Guidance

Post-16 schools budget grant

The post-16 schools budget grant will help schools and academies with their overall costs in the 2024 to 2025 financial year, following confirmation of the 2024 teacher pay award. 

Applies to England

Documents

Details

This guidance sets out the methodology for the post -16 schools budget grant.   

 Payments 

 We will pay  the post-16 schools budget grant for the period from September 2024 to March 2025.

We expect to pay the grant in:  

  • November 2024 for local authorities  

  • December 2024 for academies   

There will be one payment to cover the 2024 to 2025 financial year.  

Allocations and conditions of grant

We expect to publish the allocations and conditions of grant by October 2024.

Updates to this page

Published 25 September 2024

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