Guidance

Dedicated schools grant (DSG): 2025 to 2026

Find out how much local authorities receive for DSG funding in the 2025 to 2026 financial year and how it is calculated.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 18 December 2024

Applies to England

Documents

DSG: published allocations 2025 to 2026

https://skillsfunding.service.gov.uk/view-latest-funding

DSG: conditions of grant 2025 to 2026

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DSG: technical note 2025 to 2026

HTML

DSG: growth and falling rolls calculation values 2025 to 2026

ODS, 3.21 MB

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DSG: pupil number tool 2025 to 2026 (December 2024)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 301 KB

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Details

Dedicated school grant (DSG) allocations for the 2025 to 2026 financial year

We’ve published the 2025 to 2026 dedicated schools grant (DSG) funding allocations. 

About the DSG

Read the DSG conditions of grant to find out more about how the grant should be used.

Read the technical note to understand how we calculate the DSG allocations.

The DSG growth and falling rolls calculations values tables give details of the 2025 to 2026 financial year growth and falling rolls calculation, which forms part of the schools block in the DSG allocations.

The pupil number tool shows how many pupils are allocated to each local authority.

Published 18 December 2024