Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(asked on 2nd March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average cost of educating a pupil in schools with (a) up to 100, (b) 101 to 500, (c) 501 to 1,000 and (d) more than 1,000 pupils.
The Government is committed in addressing unfairness by introducing a national funding formula for schools from April 2018. In our current consultation, we have proposed that over 90% the funding available for schools should be distributed on the basis of pupil numbers and characteristics.
Evidence shows that pupils with particular characteristics, such as coming from a disadvantaged background, are more likely not to reach their full potential and therefore need more support. Where a child is eligible for multiple factors, their school would attract additional funding for each. Funding received on account of these factors would not vary according to school size. The table below shows the proposed factor values for the main formula factors, before the area cost adjustment is applied:
Factor | Per-pupil/school funding under the proposed national funding formula. | ||||
NB These exclude area cost adjustment funding. | |||||
Primary | Secondary | ||||
Basic per-pupil funding | KS1 | £2,712 | KS3 | £3,797 | |
(£ per pupil) | KS2 | KS4 | £4,312 | ||
Deprivation (£ per pupil) | Ever6 FSM | £540 | £785 | ||
Current FSM | £980 | £1,225 | |||
IDACI A | £575 | £810 | |||
IDACI B | £420 | £600 | |||
IDACI C | £360 | £515 | |||
IDACI D | £360 | £515 | |||
| IDACI E | £240 | £390 | ||
| IDACI F | £200 | £290 | ||
Low prior attainment (£ per pupil) | £1,050 | £1,550 | |||
English as an additional language (£ per pupil) | £515 | £1,385 | |||
Lump Sum (£ per pupil) | £110,000 | £110,000 | |||
Sparsity (£ per pupil) | £0 - £25,000 | £0 - £65,000 | |||
In addition, we propose to include a fixed lump sum factor of £110,000, to contribute to costs that do not vary with pupil numbers. Under our proposals, schools of up to 100 pupils would receive at least an additional £1100 per pupil through the lump sum factor, on top of funding based on pupil numbers and characteristics; schools of 101-500 pupils a further £220-£1100 per pupil; schools of 501-1000 pupils a further £110-£220 per pupil and schools of 1001 or more pupils up to £110 per pupil.