Publication of the long-awaited NFF, follows two Department for Education (DfE) consultations, which generated more than 26,000 responses, and an announcement in July that schools would receive an additional £1.3 billion of funding over the next two years – money found within the Department’s existing budget.
Outlining details of the new NFF in parliament, which comes into force from next April and promises fairer funding for schools, the education secretary Justine Greening, revealed the Government are building on consultation proposals with the introduction of a minimum per pupil funding level for both secondaries and primaries to target the lowest funded schools.
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