Funding for extended services
£1 billion boost for extended schools — 25 July 2007. This is in addition to over £200 million of funding made available through the extended schools subsidy to ensure that children from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit from extra out-of-hours tuition and after-school clubs.
Schools should contact their local authority extended schools remodelling adviser (ESRA) if they have any queries.
What funding is available?
Between 2008 and 2011, the Government will be providing over £1
billion to support the development of extended services, building on the
£840 million already invested since 2003 in setting up and embedding
services. This very significant investment will make a real difference to the
ability of local authorities and schools to provide access to high quality
extended school activities that reflect local needs and priorities.
You will find more details on the amounts available across the 2008-09 to 2010-11 periods here.
Revenue funding
There are two main sources of revenue funding for extended services:
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Start-up funding continues to be available to local authorities, but is now part of the Area Based Grant (ABG) rather than the Standards Fund. In 2008-09, some start-up will continue to be paid through the Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare Grant (SSEYCG) (formerly the General Sure Start Grant — GSSG). From 2009-10, this funding will also be transferred to the ABG. Start-up funding will be reduced in 2010-11 as the focus shifts from setting up to maintaining and developing services.
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Funding to support the sustainability of extended services, for example through the appointment of extended services co-ordinators, is a new strand, and will be made available to local authorities through the Standards Fund in each of the three years of the spending period. Local authorities are required to use this funding to support the development of extended services in or through schools.
There will be additional funding available via a subsidy which aims to ensure that extended schools activities are accessible to all children and young people, including those facing economic disadvantage and children in care. A pathfinder will begin in September 2008, involving schools in 18 local authorities, with the aim of developing best practice and case studies for the full roll out in 2010. The subsidy will be scaled up to provide funding for further local authorities in 2009-10.
In 2009-10 and 2010-11 extra funding will also be made available for academic-focused study support. Some of this money is to be made available as part of the National Challenge, which aims to transform schools, raise results in English and mathematics, and tackle underachievement by young people. One of the key aspects of the National Challenge will be the provision of more one-to-one tuition and study support, including in English and mathematics for children in schools below the 30 per cent floor target. The remainder will be spent on targeted support benefiting deprived pupils in the context of extended schools provision. Details will be announced closer to the beginning of the financial year 2009-10.
Capital funding
Extended schools capital funding is being made available as part of the
Government's school building programme, and will be allocated as formula
funding through the local authority single capital pot. This funding stream was
previously part of the GSSG, with specific extended schools capital funding
allocated in 2006-07 and 2007-08. As in previous years, extended schools
capital allocations are being made to support primary schools only, since
secondary schools benefit from the effect of the wider Schools Capital
programme — in particular, Building Schools for the Future (BSF).
Guidance
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Guidance on the use of delegated budgets to support extended school activities is available here.
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Extended schools planning and funding guidance
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Extended schools funding Q&As
Last updated: 27 July 2009
