We are aware that the purpose of this consultation is to seek views on the impact on local authorities (LAs), schools and pupils of the government’s intention to attach conditions to the payment of the Local Authority School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering grant, reflecting the urgent national priority of ensuring the successful and sustained return of all pupils to school and in addressing any adverse impacts of the pandemic on their education.

We are concerned to note that, from October 2021, funding will revert to being based on per school funding levels in 2017, and that the consultation does not include any modelling to demonstrate the impact of this. 

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