Mainstream free school revenue funding
How we calculate and allocate revenue funding for mainstream free schools in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Applies to England
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This guide explains how much revenue funding mainstream free schools will receive.
There is also a financial template to help budget planning for:
- groups proposing to open a mainstream or 16 to 19 free school
- open mainstream and 16 to 19 free schools
- groups proposing to open a mainstream (local authority presumption) school
It gives you an indicative funding allocation based on the size, phase and location of your school.
For a copy of the financial template and the mainstream free school template guide, contact your DfE delivery officer or email RevenueFunding.FREESCHOOLS@education.gov.uk.
Updates to this page
Last updated 15 September 2023 + show all updates
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Updated the 2023 to 2024 funding rates in the national 16 to 19 formula funding section.
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Added 'A guide to new mainstream free school revenue funding: 2023 to 2024'.
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Updated guidance for 2022 to 2023 academic year and removed link to financial template.
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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.
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Added updated guide to new mainstream free school revenue funding 2021 to 2022.
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Updated document for the 2020 to 2021 academic year.
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Updated for the 2019 to 2020 academic year.
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Updated document for the 2018 to 2019 academic year.
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Updated to include information about the post-opening grant for presumption projects.
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Updated document for the 2017 to 2018 academic year.
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Updated document for the 2016 to 2017 academic year.
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Updated the document for the 2015 to 2016 academic year.
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All documents updated in February 2015 to reflect known changes to funding rates. Revised versions including 2015 to 2016 funding rates should be available at the end of March 2015.
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Updated 'Financial template for mainstream free schools: 2014 to 2015'.
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Updated the guide and financial template to reflect funding rates for the 2014 to 2015 academic year.
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First published.