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Written Question
Schools: Wolverhampton North East
Monday 20th March 2017

Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate the Government's new schools funding formula has made of the level of deprivation in Wolverhampton North East constituency.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Our proposals for funding reform will mean that schools and local authorities will, for the first time, receive a consistent and fair share of the schools budget, so that they can give every child the opportunity to reach their full potential. We have been consulting on our proposals since December 2016 through an extensive 14 week consultation, including publishing detailed impact data for all schools in England.

Our proposals will target money towards pupils who face entrenched barriers to their education, such as those from disadvantaged backgrounds and those who live in areas of deprivation.

The percentage of pupils living in deprived areas (measured by IDACI) and pupils eligible for free school meals, in both the constituency and England, is shown in the table below.

Pupil characteristic

Wolverhampton North East

National average

IDACI A-F Primary

85%

45%

IDACI A-F Secondary

80%

43%

FSM Primary

27%

15%

FSM Secondary

25%

14%

As a result of our proposals, in the first year of the formula, Wolverhampton local authority would see an overall cash increase in schools funding of 0.8%. Illustrative allocations for the second year of the formula have been not been calculated, but by the time of full implementation of the formula, Wolverhampton schools would see cash gains of 2.4%.

For schools in Wolverhampton North East, the proposals would mean an overall cash increase of 1.1%, or £0.7 million.

85% of the primary schools in Wolverhampton local authority and 67% of the primary schools in Wolverhampton North East would gain funding as a result of our proposals.

Schools that are due to gain funding will do so quickly, with increases of up to 3% in per pupil funding in 2018-19 and a further 2.5% in 2019-20. No school will lose more than 1.5% per year or 3% overall per pupil as a result of our formula.

Illustrative allocations for all primary schools in Wolverhampton local authority in the first year of the formula and full implementation are shown in the attached table.

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