Dedicated schools grant (DSG) 2025 to 2026 This allocation: 22 July 2025 Not latest
Total allocation for financial year 2025 to 2026
£199,501,368
Contents
Total schools block after recoupment:
£85,870,979
| Primary schools | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £6,539.99 |
| Number of pupils | 16,505 |
| Total primary schools | £107,942,535 |
| Secondary schools | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £8,688 |
| Number of pupils
Find out why partial pupil numbers are used | 9,589.50 |
| Total secondary schools | £83,313,576 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Premises factor including national non-domestic rates (NNDR) | £2,706,858 |
| Growth | Current total |
|---|---|
| Total growth funding | £903,266 |
Total schools block before recoupment
£194,866,235
Deductions to schools block for recoupment
£106,620,273
Deductions for DfE payments to billing authorities for NNDR
£2,374,983
More information on NNDR
Get more information on NNDR from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Total schools block after recoupment:
£85,870,979
How we calculate this
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Detailed funding block resources
Total central school services block
£2,758,943
| Central school services | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £56.71 |
| Number of pupils
Find out why partial pupil numbers are used | 26,094.50 |
| Total central school services | £1,479,820 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Total funding for historic commitments | £1,279,123 |
Total central school services block
£2,758,943
How we calculate this
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Detailed funding block guidance
Total high needs block after deductions
£65,591,017
| National funding formula (NFF) allocations | Current total |
|---|---|
| Total high needs elements in the funding floor and gains calculation | £61,951,135 |
| Basic entitlement (area cost adjusted) | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £5,636.86 |
| Number of pupils (in special schools and academies) | 1,151 |
| Total basic entitlement | £6,488,026 |
| Import/export adjustments | Current total |
|---|---|
| Number of pupils (net amount imported/exported) | -38 |
| Total import/export adjustment (based on January 2025 school census and February R06 2024 to 2025 individualised learner record) | -£228,000 |
More about import/export adjustments
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Additional funding for special free schools | Current total |
|---|---|
| Total additional funding for special free schools | £30,000 |
More about additional funding for special free schools
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Hospital education and teachers' pay and pension | Current total |
|---|---|
| Hospital education, funding factor | £1,216,105 |
| Alternative provision teachers pay/pension funding factor | £346,919 |
More about hospital education and teachers' pay and pension funding
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Total high needs block before deductions
£69,804,185
High needs deductions
| Mainstream academies (special educational needs units and resourced provision) | April 2025 to August 2025 | September 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-16 special educational needs places funded at £6,000 | 114 | 116 | £691,000 |
| Pre-16 special educational needs places funded at £10,000 | 2 | 0 | £8,334 |
| Pre-16 alternative provision places | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| April 2025 to July 2025 | August 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-16 special educational needs places | 76 | 65 | £412,000 |
| Special academies | April 2025 to August 2025 | September 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-16 special educational needs places | 231 | 256 | £2,455,834 |
| Pre-16 alternative provision places | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| April 2025 to July 2025 | August 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-16 special educational needs places | 47 | 47 | £470,000 |
| Further education (FE ) and independent learning provider(ILP) places | April 2025 to July 2025 | August 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| FE and ILP places | 32 | 28 | £176,000 |
View funding factors with no deductions
There are no deductions for:
- special free schools
- alternative provision academies and free schools
- 16 to 19 academies and free schools places
- hospital academies
Deductions to high needs block due to direct funding of places
£4,213,168
Total high needs block after deductions
£65,591,017
How we calculate this
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026. If you would like more information on the deductions, visit the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Detailed funding block guidance
Total early years block
£45,280,429
| Universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds | Current total |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for 3 and 4 year olds | £8.01 |
| Number for universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
Find out why partial pupil numbers are used | 4,471.89 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds | £20,417,309 |
More about universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for 3 and 4 year olds | £8.01 |
| Number for additional 15 hours entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds (part-time equivalent)
Find out why partial pupil numbers are used | 1,068.64 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for additional 15 hours entitlement for eligible working parents of 3 and 4 year olds | £4,879,090 |
More about additional 15 hours entitlement
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for 2 year olds | £11.55 |
| Number for 2-year-olds of families receiving additional support (part-time equivalent) | 381.30 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for 2-year-olds of families receiving additional support | £2,510,289 |
More about 2 year old disadvantaged entitlement
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for 2 year olds | £11.55 |
| Estimated number of 2 year old for working parents entitlement (part-time equivalent) April-August | 224.86 |
initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement April-August | £1,480,366 |
| Estimated number of 2 year old for working parents entitlement (Part-time equivalent) September-March | 787.53 |
initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement September-March | £5,184,704 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement | £6,665,070 |
More about 2 year old entitlement for working parents
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for under 2s | £15.82 |
| Estimated number of under 2s entitlement (part-time equivalent) April-August | 244.40 |
initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement April-August | £2,203,853 |
| Estimated number of under 2s entitlement (Part-time equivalent) September-March | 858.32 |
initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement September-March | £7,739,815 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year (entitlement starts from September 2025) | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement | £9,943,668 |
More about under 2s entitlement
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Number for 3 and 4 year olds early years pupil premium (part-time equivalent) | 463.08 |
| Hourly rate for early years pupil premium | £1 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for early years pupil premium for 3 and 4 year olds | £263,956 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for 2 year olds early years pupil premium (part-time equivalent) | 77.67 |
| Hourly rate for early years pupil premium | £1 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for early years pupil premium for 2 year olds | £44,272 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for under 2s early years pupil premium (part-time equivalent) | 6.99 |
| Hourly rate for early years pupil premium | £1 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year (entitlement starts from September 2025) | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for early years pupil premium for under 2s | £3,985 |
More about early years pupil premium
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for 3 and 4 year olds disability access fund (part-time equivalent) | 139 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access fund for 3 and 4 year olds | £130,382 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for 2 year olds disability access fund (part-time equivalent) | 33 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access funding for 2 year olds | £30,954 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for under 2s for disability access fund (part-time equivalent) | 9 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access fund for under 2s (entitlement starts from September 2025) | £8,442 |
More about disability access funding
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for supplementary funding for mainatined nursery schools | £7.55 |
| Number for supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools (part-time equivalent) | 89 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial supplementary funding allocation for maintained nursery schools | £383,012 |
More about supplementary funding
Get more information on the initial supplementary funding allocation from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026
Total early years block
£45,280,429
How we calculate this
Get more information on these calculations from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026. If you would like more detailed information, visit the early years national funding formula: funding rates and guidance.
Detailed funding block guidance
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