Financial year 2023-24

School funding statistics

Data guidance

Published 25 January 2024

Description

Data files for the 2023-24 edition of School Funding Statistics.

Coverage

Schools in England, for pupils aged 5-16.

File formats and conventions

Files are csv format.

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Figure 2 - Almost all mainstream schools in 2023-24 received some funding through the FSM, IDACI and low prior attainment pupil-led factors

• Filename: 20240125_fig2.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2023-24
• Content:

  This data shows the percentage of mainstream schools receiving funding through each of the additional pupil-led factors in 2023-24. These factors are: English as an additional language, free school meals (FSM), FSM ever 6, income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI), mobility and low prior attainment.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
english_as_an_additional_language	English as an additional language
free_school_meals	Free school meals
free_school_meals_ever_6	Free school meals ever 6
idaci	IDACI
low_prior_attainment	Low prior attainment
mobility	Mobility

School funding allocations for 2023-24

• Filename: 20240125_school_level_data_csv.csv
• Geographic levels: School
• Time period: 2023-24
• Content:

  This data shows the funding received by individual mainstream schools, both through their core budgets and through several other revenue grants.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
academy	Academy?
allocation_per_pupil	Allocation per Pupil
basic_entitlement_ks3	Basic Entitlement KS3
basic_entitlement_ks4	Basic Entitlement KS4
basic_entitlement_primary	Basic Entitlement Primary
basic_entitlement_total_funding	Basic Entitlement Total Funding
coronavirus_recovery_premium_funding	Coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery premium funding
deprivation_total_funding	Deprivation Total Funding
eal_total_funding	EAL Total Funding
exceptional_factors_total_funding	Exceptional Factors Total Funding
fsm_funding	FSM Funding
fsm6_funding	FSM6 Funding
idaci_band_a	IDACI Band A
idaci_band_b	IDACI Band B
idaci_band_c	IDACI Band C
idaci_band_d	IDACI Band D
idaci_band_e	IDACI Band E
idaci_band_f	IDACI Band F
idaci_funding	IDACI Funding
london_fringe	London Fringe
lump_sum_total_funding	Lump Sum Total Funding
mainstream_schools_additional_grant	Mainstream Schools Additional Grant
mfg_protection_or_capping_scaling	MFG protection (+ve) or capping/scaling (-ve)
minimum_per_pupil_funding	Minimum per pupil funding
mobility_total_funding	Mobility Total Funding
national_non_domestic_rates_funding	National Non Domestic Rates Funding
national_tutoring_programme	National Tutoring Programe Funding
notional_sen	Notional SEN
pe_&_sport_premium	PE & Sport Premium funding
pe_&_sport_premium_pupils	PE & Sport Premium pupils
pfi_total_funding	PFI Total Funding
prior_attainment_total_funding	Prior Attainment Total Funding
pupil_premium	Pupil Premium funding
pupil_premium_pupils	Pupil Premium pupils
school_phase	Phase
school_type	School type
school_ukprn	UKPRN
sparsity_total_funding	Sparsity Total Funding
split_site_total_funding	Split Site Total Funding
teachers_pay_additional_grant	Teachers' Pay Additional Grant
total_funding	Total funding
total_number_of_pupils	Total Number of Pupils (rounded)
total_schools_block_allocation_(post_mfg)	Total Schools Block Allocation (Post MFG)
total_schools_block_allocation_(pre_mfg)	Total Schools Block Allocation (Pre MFG)
trust	Trust
universal_infant_free_school_meals_grant	Universal Infant Free School Meals Grant funding

Revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16, in cash and real terms, 2010-11 to 2024-25

• Filename: 20240125_tab1.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010-11 to 2024-25
• Content:

  This data file contains time series data, running from 2010-11 to 2024-25, of revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16. Data is in both cash terms and real terms (2023-24 prices). The data file also contains the GDP deflator index figures used to construct the real terms series.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Annual_growth_in_funding_202324terms_%	School funding, 2023-24 terms, annual growth in funding, %
Annual_growth_in_funding_cashterms_%	School funding, cash terms, annual growth in funding, %
Annual_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_202324terms_%	Per pupil funding, 2023-24 terms, annual growth in funding, %
Annual_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_cashterms_%	Per pupil funding, cash terms, annual growth in funding, %
Cumulative_growth_in_funding_since_201011_202324terms_%	School funding, 2023-24 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
Cumulative_growth_in_funding_since_201516_202324terms_%	School funding, 2023-24 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
Cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201011_202324terms_%	Per pupil funding, 2023-24 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
Cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201516_202324terms_%	Per pupil funding, 2023-24 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
GDP_deflator_index	GDP deflator index
Per_pupil_funding_202324terms_£	Per pupil funding, 2023-24 terms, £
Per_pupil_funding_cashterms_£	Per pupil funding, cash terms, £
Pupil_number_FTE	Pupil number, FTE
School_funding_202324terms_£m	School funding, 2023-24 terms, £m
School_funding_cashterms_£m	School funding, cash terms, £m

Footnotes

1. The following funding elements in 2024-25 are included in the figures: Dedicated schools grant (including the schools block, most of the high needs block, the teachers’ pay additional grant, safety valve funding, and the central school services block (CSSB), but excluding the early years block and post-16 funding in the high needs block); Pre-16 high needs place funding in non-maintained special schools, special and alternative provision free schools; Pupil premium; Early career framework grant.
2. Data relates to state-funded providers, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, special schools, alternative provision, pupil referral units and non-maintained special schools.
3. Funding for 2024-25 is based on a combination of published funding allocations, the budget settlements agreed at the 2021 Spending Review and later announcements including the 2022 Autumn Statement, and some estimates of small grant and high needs spending.
4. Pupil number counts are taken from the January preceding each financial year. 
5. Published in January 2024 by HM Treasury.