pupils. the number appearing to them to be the number applicable (or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, which would have been applicable) to the school in accordance with the authority’s scheme in respect of that factor multiplied by 0.1656; and

(p) the aggregate of—

(i) the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraphs (c),(f),(i), and (l) to (o) above; and

(ii) 110.3739.

4.  Where the number, which appears to the funding authority, to be the number of registered pupils in a particular age band at the school on 19th January 1995, differs from the number of registered pupils of that particular age band which it was estimated, for the purposes of determining the amount of that school’s annual maintenance grant or budget share in the preceding financial year, would be at the school on that date then the funding authority shall determine an amount in respect of such category of pupils by—

(a) subtracting that estimated number from that actual number of registered pupils and multiplying the resulting amount by the amount specified in relation to the authority in whichever is the appropriate of column 2, 3, 4 or 5 in the Table in Schedule 5 in relation to that age band and by the proportion of that preceding year in respect of which pupil numbers were estimated (expressed as a fraction in the entry for the authority in column 1 in the Table in Schedule 5);

(b) multiplying the sum of the numbers calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) above by the age band 3 unit cost for the authority in column 6 in the Table in Schedule 5; and

(c) subtracting from the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) above any amount previously made available for the purposes of the school because of an increase in the number of registered pupils at the school.

5.  The funding authority shall determine the number which is the aggregate of the aggregate numbers determined under paragraph 3(p) (referred to in paragraph 6 as the “total number of base units for the authority”).

6.  The funding authority shall determine the amount (referred to in paragraph 7 as the “amount per pupil”) obtained by dividing the adjusted secondary schools total for the authority less the aggregate of the amounts determined under paragraph 4(c) by the total number of base units for the authority.

7.  The funding authority shall determine the amount (referred to in paragraph 8 as the “total number of funding units for the school”) obtained by adding to the amount determined under paragraph 3(p) the amount determined under paragraph 4(c) divided by the amount per pupil.

8.  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.