Guidance

Alternative provision free school revenue funding

How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for alternative provision (AP) free schools in the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 November 2013
• Last updated: 18 November 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

A guide to new alternative provision free school revenue funding: 2024 to 2025

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This guide explains how much revenue funding alternative provision (AP) free schools will receive. AP settings provide education for children who cannot attend a mainstream school.

There is also a financial template to help budget planning for:

• groups proposing to open an AP free school for children who cannot attend a mainstream school
• open AP free schools

It gives you an indicative funding allocation based on the size, phase and location of your school.

Published 29 November 2013
Last updated 18 November 2024 + show all updates

1. 18 November 2024

   Updated for the 2024 to 2025 academic year.

2. 15 September 2023

   Updated the 2023 to 2024 funding rates in the national 16 to 19 formula funding section.

3. 15 June 2023

   Added 'A guide to new alternative provision free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024'.

4. 16 June 2022

   Updated guidance for 2022 to 2023 academic year and removed link to financial template.

5. 2 November 2021

   Document updated: 'Financial statements' section updated and also the date for annual revenue funding for free schools, which will be paid on the eighth working day of the first month a school opens.

6. 30 June 2021

   Added updated guide to new alternative provision free school revenue funding 2021 to 2022.

7. 15 July 2020

   Updated 'A guide to new alternative provision free school revenue funding: 2020 to 2021'.

8. 6 July 2020

   Updated document for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.

9. 14 May 2019

   Updated for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.

10. 11 May 2018

    Updated document for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.

11. 12 April 2017

    Updated document for the 2017 to 2018 academic year.

12. 20 April 2016

    Updated document for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.

13. 9 July 2015

    Updated the guide to reflect funding rates for the 2015 to 2016 academic year.

14. 16 February 2015

    Updated document to reflect changes to funding rates.

15. 23 September 2014

    Updated 'Financial template for alternative provision free schools: 2014 to 2015'.

16. 28 July 2014

    Updated the guide and financial template to reflect funding rates for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.

17. 29 November 2013

    First published.