Guidance

Academies and dedicated schools grant: recoupment

Information about how we calculate the adjustment of the dedicated schools grant allocation

Applies to England

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Recoupment is the method we use to adjust a local authority’s dedicated schools grant (DSG) allocation, when maintained schools convert to academy status.

Read the guidance to see how and when we calculate and make the adjustments in each financial year.

Updates to this page

Published 28 January 2021
Last updated 14 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. We have added the Academies and dedicated schools grant calculation of recoupment guidance for 2024 to 2025 and removed the obsolete guidance for 2022 to 2023.

  2. We have added the academies and dedicated schools grant recoupment calculation guidance for 2023 to 2024; the now obsolete guidance for 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 have been removed.

  3. Added "Academies and dedicated schools grant 2022 to 2023: calculation of recoupment"

  4. First published.

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