Guidance

16 to 19 non-maintained special school (NMSS) revenue funding allocation guide: 2020 to 2021

Updated 29 September 2020

This guidance was withdrawn on 27 January 2022

This page has been withdrawn as it is out of date. Find the latest information on further education funding.

1. Introduction

This guide helps you understand how we have calculated your funding allocation for academic year 2020 to 2021.

2. If there is an error in your data

The figures in the statement are your final funding allocation, which under normal circumstances will not be changed.

We reserve the right to reduce or withdraw your allocation at any stage should issues arise through audit or other processes which

• significantly affect the data underlying your allocation calculation
• significantly affect contract compliance, or
• if we believe that by making an allocation we will be putting public funds at risk

By exception, we will consider evidenced and credible business cases from institutions where there has been a significant error in the data returned by the institution.

3. Enquiries

If you have any questions that are not covered in this or other published guidance, please contact us using our .

4. Changes for 2020 to 2021

Discretionary bursary allocations

• We have changed the way we calculate discretionary bursary allocations for 2020 to 2021. For non-maintained special schools (NMSSs) we will use a local authority average to identify instances per student for financial disadvantage and travel. We have published information and videos to help you understand why we have made this change

5. Non-maintained special school funding allocation

We will base non-maintained special school (NMSS) funding allocations on the pupil numbers recorded in the October 2019 school census, uplifted by the difference between the pupil numbers recorded in the October 2018 and January 2019 school censuses. Any reduction in pupil numbers between the October 2018 and January 2019 school census is set to zero. This ensures no school is funded below its October 2019 census pupil numbers.

For NMSSs the total high needs place number allocation is described in table 2 of the funding statement. We fund these places at a rate of £10,000 per place.

The sections below provide an explanation of your 2020 to 2021 high needs funding allocation. The values on your statement are shown rounded to various numbers of decimal places. The calculation of your funding however is done using un-rounded values. This may result in some slight differences when you work through the calculation yourselves.

6. Table 1: Summary of 2020 to 2021 funding allocation

Total high needs place funding

• as set out in table 2, row 2.8 - Place Funding

Student financial support funding

• as set out in table 3, row 3.9 - Student Financial Support Funding Total

Total funding allocation

• 1.1 + 1.2

7. Table 2: High needs breakdown

Total pupil numbers recorded in October 2018 census

• total pupil headcount recorded in the October 2018 census based on the age range that the school is legally allowed to make provision for

Total pupil numbers recorded in January 2019 census

• total pupil headcount recorded in the January 2019 census based on the age range that the school is legally allowed to make provision for

Difference between October 2018 and January 2019 (that is, 2.2 minus 2.1)

• any reduction in pupil numbers between the October 2018 and January 2019 school census will be shown for information only. No school will be funded below its October 2019 census total pupil numbers

Total pupil numbers recorded in October 2019 census

• total pupil headcount recorded in the October 2019 census based on the age range that the school is legally allowed to make provision for

Pre- and post-16 pupil number proportions recorded in October 2019 census

• the proportions of pre- and post-16 pupils recorded in the October 2019 census data. These proportions are used to calculate the total pre- and post-16 numbers in 2.6

Total pupil numbers funded for 2020 to 2021

• the total pupil numbers in 2.6 are calculated by adding the increase in numbers in 2.3 to the total pupil numbers recorded in the October 2019 census in 2.4. The pre-16 and post-16 pupil numbers funded for 2020 to 2021 are then calculated by applying the proportions in 2.5 to the total pupil numbers in 2.6

Rate per place

• £10,000 per place

Place funding

• 2020 to 2021 total pupil numbers (2.6) × £10,000 per place

8. Table 3: Student financial support funding

This section explains how we have calculated student financial support funding in table 3 of the NMSS revenue funding allocation statement.

We have changed the way we calculate 16 to 19 discretionary bursary allocations following a consultation with the sector. We have published advice for institutions on the financial support young people may be able to access to help them participate in education and training.

Number of funded students

• the 바카라 사이트˜total pupil numbers funded for 2020 to 2021바카라 사이트™ (post-16 students only) shown at table 2.6

Instances per student

• we use local authority averages to determine the number of instances per student for 바카라 사이트˜element 1: financial disadvantage바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜element 2a: student costs 바카라 사이트“ travel
• the maximum 바카라 사이트˜instances per student바카라 사이트™ value is 1.000
• 바카라 사이트˜element 2b: student costs 바카라 사이트“ industry placement바카라 사이트™ funding does not apply to NMSSs

Number of instances

• instances per student for 바카라 사이트˜element 1: financial disadvantage바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜element 2a: student costs 바카라 사이트“ travel바카라 사이트™ are multiplied by the 바카라 사이트˜number of funded students바카라 사이트™ 바카라 사이트˜instances per student바카라 사이트™ x 바카라 사이트˜number of funded students바카라 사이트™

Instance funding rate

• the funding rate for each element of the discretionary bursary for 2020 to 2021. Bursary funding rates are subject to change year on year

Funding

• 바카라 사이트˜number of instances바카라 사이트™ x 바카라 사이트˜instance funding rate바카라 사이트™

Discretionary bursary fund

• the sum of each bursary element before transition arrangements are applied 바카라 사이트˜element 1: financial disadvantage total바카라 사이트™ + 바카라 사이트˜element 2a: student costs travel total바카라 사이트™

2019 to 2020 Discretionary bursary funding 바카라 사이트“ baseline for transition

• your total 2019 to 2020 bursary allocation will be used as a baseline to calculate the transition lower and upper limits (-/+ 25%)

Transition lower limit

• 75% of the baseline for transition amount. In 2020 to 2021 academic year institutions will receive no less than 75% of the baseline transition amount following the change to the methodology

Transition upper limit

• 125% of the baseline for transition amount. In 2020 to 2021 academic year institutions will receive no more than 125% of the baseline for transition amount following the change to the methodology

Exceptional adjustment

• an exceptional increase or decrease applied to your discretionary bursary funding

Student financial support funding total

• your total discretionary bursary funding plus exceptional adjustments where appropriate