# The Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1996, Paragraph 16A: Calculation of a school’s CFF share in existing CFF areas : Authorities which use estimates of pupil numbers


(1) Where the number which appears to the funding authority to be the number of registered pupils in a particular age band at the school on the date for adjustment of last year’s estimates differs from the number of registered pupils of that particular age band which it was estimated for the purposes of determining the amount of that school’s annual maintenance grant or budget share, as the case may be, in the preceding financial year, would be at the school on that date then the funding authority shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3), determine an amount in respect of each such category of pupils by—
(a) subtracting that estimated number from that actual number of registered pupils and multiplying the resulting amount by the amount specified in relation to the authority in whichever is the appropriate of column (1), (2), (3) or (4) in the table in Part VI in relation to that age band and by 7/12;
(b) multiplying the number calculated in accordance with (a) above by the “amount per pupil” used in respect of the school under the 1995 Regulations;
(c) subtracting from the amount calculated in accordance with (b) above any amount previously made available for the purposes of the school because of an increase in the number of registered pupils at the school; and
(d) subtracting from or adding to, as appropriate, the amount calculated in accordance with (c) above such amount, if any, as appears to them to be fair and reasonable, having consulted the authority, to take into account any transfer of an amount of funding in respect of a pupil pursuant to section 262 of the 1993 Act.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a) the amount referred to in respect of each school as “the 1995-96 CFF floor” is the amount determined in respect of each school under regulation 43(1);
(b) the amount referred to in respect of each school as “the pure 1995-96 CFF share” is the amount calculated in respect of each school under regulation 30(2) or (3)(b) of the 1995 Regulations (as the case may be);
(c) the amount referred to in respect of each school as “the deviation from the CFF floor” is the amount which equals the 1995-96 CFF floor less the pure 1995-96 CFF share. (Where a school’s pure 1995-96 CFF share is less than its 1995-96 CFF floor this figure will be positive, and where the pure 1995-96 CFF share is greater than the 1995-96 CFF floor this figure will be negative).
(3) The funding authority shall, in a case where regulation 31 (10) of the 1995 Regulations applied, reduce the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) to zero and otherwise shall—
(a) in a case where the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) is greater than the deviation from the CFF floor and the deviation from the CFF floor is greater than zero reduce the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) by a sum equal to the deviation from the CFF floor;
(b) in a case where the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) is either—
(i) greater than zero and less than the deviation from the CFF floor, or
(ii) less than zero and the deviation from the CFF floor is greater than zero, reduce the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) to zero;
(c) in a case where the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) is less than the deviation from the CFF floor and the deviation from the CFF floor is less than zero, redetermine the amount determined under sub-paragraph (1) to be equal to the deviation from the CFF floor.
(4) The funding authority shall determine the number (referred to in sub-paragraph (5) as the “total number of base units for the authority”) which is the aggregate of the number of base units for each school determined under that part of Part I applicable to the authority.
(5) The funding authority shall determine the amount (referred to in sub-paragraph (6) as the “amount per pupil”) obtained by dividing the secondary schools total for the authority, less the aggregate for the authority of the amounts for each category of pupils in each school determined under sub-paragraph (1), by the total number of base units for the authority.
(6) The funding authority shall determine the amount (referred to in sub-paragraph (7) as the “number of funding units for the school”) obtained by adding to the figure which is the number of base units for the school the amount which is equal to the figure determined under sub-paragraph (1) divided by the amount per pupil.
(7) The funding authority shall determine as the amount of each school’s CFF share the amount obtained by multiplying the amount per pupil by the number of funding units for the school.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/889/schedule/4/paragraph/16A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-grant-maintained-and-grant-maintained-special-schools-finance-regulations-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-16A
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