PART 3FORMULAE FOR DETERMINATION OF BUDGET SHARES

CHAPTER 2ADJUSTMENTS, CORRECTION OF ERRORS, AND ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOLS FORUM OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Pupils permanently excluded from, or leaving, primary or secondary schools

23.—(1) Where a pupil is permanently excluded from a school maintained by a local education authority, the authority must redetermine the school’s budget share for that funding period in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The school’s budget share must be reduced by the amount A x (B/52) where—

(3) Where a pupil is admitted to a school maintained by a local education authority (“the admitting school”) who has been permanently excluded from another maintained school in that financial year, the authority must redetermine the admitting school’s budget share in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) The admitting school’s budget share must be increased by an amount which may not be less than the amount D x (E/F) where—

D is the amount by which the authority reduce the budget share of the school from which the pupil was permanently excluded, or would have reduced it had that school been maintained by the authority;

E is the number of complete weeks remaining in the funding period during which the pupil is a registered pupil at the admitting school; and

F is the number of complete weeks remaining in the funding period calculated from the relevant date.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the relevant date is the sixth school day following the date on which the pupil has been permanently excluded.

(6) Where a permanently excluded pupil is subsequently reinstated by the governing body of the school or by an appeal panel constituted under regulations made under section 52 of the 2002 Act, the school’s budget share must be increased by an amount which is no less than G x (H/I) where—

G is the amount by which the authority has reduced the school’s budget share;

H is the number of complete weeks remaining in the funding period during which the pupil is reinstated; and

I is the number of complete weeks remaining in the funding period calculated from the relevant date.

(7) Paragraphs (1) and (2) also apply where a pupil leaves a maintained school for reasons other than permanent exclusion, and is receiving education funded by a local education authority other than at a school which is maintained by that authority.