Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding allocation per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the 2023-24 financial year; and what the projected funding allocation per pupil in such schools is for the 2024-25 financial year.

Through the schools national funding formula (NFF), the department calculates and publishes notional funding allocations for each mainstream school. These are aggregated up at local authority level and, following an update in pupil numbers, are used to calculate each local authority’s dedicated school grant (DSG) allocations. Each local authority then determines individual schools’ final funding allocations through their own local formula.

In 2023/24, through the DSG and Mainstream Schools Additional Grant (MSAG) combined, the average per-pupil funding for mainstream schools in Lincolnshire is £5,778. In 2024/25, through the DSG, the average per-pupil funding for Lincolnshire will be £5,904, a 2.2% increase from this current financial year. These are actual funding allocations.

In 2024/25, based on the notional NFF allocations, South Holland and The Deepings’ average per-pupil funding will be £5,874, which is a 1.9% increase from the £5,766 they attracted through the NFF and MSAG combined in 2023/24. However, final allocations for South Holland and The Deepings will depend on the local authority’s local formula.

The figures above do not include the additional funding the department is providing through the Teachers Pay Additional Grant, which is being provided on top of the DSG in both 2023/24 and 2024/25, or through other grants, such as the Pupil Premium.