Explanatory note

These Regulations make minor amendments to the School Finance (England) Regulations 2006 under powers inserted by the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

They make new provision relating to the budget shares of new schools, and give additional powers to schools forums to vary the appropriate date from which a new school must have a delegated budget, (new regulation 10A), and to approve revisions to local education authorities’ financial schemes, (new regulation 26A).

They amend the relevant date for the purposes of redetermining a maintained school’s budget share in the event of a permanent exclusion with effect from 1^st September 2007, (new regulation 23(5)).

They make minor amendments to regulation 14 (pupil numbers) and Schedule 5 (Minimum Funding Guarantee).

Regulation 27(2) (Publication of schemes) is omitted because paragraph (7)(a) of Schedule 14 to the 1998 Act now provides that a scheme must be published on its coming into force as revised^f1.

Paragraph 20(g) of Schedule 2 is amended to update references following the revocation of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.