Paragraph 4 Primary and Secondary Schools

Where a new school opens on or after 1st April 2005 which is a replacement for two or more schools being discontinued in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2005, its guaranteed funding level shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2, save that the figure in respect of the new school’s initially determined adjusted budget share for the financial year beginning 1st April 2004 shall be determined using the sum of the relevant number of pupils in the discontinued schools for that financial year as the relevant number for the purposes of paragraph 1(b).