Meeting information
Meeting: Schools Forum
Date: 20 June 2022
Report of: Head of Health, Adults, Families, Children and Learning Finance
Subject: DSG 2022 to 2023
Wards Affected: All
1. Purpose of the report
1.1
To advise the Schools Forum of the latest 2022/23 Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocation published by the Department for Education.
2. Recommendations
2.1
To note the updated net DSG for 2022/23 of £182.075m (after Academy recoupment of £20.508m).
3. Overall DSG 2022 to 2023
3.1
The table provides a summary of the 2022/23 DSG allocation published by the DfE in March 2022.
3.2
Since the last report to Forum in January 2022 the DfE has made adjustments to the high needs block allocation. The changes are detailed in the table below and these are incorporated in the overall summary table in paragraph 3.3.
| Block | Change in Funding £’000 |
Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| High needs | 1,287 | The high needs supplementary grant for 2022/23 has now been incorporated within the core high needs block. This is a presentational change rather than additional funding that has been announced since January |
| High needs | (24) | Increase in the deduction made by Government due to additional high needs places that will be funded directly by the Education and Skills Funding Agency |
| Total | 1,263 |
3.3
Further adjustments will be made by DfE later in the year to linked to data changes for the high needs and early years funding blocks. The table below provides a full summary of the current DSG allocation for 2022 to 2023.
| Schools Block | Central Services Schools Block | High Needs Block | Early Years Block | Total DSG 2022 to 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | |
| Schools Block – Exception One | 1,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,446 |
| Schools Block – Growth Fund | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 |
| Central Services Schools Block | 0 | 1,445 | 0 | 0 | 1,445 |
| 1,717 | 1,445 | 0 | 0 | 3,162 | |
| Funding available in HNB & EYB | 0 | 0 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 49,279 |
| Post de-delegation funding to schools | 153,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153,030 |
| Total Blocks (to be applied) | 154,747 | 1,445 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 205,471 |
| DfE Blocks | 153,922 | 2,270 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 205,471 |
| Difference – LA transfer of funding from CSSB to Schools Block | 825 | (825) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3.4
The Education Skills and Funding Agency will recoup funding for academies and free schools in line with individual budgets calculated within the Schools Block. The recoupment figures are shown in the table below together with the adjustment the Department is making for the change in funding of non-domestic rates in 2022 to 2023.
| Schools | Central schools | High needs | Early years | Total DSG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | |
| Total DSG - as above | 154,747 | 1,445 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 205,471 |
| DfE Deduction – Non-Domestic Rates | (2,887) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,887) |
| Total Deployed DSG Before Academy Recoupment | 151,860 | 1,445 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 202,584 |
| Academy Recoupment Adjustments | Schools | Central schools | High needs | Early years | Total DSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | £0'000 | |
| Academy Recoupment – BACA | (5,003) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (5,003) |
| Academy Recoupment – PACA | (5,773) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (5,773) |
| Academy Recoupment – City Academy Whitehawk | (2,113) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,113) |
| Academy Recoupment – Moulsecoomb Pioneer Academy | (1,132) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (1,132) |
| Free School Recoupment – Kings School | (4,018) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (4,018) |
| Free School Recoupment – Bilingual Free School | (2,469) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,469) |
| Total Academy Recoupment | (20,508) | 0 | 0 | 0 | (20,508) |
| Updated split of 2022/23 Net DSG – June 2022 Forum | 131,352 | 1,445 | 34,246 | 15,033 | 182,076 |
3.5
The overall Net DSG total is rounded in the table above. The current published net DSG total is £182,075,175.