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15.—(1) In determining budget shares for schools maintained by it (other than special schools, pupil referral units and nursery schools), a local authority must take into account in its formula the following factors based on the incidence of social deprivation in pupils at the schools maintained by it.
(2) The authority must base the incidence of social deprivation referred to in paragraph (1) on the following—
(a)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals on 6th October 2022;
(b)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals recorded in any school census between and including Spring 2017 and Autumn 2022; and
(c)a pupil’s LSOA rank on 6th October 2022,
and where it is based on an LSOA rank the authority must use factors which differentiate between different LSOA bands (that is, groupings of LSOA ranks set out in the document published by the Department for Education named “Schools Operational Guide 2023 to 2024”(1)).
(3) In determining budget shares under paragraph (1), the authority must take into account in its formula—
(a)in reception classes and at key stages 1 and 2, a single per pupil amount for each pupil in respect of—
(i)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals on 6th October 2022;
(ii)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals recorded in any school census between and including Spring 2017 and Autumn 2022; and
(iii)a pupil’s LSOA rank on 6th October 2022; and
(b)at key stages 3 and 4, a single per pupil amount for each pupil in respect of—
(i)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals on 6th October 2022;
(ii)a pupil’s eligibility for free school meals recorded in any school census between and including Spring 2017 and Autumn 2022; and
(iii)a pupil’s LSOA rank on 6th October 2022.
Published in July 2022 and available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-16-schools-funding-local-authority-guidance-for-2023-to-2024/schools-operational-guide-2023-to-2024 . A printed copy may also be inspected at the Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT, on request.
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