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Education & Skills Funding Agency

Dedicated schools grant (DSG) Allocation history

Find breakdowns of DSG for Devon for each financial year.

2025 to 2026

Published date	Action
31 March 2025 Latest	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2025 to 2026 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.
18 December 2024	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2025 to 2026 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.

2024 to 2025

Published date	Action
31 March 2025 Latest	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2024 to 2025 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.
21 January 2025	Latest schools block recoupment for schools that converted up to and on 1 January 2025
19 November 2024	ESFA updates in-year recoupment and high needs deductions. Also updated early years funding for 2 years old pupils.
22 July 2024	ESFA updates schools block recoupment and high needs deductions
25 March 2024	Update DSG allocations for recoupment
19 December 2023	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2024 to 2025 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.

2023 to 2024

Published date	Action
17 July 2024 Latest	Early years pupil number data finalised using January 2023 and January 2024 census data
18 March 2024	Final update for in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.
5 February 2024	Latest schools block recoupment for schools that converted up to and on 1 January 2024
16 November 2023	ESFA updates in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.
20 July 2023	ESFA updates schools block recoupment and high needs deductions
30 March 2023	Update DSG allocations for recoupment and high needs deductions for academies as at 1 March 2022. ESFA issues detailed recoupment guidance. Additional high needs funding announced in December 2022 has been added to the high needs block.
16 December 2022	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2023 to 2024 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.

2022 to 2023

Published date	Action
20 July 2023 Latest	Early years pupil number data finalised using January 2022 and January 2023 census data
16 March 2023	Final update for in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.
26 January 2023	Latest schools block recoupment for schools that converted up to and on 1 January 2023
17 November 2022	ESFA updates in-year recoupment and high needs deductions.
19 July 2022	ESFA updates schools block recoupment and high needs deductions.
30 March 2022	Update DSG allocations for recoupment and high needs deductions for academies as at 1 March 2021. ESFA issues detailed recoupment guidance. Additional high needs funding announced in December 2021 has been added to the high needs block.
16 December 2021	Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) announces 2022 to 2023 funding for schools block, central school services block, early years block, high needs block and details of the charges for national copyright licences issued to local authorities.