Dedicated schools grant (DSG) 2025 to 2026 This allocation: 22 January 2026 Not latest
Total allocation for financial year 2025 to 2026
£133,333,296
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Total schools block after recoupment:
£64,455,296
| Primary schools | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £5,508.69 |
| Number of pupils | 16,097 |
| Total primary schools | £88,673,383 |
| Secondary schools | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £7,269.56 |
| Number of pupils | 11,612 |
| Total secondary schools | £84,414,131 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Premises factor including national non-domestic rates (NNDR) | £4,924,819 |
| Growth | Current total |
|---|---|
| Total growth funding | £1,074,491 |
Total schools block before recoupment
£179,086,824
Deductions to schools block for recoupment
£112,764,299
Deductions for DfE payments to billing authorities for NNDR
£1,867,229
More information on NNDR
Get more information on NNDR from the DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026.
Total schools block after recoupment:
£64,455,296
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
£1,184,741
| Central school services | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £42.52 |
| Number of pupils | 27,709 |
| Total central school services | £1,178,187 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Total funding for historic commitments | £6,554 |
Total central school services block
£1,184,741
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
£37,075,010
| National funding formula (NFF) allocations | Current total |
|---|---|
| Total high needs elements in the funding floor and gains calculation | £36,614,070 |
| Basic entitlement (area cost adjusted) | Current total |
|---|---|
| Unit of funding | £4,660 |
| Number of pupils (in special schools and academies) | 794 |
| Total basic entitlement | £3,700,040 |
| Import/export adjustments | Current total |
|---|---|
| Number of pupils (net amount imported/exported) | -129 |
| Total import/export adjustment (based on January 2025 school census and February R06 2024 to 2025 individualised learner record) | -£798,000 |
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 | £42,000 |
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 | £29,544 |
| Alternative provision teachers pay/pension funding factor | £63,356 |
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
£39,651,010
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 | 6 | 6 | £36,000 |
| Pre-16 special educational needs places funded at £10,000 | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| Special academies | April 2025 to August 2025 | September 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-16 special educational needs places | 114 | 114 | £1,140,000 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| Alternative provision academies and free schools | April 2025 to August 2025 | September 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-16 special educational needs places | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| Pre-16 alternative provision places | 48 | 48 | £480,000 |
| April 2025 to July 2025 | August 2025 to March 2026 | Total deduction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post-16 special educational needs places | 0 | 0 | £0 |
| 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 | 150 | 155 | £920,000 |
View funding factors with no deductions
There are no deductions for:
- special free schools
- 16 to 19 academies and free schools places
- hospital academies
Deductions to high needs block due to direct funding of places
£2,576,000
Total high needs block after deductions
£37,075,010
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
£30,618,249
| Universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds | Current total |
|---|---|
| Hourly rate for 3 and 4 year olds | £5.71 |
| Number for universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds
Find out why partial pupil numbers are used | 2,718.12 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds | £8,846,666 |
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 | £5.71 |
| 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 | 1,336.61 |
| 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 | £4,350,265 |
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 | £8.03 |
| Number for 2-year-olds of families receiving additional support (part-time equivalent) | 422.25 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for 2-year-olds of families receiving additional support | £1,932,681 |
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 | £8.03 |
| Estimated number of 2 year old for working parents entitlement (part-time equivalent) April-August | 321.07 |
initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement April-August | £1,469,570 |
| Estimated number of 2 year old for working parents entitlement (Part-time equivalent) September-March | 989.92 |
initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement September-March | £4,530,963 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for 2 year old working parent entitlement | £6,000,533 |
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 | £10.92 |
| Estimated number of under 2s entitlement (part-time equivalent) April-August | 284.38 |
initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement April-August | £1,770,095 |
| Estimated number of under 2s entitlement (Part-time equivalent) September-March | 1,078.91 |
initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement September-March | £6,715,568 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year (entitlement starts from September 2025) | 38 |
| Total initial funding allocation for under 2s entitlement | £8,485,663 |
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) | 535.53 |
| 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 | £305,253 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for 2 year olds early years pupil premium (part-time equivalent) | 241.52 |
| 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 | £137,667 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for under 2s early years pupil premium (part-time equivalent) | 23.28 |
| 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 | £13,270 |
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) | 160 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access fund for 3 and 4 year olds | £150,080 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for 2 year olds disability access fund (part-time equivalent) | 51 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access funding for 2 year olds | £47,838 |
| Current total | |
|---|---|
| Estimated number for under 2s for disability access fund (part-time equivalent) | 8 |
| Yearly rate for disability access fund | £938 |
| Total funding allocation for disability access fund for under 2s (entitlement starts from September 2025) | £7,504 |
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 | £6.56 |
| Number for supplementary funding for maintained nursery schools (part-time equivalent) | 91.15 |
| Hours entitled per week | 15 |
| Weeks entitled per year | 38 |
| Total initial supplementary funding allocation for maintained nursery schools | £340,829 |
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
£30,618,249
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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