Paragraph 5 I1

England and Wales

Expenditure to be incurred due to a decline in pupil numbers in schools maintained by the local authority or in Academy schools where the most recent data provided by a local authority to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 3 of, and paragraphs 2 (forecasts of pupil numbers) and 4 (total capacity) of Schedule 1 to, the Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2016^f1 indicates that—

(a)

growth in pupil numbers is expected in the three years starting with the school year beginning in the funding period; and

(b)

additional funding is likely to be necessary to provide for that expected growth in pupil numbers.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 17.2.2025, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2016/555. Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 were substituted by S.I. 2023/1186, but the information provided during the period referred to in paragraph 5(a) would have been provided under S.I. 2016/555 as those Regulations had effect at that time.