It can be difficult to keep an eye on the policy horizon when you’re so busy with the demands of here and now. So, here are three important changes to look out for in 2018.
The transition period begins: for the next couple of years at least, a “soft” version of the final National Funding Formula (1) will hopefully help schools to manage the transition to the new arrangements. From April 2018, the new formula will be used to calculate each school’s notional budget, and this will be aggregated to give the total schools block budget for each local authority. Your local authority will continue to apply its own local formula for the time being, then distribute its block allocation to schools. To help prepare, you can:
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