Guidance

Education services grant 2015 to 2016

Information about how we calculate education services grant (ESG) rates and local authority allocations for 2015 to 2016.

• From: Department for Education and Education Funding Agency
• Published: 22 July 2014
• Last updated: 21 March 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 9 March 2017

Make sure you follow the 2015 to 2016 conditions of grant when you spend your allocation for that year. See ESG allocations for the 2016 to 2017 financial year.

Applies to England

Documents

Education services grant: statement of final arrangements for 2015 to 2016

Ref: DFE-00517-2014

PDF, 561 KB, 29 pages

Annex A: clarification of local authority statutory duties relating to services relevant to the education services grant

Ref: DFE-00518-2014

PDF, 222 KB, 17 pages

Annex B: estimated planned spend on maintained school pupils unless otherwise indicated

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 41.2 KB

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Education services grant 2015 to 2016: technical note

PDF, 234 KB, 6 pages

Education services grant allocations 2015 to 2016: Updated March 2016

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 30.5 KB

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Details

The ‘Education services grant: statement of final arrangements for 2015 to 2016’ document sets out the government’s decisions on the rates of the education services grant for 2015 to 2016.

‘Annex A’ clarifies the services that the ESG funds. Local authorities must provide these services for local-authority-maintained schools and academies.

‘Annex B’ is the estimated planned spend on local-authority-maintained-school pupils unless otherwise indicated.

The ‘Education services grant 2015 to 2016: technical note’ sets out how we’ve calculated ESG allocations for 2015 to 2016.

The ‘Education services grant 2015 to 2016: indicative allocations’ spreadsheet shows ESG allocations for each local authority for 2015 to 2016.

The government response to the consultation on savings to the education services grant for 2015 to 2016 is also available.

You can also read about ‘education services grant (ESG) arrangements for 2016 to 2017.

Published 22 July 2014
Last updated 21 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 21 March 2016

   Allocations date updated to March 2016

2. 25 November 2015

   Allocations spreadsheet updated to reflect academy convertors as at 1 November 2015

3. 20 August 2015

   Allocations spreadsheet updated to reflect academy convertors as at 1 July 2015

4. 21 May 2015

   Allocations spreadsheet updated to reflect academy convertors as at 1 April 2015.

5. 18 December 2014

   Updated with ESG indicative allocations for 2015 to 2016 for each local authority in England.

6. 22 July 2014

   First published.