School funding

Guidance and services

• Guidance for local authorities on the School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026
• Schemes for financing local authority maintained schools: guidance
• Pre-16 education grants
• School budget forums: best practice guide
• Funding for schools: FAQs
• Sustainable Communities for Learning: investment
• Charging for school activities: guidance for governing bodies and head teachers

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• School funding review
  Policy and strategy
• Review of school spending in Wales
  Report
• Pre-16 education budget reductions 2024 to 2025: impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Pre-16 education budget reductions 2024 to 2025 and grant amalgamation: children’s rights impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• Review of the school funding formula
  Report
• The School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026: integrated impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• The School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026: children's rights impact assessment
  Impact assessment
• The School Funding, Budget Statements and Outturn Statements (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 update
  Policy and strategy
• The School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010: explanatory note
  Policy and strategy