2004-05 School Funding Arrangements
Local Government Finance Settlement 2004-05
Information and documents relating to the 2004-05 local government finance settlement can be found by clicking here.
October 2003 Announcement
The school funding arrangements for the financial years of 2004-05 and 2005-06 that Charles Clarke announced on 29 October aim to support schools in three ways:
- A guaranteed minimum increase in every school's per pupil budget
- Additional resources at LEA level which can be targeted at schools with additional pressures
- A package of transitional support to help schools facing the greatest difficulty in bringing their budgets back to balance
Background information
- The Secretary of State's statement
- Accompanying press notice
- Q&A
- An explanatory guide to the 29 October announcement.
Key Documents
Please note that some of the information in the documents below will
now have been superseded by the further guidance sent to LEAs on 10 December and changes to regulations sent to LEAs on 2 December.
- Letter from Stephen Crowne to CEOs
- Summary of Proposals
- Mathematical Guide to the Calculation of the Schools Guarantee
- Guidance Notes on The Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2004
- Note on the limitation of central expenditure within the Schools Budget
- Standards Fund Circular for 2004-05 and related documents
- An analysis of the Minimum Funding Guarantee in 2004-05
Support for schools in financial difficulty has now been superseded by:
Guidance for LEAs eligible for targeted transitional grant in 2004-05
Guidance for LEAs not eligible for targeted transitional grant in 2004-05
The DfES has also now issued Guidance for Transitional Support Plan Submissions.
Calculators
For more information about school funding, please return to the homepage of the school funding area of TeacherNet.
If you have further questions, you can contact the school funding team.
