Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1090
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000
Made
17th April 2000
Laid before Parliament
18th April 2000
Coming into force
19th April 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 47(2) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998( 1 ) the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 19th April 2000.
(2) These Regulations shall apply for the purposes of the financing of maintained schools in England in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
(3) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Financing of Maintained Schools (England) Regulations 2000( 2 ).
(4) In these Regulations “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school.
(5) In these Regulations a reference to proposals for the establishment of a school is a reference to a proposal for the establishment of the school under section 35, 41 or 339(1) of the Education Act 1996( 3 ) or section 28 or 31 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
(6) In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school includes a proposed school which, on implementation of the proposals for the establishment of the school, will be such a school in the financial year beginning on 1st April 2000.
(7) In these Regulations a reference to a primary or secondary school means a primary or secondary school which is a community, foundation or voluntary school.
(8) In these Regulations a reference (however framed) to schools maintained by a local education authority does not include schools which are not maintained schools as defined in paragraph (4).
Redeterminations of budget shares under these Regulations
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Description of school | Amount to be added |
| Primary school with 100 pupils or fewer | £3,000 |
| Primary school with more than 100 pupils but fewer than 201 pupils | £6,000 |
| Primary school with 201 pupils or more | £9,000 |
| Middle deemed primary school( 4 ) which does not have a year 8 or year 9 class | £9,000 |
| Secondary school with 600 pupils or fewer | £30,000 |
| Secondary school with more than 600 pupils but fewer than 1,201 pupils | £40,000 |
| Secondary school with 1,201 pupils or more | £50,000 |
| Special school | £15,000 |
(2) A local education authority shall redetermine the budget share of a middle deemed primary school which has a year 8 or year 9 class as if that school were a secondary school.
(3) Where a proposed school does not have a budget share on or before 5th May 2000, a local education authority shall redetermine the budget share of that school in accordance with this regulation as soon as it does have a budget share.
(4) References in the table to a number of pupils are references to—
(a) the number of full-time equivalent pupils registered at the school on 20th January 2000; or
(b) in the case of a school which is to open during the financial year or a school proposals for the establishment of which have not been fully implemented, the number of full-time equivalent pupils indicated, when proposals for the establishment of the school were published, as the number of such pupils to be admitted to the school when the proposals were fully implemented,
where, the “full-time equivalent” is the number of full-time pupils plus half the number of part-time pupils, and a “part-time pupil” is one who does not attend school for both the morning and afternoon sessions at least 5 days each week.
(5) A local education authority shall not redetermine the budget share of a school in accordance with these Regulations if proposals to discontinue the school in the financial year have already been approved.
Additional arrangements approved by the Secretary of State
Subsequent redeterminations of budget shares under these Regulations
Redeterminations of budget shares under the Principal Regulations
(a) first determine an amount in accordance with the Principal Regulations, without taking into account the amount to be added in accordance with these Regulations; and then
(b) add to the amount so determined the amount to be added in accordance with these Regulations.
Estelle Morris
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
17th April 2000
1998 c. 31 . By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ) the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England. For the meaning of “regulations” see section 142(1).
S.I. 2000/478 .
The Education (Middle Schools) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/918 ) determine whether a middle school is to be deemed a primary or a secondary school for the purposes of the Education Acts.