Paragraph 3
For the purpose of the formula in paragraph 2(1), “b” is
the number appearing to the funding authority, having regard to the allocation formula in the local education authority’s scheme, to be the number of registered pupils at the school on 16th January 1997; or
in the case of a special school, the number of places for which the school is funded under the authority’s scheme for the financial year beginning in 1997, or
where proposals published under section 259 or 260 of the 1996 Act to make a significant change in the character of the school were—
implemented wholly or partly in that financial year, and
not funded under regulation 22 or 50(9)(a) of the 1997 Regulations,
such number of pupils determined by the funding authority, having consulted the local education authority, being a composite number based on a proportion of the number of registered pupils at the school on 16th January 1997 and a proportion of the number which the funding authority estimate will be at the school at a later date in the financial year beginning in 1997 determined by them.