Department for Education written question – answered at on 24 May 2024.
Gen Kitchen
Labour, Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Wellingborough Constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
The National Funding Formula (NFF) is used to calculate notional funding for maintained schools and academies in England. Average funding per pupil, including premises-related funding, for Wellingborough Constituency, North Northamptonshire and England can be found in the table below. Constituency figures are calculated by combining the notional NFF school-level allocations for all maintained schools and academies which sit within the constituency. Local authority and national funding figures are based on the Dedicated Schools Grant allocations.
Average Per Pupil Funding | |||
Year | Wellingborough Constituency | North Northamptonshire Council | England |
2024/25 | £5,687 | £5,664 | £5,957 |
2023/24 | £5,572 | £5,548 | £5,838 |
2022/23 | £5,267 | £5,247 | £5,534 |
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