LegalizeThe School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2012
Made: 27th November 2012
Laid before Parliament: 7th December 2012
Coming into force: 1st January 2013
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PART 1 — Introduction
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
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Revocation of previous Regulations
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Amendments
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PART 2 — Action to be Taken by a Local Authority
CHAPTER 1 — Appropriation of the Non-Schools Education Budget
The Non-Schools Education Budget
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CHAPTER 2 — Determination of Schools Budgets, Individual Schools Budgets, and Budget Shares
Initial determination of a local authority’s schools budget
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The schools budget
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Exceptions
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Determination of the individual schools budget for the funding period and limit on increase in central expenditure
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Consultation
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Formulae for determination of budget shares etc for certain maintained schools and early years providers
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Determination of allocation of budget shares etc for the funding period
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CHAPTER 3 — Further Deductions and Variations to Limits Authorised by Schools Forums or the Secretary of State
Applications to the schools forum and the Secretary of State
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PART 3 — Determination of Budget Shares etc
CHAPTER 1 — Requirements, and Factors and Criteria Taken into Account
Pupil numbers
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Places
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Social deprivation
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Special arrangements for pupils in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes and for children receiving relevant early years provision
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Differential funding
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Additional requirements, factors or criteria
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Minimum funding guarantee
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Sixth form funding
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New schools
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Federated schools
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CHAPTER 2 — Adjustments, Correction of Errors, and Alternative Arrangements Authorised by the Secretary of State
Pupils permanently excluded from, or leaving, maintained schools
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Correction of errors and changes in non-domestic rates
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Alternative arrangements approved by Secretary of State
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PART 4 — Schemes
Required content of schemes
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Approval by the schools forum or the Secretary of State of proposals to revise schemes
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Publication of schemes
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SCHEDULE 1 — CLASSES OR DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANNED EXPENDITURE PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NON-SCHOOLS EDUCATION BUDGET OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY
Special educational provision
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School improvement
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Access to education
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Additional education and training for children, young persons and adults
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Strategic management
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Other functions
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SCHEDULE 2 — CLASSES OR DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANNED EXPENDITURE PRESCRIBED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SCHOOLS BUDGET OF A LOCAL AUTHORITY WHICH MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM IT TO DETERMINE THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BUDGET
PART 1 — Central Services
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PART 2 — Central Schools Expenditure
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PART 3 — Central Early Years Expenditure
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PART 4 — Pupils With High Needs
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PART 5 — Items That May Be Removed From Maintained Schools’ Budget Shares
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SCHEDULE 3 — ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OR FACTORS OR CRITERIA WHICH MAY BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, IN A LOCAL AUTHORITY’S FORMULA UNDER REGULATION 18
PART 1 — Applicable only to budget shares for maintained schools
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PART 2 — Applicable only to budget shares for, and amounts to be allocated to, providers of prescribed early years provision
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SCHEDULE 4 — MINIMUM FUNDING GUARANTEE
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SCHEDULE 5 — CONTENTS OF SCHEMES
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Signed
David Laws — Minister of State — Department for Education — 27th November 2012
Explanatory note
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Footnotes
[^f00001]: Inserted by section 41(1) of the 2002 Act and amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.
[^f00002]: Inserted by section 101 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.
[^f00003]: Amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act.
[^f00004]: Inserted by section 202 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22).
[^f00005]: Section 47A was inserted by section 43 of the 2002 Act and amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 16 to, the 2002 Act, section 57 of, paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act, section 165 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c.25) and section 194 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.
[^f00006]: Section 48 was amended by section 40 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to, the 2002 Act, section 117 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 18 to, the 2005 Act, section 57 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.
[^f00007]: Subsections (2) and (2A) were substituted for subsections (2) and (3), as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.
[^f00008]: Paragraphs 2A and 2B of Schedule 14 were substituted for paragraph 2, as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act.
[^f00009]: 1998 c.31. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 142(1) of the 1998 Act.
[^f00010]: 2002 c.32. For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 212 of the 2002 Act.
[^f00011]: 1996 c.56.
[^f00012]: 2005 c.18.
[^f00013]: 2006 c.40.
[^f00014]: 2009 c.22.
[^f00015]: S.I. 2012/335.
[^f00016]: 2003 c.26. Regulations made under this section in relation to England are the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3146, as amended by S.I. 2004/534, 2004/3055 and 2007/573).
[^f00017]: 1989 c.41.
[^f00018]: 2006 c.21.
[^f00019]: Available at: http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/school%20funding%20reform%20-%20final%202013-14%20arrangements.pdf
[^f00020]: 1992 c.13.
[^f00021]: Sections 85 and 85A were substituted for section 85, as originally enacted, by section 74(1) of the 2006 Act.
[^f00022]: 1988 c.41.
[^f00023]: S.I. 1997/319. These Regulations have lapsed but article 11 of the Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/533) contains a savings provision for regulation 16 of the 1997 Regulations.
[^f00024]: This definition is taken from section 21 of the Local Government Act 2003 and regulation 31 of the Local Government (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3146).
[^f00025]: Section 57(1) of, and paragraph 43 of Schedule 7 to, the Education Act 1997 (c.44) inserted this definition.
[^f00026]: 2010 c.32 as amended by section 53(7) of the Education Act 2011 (c.21).
[^f00027]: S.I. 2004/3130.
[^f00028]: S.I. 2011/371.
[^f00029]: S.I. 2011/778.
[^f00030]: S.I. 2012/2261.
[^f00031]: 1984 c.27. Section 26 was amended by section 8 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c.51), sections 288 and 423 of, and Schedule 34 to, the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c.29) and sections 270 and 274 of, and Schedule 31 to, the Transport Act 2000 (c.38).
[^f00032]: S.I. 2012/2488.
[^f00033]: S.I. 2012/1033.
[^f00034]: 1999 c.8. Section 31 was repealed by section 6 of, and Schedule 4 to, the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c.43) but section 4 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to, that Act contains a savings provision which means that arrangements made under section 31 of the 1999 Act continue to have effect as if made under section 75 of the National Health Service Act 2006.
[^f00035]: 2006 c. 41.
[^f00036]: 1962 c.12. The 1962 Act was repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30) with transitional savings provisions. The repeal does not affect the continued operation of the provisions that relate to the making of subordinate legislation. Relevant regulations made under section 1(1) of the 1962 Act are the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1994), as amended by S.I. 2004/1038 and 2004/1792). These Regulations describe the designated courses and methodology for calculating grants.
[^f00037]: A 16-19 Bursary is financial assistance under section 14 of the 2002 Act paid to, or in respect of, a person who is aged 16 to 19 in connection with undertaking any course or training.
[^f00038]: 1999 c. 27.
[^f00039]: 1972 c. 70.
[^f00040]: The Consistent Financial Reporting (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/674).
[^f00041]: 1974 c.37.
[^f00042]: 2010 c.15.
[^f00043]: Section 390 was amended by section 140(1) of, and paragraph 93 of Schedule 20 to, the 1998 Act.
[^f00044]: 1933 c.12.
[^f00045]: Section 88C(2) was amended by section 51 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 2002 Act and sections 45 and 56 of the 2006 Act.
[^f00046]: Section 18 was amended by article 5(1) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2010/1158.
[^f00047]: S.I. 2012/10.
[^f00048]: 1992 c.52. Section 168A was inserted by section 43 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22).
[^f00049]: 1996 c.18.
[^f00050]: S.I. 1977/500, amended by section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8) and S.I. 1996/1513, 1999/860, 1999/2024, 1999/3242, 2005/1541, 2006/594 and 2008/960.
[^f00051]: S.I. 1996/1513, amended by section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8) and S.I. 1999/3242 and 2005/1541.
[^f00052]: S.I. 2006/246, amended by S.I. 2010/93.
[^f00053]: 1996 c.14.
[^f00054]: Section 49(4) was amended by section 215 of, and paragraph 100 of Schedule 21 to, the 2002 Act.
[^f00055]: Section 519 was amended by section 140 of, and paragraph 139 of Schedule 2 to, the 1998 Act.
Editorial notes
[^key-82386b4b6987febffed080b0ea34c751]: Regulations revoked (1.4.2015) by The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3352), regs. 1(2), 2
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