# The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2026, Regulation 21: The London fringe

Extent: E+W

(1) In determining budget shares for primary and secondary schools (other than special schools, pupil referral units and nursery schools), excluding any amount to be allocated in respect of nursery classes or community early years provision in those schools, a fringe authority must ascertain and take into account the following factor.
(2) Differential costs at schools in the fringe districts of Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and West Sussex.
(3) To take account of the differential costs mentioned in paragraph (2) a fringe authority must set the factor referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a) between 1.0206 and 1.0345 in relation to schools in the fringe districts of Essex;
(b) between 1.0205 and 1.0310 in relation to schools in the fringe districts of Hertfordshire; and
(c) in relation to schools in the fringe districts of Buckinghamshire, Kent and West Sussex, as a factor which represents the ratio between the two ACAs applying to each of those authorities in respect of the fringe districts and the non-fringe districts within their area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/37/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-and-early-years-finance-england-regulations-2026/regulation-21/enacted
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