Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 30
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The school funding system currently involves local discretion in that local authorities and academy trusts...
Conclusion
The school funding system currently involves local discretion in that local authorities and academy trusts are free to vary the allocations that the Department calculates using the national funding formula. The government has said that it intends to move to a ‘hard’ national funding formula, where the Department would set schools’ budgets directly.43
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 14 December 2021. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗