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The School Funding consultation proposes a number of changes to our Local Funding Formula (LFF) which is used to calculate your annual primary and secondary school budget.
A school budget is calculated based on key characteristics of a school and its pupil cohort.
It is the Government’s intention to use a single National Funding Formula (NFF) to calculate school budgets by 2027-28 and Local Authorities will be required to set their Local Funding Formula under increasingly strict conditions to ensure a smooth transition. In 2023-24, Kent updated its LFF and is now considered to be mirroring all NFF factor rates in line with the DfE definition (where the LFF rates are within 2.5% of the NFF rate). For the 2025-26 budget, it is still the responsibility of the Local Authority to set the formula used to determine the school budgets in Kent, which will continue to mirror the NFF.
All maintained schools, academies and free schools in the area of Kent County Council are encouraged to respond to this consultation.
Responses will be shared with the Schools’ Funding Forum at their meeting on 10 January 2025. The Forum will be asked to make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills who ultimately takes the decision(s) involving any changes to the Local Funding Formula.
Please read the information in the Documents section and then complete the online questionnaire to share your views by midday on Friday 20 December.
A school-specific model has been provided separately to this consultation document to illustrate the changes of our proposals.
The School Funding consultation proposes a number of changes to our Local Funding Formula (LFF) which is used to calculate your annual primary and secondary school budget.
A school budget is calculated based on key characteristics of a school and its pupil cohort.
It is the Government’s intention to use a single National Funding Formula (NFF) to calculate school budgets by 2027-28 and Local Authorities will be required to set their Local Funding Formula under increasingly strict conditions to ensure a smooth transition. In 2023-24, Kent updated its LFF and is now considered to be mirroring all NFF factor rates in line with the DfE definition (where the LFF rates are within 2.5% of the NFF rate). For the 2025-26 budget, it is still the responsibility of the Local Authority to set the formula used to determine the school budgets in Kent, which will continue to mirror the NFF.
All maintained schools, academies and free schools in the area of Kent County Council are encouraged to respond to this consultation.
Responses will be shared with the Schools’ Funding Forum at their meeting on 10 January 2025. The Forum will be asked to make recommendations to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills who ultimately takes the decision(s) involving any changes to the Local Funding Formula.
Please read the information in the Documents section and then complete the online questionnaire to share your views by midday on Friday 20 December.
A school-specific model has been provided separately to this consultation document to illustrate the changes of our proposals.
We would like to hear your views on the Kent School's Local Funding Formula 2024/25 and have provided this questionnaire for you to give your feedback.
We recommend you read the information in the document section before responding to this questionnaire.
Timeline
Consultation opens
Kent School Funding Formula 2025-26 has finished this stage
6 December 2024
Consultation closes
Kent School Funding Formula 2025-26 is currently at this stage
Midday 20 December 2024
Schools Funding Forum
this is an upcoming stage for Kent School Funding Formula 2025-26
10 January 2025
The Schools Funding Forum receives a report on the consultation responses and is asked to make formal recommendations back to KCC.
Children, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee
this is an upcoming stage for Kent School Funding Formula 2025-26
16 January 2025
A decision will be made by the Cabinet Member of Education & Skills following presentation of the consultation report.
If you require any of the documents in an alternative format or language please email alternativeformats@kent.gov.uk or call 03000 42 15 53 (text relay service number: 18001 03000 42 15 53). This number goes to an answering machine, which is monitored during office hours.
