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Pre-16 education grants
Cymraeg
How Welsh Government will allocate pre-16 education grants in the 2024 to
2025 financial year.
Part of: School funding
First published: 18 March 2024
Last updated: 18 March 2024
Contents
Aim of the changes
What has been done
School standards funding
Other grant funding for schools and settings
Aim of the changes
Our pre-16 education grants, which will be available from 1 April 2024, aim to:
reduce complexity
provide more transparency
allow further flexibility of funding
What has been done
We have combined some of our pre-16 education grant funding into 4 funding elements:
1. School standards
2. Equity
3. Reform 
4. Cymraeg 2050
School standards
School standards funding has been created by merging:
the Education Improvement Grant (EIG) funding
the Recruit Recover and Raise Standard (RRRS) funding
the Early Education (non-maintained settings) funding 
From April 2024, this combined funding package will provide support to schools, settings,
and local authorities.
Equity
This element consists of funding which supports equity in education policy. Outcomes will
support equity policy objectives including:
pupil development grant (PDG)
care-experienced children
attendance
Minority Ethnic and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller learners
home-educated learners
community focused schools
Reform
This element consists of funding which will support education-reform initiatives. It will
support outcomes for:
Curriculum for Wales
professional learning and leadership
additional learning needs (ALN)
the whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing
Cymraeg 2050 
This element consists of funding which supports schools, settings, and local authorities with
the Cymraeg 2050 objectives.
All 4 funding elements will be awarded to local authorities via the Local Authority Education
Grant (LAEG). Local authorities will be required to delegate most of this funding onto
schools and settings. We will ask local authorities to do this as soon as possible in the
2024 to 2025 financial year. 
School standards funding
Distribution
The School standards funding is worth a total of £159.9 million. Of this:
92.5% will be distributed to schools and for education other than at school provision,
this will be called ‘the School Standards Grant’
4% will be allocated to local authorities for Early Education, this will include funding for
non-maintained settings
the remaining funding, along with local authorities own (match) funding, will be used to
support standards in education
The funding to support standards in education relates to the additional support local
authorities give to schools and other settings. This additional support is used to:
deliver school improvement measures
raise school standards
The School Standards Grant
How the grant will be set
The School Standards Grant will be based on a national formula. The funding values will
change each year in line with pupil level annual school census (PLASC) data. With this in
mind, we intend to publish the details of the formula every January, before the start of the
new financial year. This will help schools with their budget planning.
Grant allocations for the 2024 to 2025 financial year
The formula is based on 2023 PLASC data. However, we have also included additional
allocations for any new schools which have opened since this data was published. 
The allocations are as follows:
for every learner from nursery to Year 11 schools will receive £86.06
for every learner in a rural school in rural urban classifications 1, 2 or 3, schools will
receive an additional £86.06
Special schools will receive:
an additional £172.12 for every learner 
an additional lump sum of £10,000
To support foundation learning ratios:
for every nursery learner schools will receive an additional £563.60
for every reception learner schools will receive an additional £1,127.21
for every Year 1 and Year 2 learner schools will receive an additional £563.60
To support 14 to 16 learning pathways:
for every Year 10 and Year 11 learner schools will receive an additional £184.35
What this means for schools
Schools will no longer receive EIG or RRRS funding. Instead, they will receive the School
Standards Grant. The total amount schools and settings will be receiving for this is £147.9
million.
Other grant funding for schools and settings
Some parts of the Equity and Reform funding elements have funding which will also be
delegated to schools and settings. These are as follows:
Equity funding elements
PDG 
This is allocated based on the number of learners eligible for free school meals (eFSM)
using 2023 PLASC data. It is allocated at a rate of £1,150 per learner. The total amount
delegated for this is £114.6 million.
For the 2024 to 2025 financial year, additional PDG funding will be available. This
additional funding will be allocated to local authorities for them to decide how it will be
distributed. However, we have told local authorities that the full £7.1m additional funding
available must be delegated to schools and settings.
Reform funding elements
Curriculum for Wales 
This is allocated to local authorities for them to decide how it will be distributed to schools
and settings. The total amount for this is £6 million.
Professional learning 
This is allocated based on the number of qualified teachers using 2022 School Workforce
Annual Census (SWAC) data. For special schools, this number includes some additional
staff members. The total amount for this is £12 million.
ALN implementation
This is allocated as a lump sum for each school or setting. There is a further allocation
based on the number of learners from nursery to Year 11 using 2023 PLASC data. The
total amount for this is £10.4 million.
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    Cylchlythyr | Circular 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dyddiad:  18 Mawrth 2024 
Cyfeirnod:   W24/03HE 
At:    Benaethiaid sefydliadau addysg uwch yng Nghymru 
Ymateb erbyn:  22 Mawrth 2024 (derbyn cyllid) 
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Yn dilyn cyhoeddi’r Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol gan Lywodraeth y DU, mae CCAUC 
wedi cael £3.4m gan Lywodraeth Cymru i gefnogi gweithgareddau cyfnewid 
gwybodaeth ac ymgysylltu â busnesau sy’n hybu twf economaidd a chynhyrchiant. 
Mae’r cylchlythyr hwn yn darparu manylion dyraniadau’r Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol i 
sefydliadau addysg uwch yng Nghymru.  
Y Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol (RIF) 
2023/2024 
Os oes angen y ddogfen hon arnoch 
mewn fformat hygyrch arall, 
anfonwch e-bost i info@hefcw.ac.uk. 
 
1 
Cyflwyniad 
 
1. Ar 3 Hydref 2023, fe gyhoeddodd yr Adran Gwyddoniaeth, Arloesi a Thechnoleg 
(DSIT) Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol (RIF) sy’n werth £60 miliwn i gefnogi 
economïau, masnacheiddio a thwf economaidd lleol a rhanbarthol. 
 
2. Mae £3.4 miliwn o’r cyllid hwn wedi cael ei ddyrannu i Gymru, y bydd CCAUC yn 
ei ddosbarthu i sefydliadau addysg uwch Cymru i gefnogi gweithgareddau 
cyfnewid gwybodaeth ac ymgysylltu â busnesau sy’n hybu twf economaidd a 
chynhyrchiant. Mae RIF yn canolbwyntio’n arbennig ar ysgogi twf lleol a 
rhanbarthol. 
 
 
Defnyddio cyllid 
 
3. Gall cyllid o’r Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol gael ei ddefnyddio’n hyblyg i gefnogi 
gweithgareddau cyfnewid gwybodaeth ac ymgysylltu â busnesau sy’n hybu twf 
economaidd a chynhyrchiant. Dylai’r prif ffocws fod ar bartneriaid, blaenoriaethau 
ac effeithiau lleol/rhanbarthol.  
 
4. O ystyried y raddfa amser fer ar gyfer gwariant, rydym yn disgwyl y bydd y cyllid 
yn canolbwyntio ar gefnogi ac adeiladu ar y gweithgareddau sydd eisoes ar y 
gweill (er y gellir defnyddio cyllid i gefnogi gweithgarwch newydd hefyd). 
 
5. Gellir defnyddio arian ar gyfer gwariant refeniw a chyfalaf. Gall cyfalaf gynnwys 
prynu offer yn benodol at ddiben gweithgareddau cyfnewid gwybodaeth gyda 
phartneriaid allanol yn unol â blaenoriaethau’r gronfa 
 
6. Dylai cyllid gael ei neilltuo’n llawn o fewn y flwyddyn academaidd gyfredol, sef 
2023/24, ar gyfer gweithgareddau o 3 Hydref 2023, dyddiad y cyhoeddiad DSIT. 
Ceidw CCAUC yr hawl i adfer unrhyw ran o ddyraniad sefydliad na chaiff ei wario 
ar weithgareddau cymwys erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn academaidd.  
 
 
Dyraniadau 
 
7. Caiff y Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol (RIF) ei dyrannu gan ddefnyddio’r elfen cyllid 
fformiwla o fethodoleg dyrannu Cronfa Arloesi Ymchwil Cymru (RWIF). Mae’r cyllid 
fformiwla hwn yn seiliedig ar Fesurau Cenedlaethol CCAUC i roi cymhelliad ar 
gyfer perfformiad, fel a amlinellwyd yng nghylchlythyr W22/41HE. 
 
8. I osgoi amheuaeth, mae RIF yn ffrwd gyllido untro ar wahân y dylid ei defnyddio i 
gefnogi gweithgareddau cyfnewid gwybodaeth ac ymgysylltu â busnesau sy'n 
hybu twf economaidd a chynhyrchiant lleol/rhanbarthol. Rydym yn disgwyl y bydd 
y gweithgareddau hyn yn cyd-fynd â strategaethau RWIF sefydliadol, ond y gallent 
wella, neu fod yn ychwanegol at, gynlluniau cyflawni presennol. 
 
9. Caiff dyraniadau RIF sefydliadau unigol eu nodi yn Atodiad A. 
 
  
 
2 
Monitro 
 
10. Dylai sefydliadau ddarparu crynodeb lefel-uchel, byr (uchafswm o 2 dudalen) yn 
manylu ar y gweithgareddau y mae’r cyllid hwn wedi’u cefnogi a sut y maent yn 
cyfrannu at gyflawni’r amcanion a nodir uchod.  
 
11. Dylid cyflwyno hwn erbyn 26 Gorffenaf 2024, trwy’r e-bost i Corinne Nguyen, 
corinne.nguyen@hefcw.ac.uk.  
 
 
Amodau’r Cyllid 
 
12. Mae’r cyllid a ddyrennir gan CCAUC ar gael gyda’r amodau cyffredinol ar gyfer 
talu arian gan CCAUC i Gorff Llywodraethu sefydliad. Caiff y rhain eu nodi yn 
Nhelerau ac Amodau Cyllid 2023/24.  Dylai sefydliadau ystyried gofynion Deddf 
Rheoli Cymhorthdal 2022. 
 
13. Bydd taliadau’n cael eu gwneud ym mis Mawrth 2024.  
 
 
Derbyn cyllid 
 
14. Mae CCAUC yn cydnabod yr heriau sy’n gysylltiedig â gwario cyllid erbyn diwedd 
y flwyddyn academaidd. Er ein bod yn annog sefydliadau i ystyried sut y gallent 
wneud y defnydd gorau o’r Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol, rydym yn cynnig y cyfle i 
optio allan a dewis peidio â chael dyraniad, neu i gael swm is o gyllid. 
 
15. Dylai sefydliadau gysylltu â corinne.nguyen@hefcw.ac.uk erbyn 22 Mawrth 2024 i 
dderbyn neu wrthod eu dyraniadau cyllid. 
 
16. Mae’r dyraniadau cyllid a ddangosir yn Atodiad A felly’n rhai dros dro a gallent 
gael eu cynyddu i sicrhau bod y gyllideb gyfan yn cael ei dyrannu. 
 
 
Rhagor o wybodaeth 
 
17. I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Corinne Nguyen, 
corinne.nguyen@hefcw.ac.uk. 
 
 
Asesu effaith ein polisïau  
 
18. Rydym yn cynnal ymarfer sgrinio asesu effaith i helpu i ddiogelu rhag 
gwahaniaethu a hybu cydraddoldeb. Rydym hefyd yn ystyried effaith polisïau ar y 
Gymraeg, a darpariaeth Gymraeg yn y sector AU yng Nghymru ac effeithiau posibl 
tuag at y nodau yn Neddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 gan 
gynnwys ein Hamcanion Llesiant. Cysylltwch ag equality@hefcw.ac.uk i gael 
rhagor o wybodaeth am asesiadau o’r effaith.  
 
3 
 
Atodiad A – Dyraniadau’r Gronfa Arloesi Rhanbarthol 
 
 
 Y Gronfa Arloesi 
Rhanbarthol (£) 
Prifysgol De Cymru 229,782 
Prifysgol Aberystwyth 296,992 
Prifysgol Bangor 415,427 
Prifysgol Caerdydd 575,589 
Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant 504,064 
Prifysgol Abertawe 782,360 
Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd 257,124 
Prifysgol Wrecsam 271,999 
Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru 66,663 
Cyfanswm 3,400,000 
 
 
 
 


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Wales and is collected directly from secure children's homes. 
Figures relate to a snapshot of the position on 31 March each year,
except for 2020 when the reference date was changed to 29 February
to reflect the position in secure children's homes before the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown. 
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Number of children
accommodated
156
Up 12%, from 139 last year
Percentage of approved
places occupied
(occupancy rate)
66%
Up from 60% last year
Number of children placed
by YCS
59
Up 5%, from 56 last year
Figures relate to 31 March 2024, for England and Wales, comparisons are to 31 March 2023 unless
otherwise stated. 
The number of places that were approved for use has risen by 7 to 237, up from 230 last year.
However, this is still slightly below the approved places in recent years - between 2015 and 2022 the
figure remained fairly stable around 250 places.
Children accommodated in secure children's homes increased by 12% (17 more children) to 156.
Between 2010 and 2021 there was an overall gradual decline in children accommodated in secure
children's homes, but since 2021 the figure has fluctuated more - generally around 150 each year.
The occupancy rate increased to 66% - up from 60% last year - but the same as in 2022.
59 children were placed by the Youth Custody Service (YCS), up 5% (3 more children) from 56.
Between 2010 and 2021 there was a longer-term trend of fewer children being placed in secure
children's homes by the YCS, however since 2021 the number has remained fairly stable at around 60
children. 
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Secure children's homes 
Secure children's homes provide a safe place where very vulnerable children and young people can receive
the care, support and education they need. Beds within secure children's homes are either contracted to the
Youth Custody Service (YCS), or are available to local authorities (LAs) for welfare or criminal justice
placements, so children can be placed within these children's homes either by LAs or the YCS. The YCS place
vulnerable children when they are remanded to custody by the courts or are serving a custodial sentence. LAs
place children when no other type of placement can keep them safe as they are a significant risk to themselves
or others.
There are currently two other types of secure accommodation - young offender institutions ?   and 
secure training centres ? . Data on children placed in these are not included in this release but are published
by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) (opens in a new tab).
Places contracted to the  Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
From September 2017, the overall responsibility for commissioning of youth custody transferred to the MoJ
from the Youth Justice Board. At the same time the YCS took over responsibility for individual placements of
children and young people into youth custody and day-to-day management of youth custody. Some places
within secure children's homes are contracted out for use to the MoJ and children are placed in them by the
YCS. 
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There are currently 14 secure children’s homes in England and Wales, with 237 approved places which is an
increase of 7 approved places on last year. This increase is largely due to the increase in approved beds at
Clare Lodge (where capacity was reduced last year).
The availability of approved places has increased since last year, at 93% up from 88%. The availability rate is
above 90% for the first time since 2016 - it was consistently above 90% between 2010 and 2016 but had been
below in each year since. 
Not all approved places are always available for use, for example homes may temporarily close to
make improvements, a bed may be out of use due to damage or refurbishment or if staffing ratios
mean a reduced number of places can be filled. 
Places approved for use and available for use have increased slightly in 2024 in England and
Wales
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311 291
312 291
300 288
296 286
298 283
254 245
254 245
254 227
255 220
259 228
254 227
253 223
249 220
230 203
237 220
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1. Figures are at 31 March each year, except for 2020 where figures are at 29 February to reflect the
position before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown.
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2011
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2016
2017
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2020
2021
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2023
2024
Number of places approved Number of places available
The number of approved places contracted to the MoJ steadily declined from 191 places in 2010 to 106 in
2019. Since then places contracted to the the MoJ have remained at a similar level - there were 105 places
this year - the same as in 2023.
The number of children placed by the YCS in secure homes decreased from 146 in 2011 and 2012 down to
56 in 2023. This year YCS placements have increased slightly to 59.
Figures published by the His Majesty's Prison Service (opens in a new tab) show the overall population of the
youth secure estate has declined in the last decade, influenced by a move by courts towards sentencing
children being a last resort. This is reflected in the secure children’s homes data for MoJ contracted places
and YCS placements.
Places contracted to the MoJ and children placed by the YCS in England and Wales
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131 191
146 190
146 183
102 166
111 166
97 138
89 138
93 117
98 120
66 106
80 107
55 107
62 105
56 105
59 105
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1. Figures are at 31 March each year, except for 2020 where figures are at 29 February to reflect the
position before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown.
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Within the 14 secure children’s homes, there were 156 children accommodated, up 12% since 2023. Between
2010 and 2021 there was an overall gradual decline in children accommodated in secure children's homes, but
since 2021 the number of children accommodated has fluctuated more - generally around 150 children each
year.  
The occupancy rate was 66% - up from 60% last year.  Note that a lower occupancy rate does not necessarily
mean that there are available spaces within secure children's homes - availability of a suitable place may
depend upon whether or not the place is contracted to the YCS. In addition, placements are complex and each
home will assess the resources required to support the individual needs of the children they accommodate. 
Occupancy rates
These are based on the number of children accommodated in relation to the number of places for
which the home has approval to operate with 
Children accommodated in secure homes in England and Wales have increased in 2024
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258
221
239
206
229
205
210
203
204
172
184
142
165
139
156
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position before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown.
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2011
2012
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2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Number of children accommodated
In 2024, both the occupancy and availability rates have increased in secure children's homes in
England and Wales
94% 83%
93% 71%
96% 80%
97% 70%
95% 77%
96% 81%
96% 83%
89% 80%
86% 80%
88% 66%
89% 72%
88% 56%
88% 66%
88% 60%
93% 66%
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1. Figures are at 31 March each year, except for 2020 where figures are at 29 February to reflect the
position before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown.
2. Percentages in charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where percentages apply
to a group of categories they may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
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2021
2022
2023
2024
Percentage of approved places available
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Percentage of approved places occupied
(occupancy rate)
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Children and young people placed within secure children's homes may be placed as:
Children detained  or sentenced and placed by the YCS include children detained for, or convicted of,
a serious offence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or the Criminal Justice Act
2003; or subject to a Supervision Order with a residence requirement or a Detention and Training Order
under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.
Children placed by the local authority in a criminal justice context include  children remanded by a
court under section 102 (Remand to youth detention accommodation) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and
Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; or accommodated pursuant to section 38 of the Police and Criminal
Evidence Act 1984.
Children placed by the local authority on welfare grounds include children who are placed into the
homes by their local authority under section 25 of the Children Act 1989 for the protection of themselves
and/or others.
In 2024, 46% of children in secure children's homes were placed on welfare grounds, 38% were detained or
sentenced and placed by the YCS and 16% were placed by the LA in a criminal justice context.
Children placed in secure homes on a welfare basis fell slightly to 72 (down by 2 children), continuing a longer
term trend, decreasing steadily from a peak of 105 children in 2016. 
Children detained or sentenced and placed by the YCS increased slightly to 59 (up by 3 children). Placements
by the YCS have been broadly similar since 2021 - down from a peak of 146 in 2012.
Children placed by the LA in a criminal justice context increased to 25 (up by 14 children). 
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Children placed in secure children's homes by placement type, 2010 to 2024
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Children placed by the LA on welfare grounds
Children placed by the LA in a criminal justice context
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1. Figures are at 31 March each year, except for 2020 where figures are at 29 February to reflect the
position before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the national lockdown.
2. Percentages in charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where percentages apply
to a group of categories they may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
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150
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Sex
There are more males than females accommodated in secure children’s homes. The proportion of children
who were accommodated who were male was 72% - the same as last year.  Males are over-represented in the
secure children's homes population (compared to 51% in the overall child population - as shown in the latest
ONS mid-year population estimates).
Age
Children aged 15 years or over make up 74% of the children accommodated. The numbers in each age group
are small and do fluctuate over time - children accommodated by age in 2024:
9 were aged 13 years (6%)
26 were aged 14 years old (17%)
41 were aged 15 years old (26%)
40 were aged 16 years old (26%)
32 were aged 17 years old (21%)
the remaining 5% were either aged under 13, or 18 years and over.
Ethnicity
Information on the ethnicity of children accommodated in secure homes was reported for the first time in 2021.
The numbers and proportions of children accommodated by ethnicity are in the table. 
Children accommodated in secure children's homes, by ethnicity, in England and Wales, 2020
to 2024
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x 142 165 139 156 x 100% 100% 100% 100%
x 103 107 99 98 x 73% 65% 71% 63%
x c 30 18 13 x c 18% 13% 8%
x 13 9 13 24 x 9% 5% 9% 15%
x 11 10 7 9 x 8% 6% 5% 6%
x c c c c x c c c c
x 0 c c c x 0% c c c
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1. Figures are at 31 March each year, except for 2020 where figures are at 29 February to reflect the
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Targeted retention
incentive payments for
school teachers
Eligible chemistry, computing,
mathematics and physics teachers can
apply for targeted retention incentive
payments between October and March.
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Applications are currently closed
You can no longer claim for the academic year
2023 to 2024. You’ll be able to claim for the
academic year 2024 to 2025 from 14 October
2024. You must claim by 31 March 2025.
The targeted retention incentive payment ranges from
£3,000 to £6,000, from the 2024 to 2025 academic
year, depending on the school you teach in.
You can apply from October in the 2024 to 2025 and
2025 to 2026 academic years.
Eligible teachers of the following subjects can claim a
targeted retention incentive payment for teaching in
eligible state-funded secondary schools:
chemistry
computing
mathematics
physics
When to apply
Use the table to find out when you can apply for a
targeted retention incentive payment. If you are a
postgraduate, use the academic year your initial
teacher training (ITT) course started. If you’re an
undergraduate, use the academic year your ITT course
finished.
ITT course start or
finish
Academic year in which to
apply
2019 to 2020 2024
2020 to 2021 2024 and 2025
2021 to 2022 2024 and 2025
2022 to 2023 2024 and 2025
2023 to 2024 2024 and 2025
2024 to 2025 2025
The academic year normally runs from 1 September to
31 August. Some ITT courses may start slightly earlier,
such as from 1 June, but should be treated as starting
in the following academic year. Applications open in
October of the year shown.
You will not be able to make a claim for a specific year
once the application window for that year has closed.
Eligibility criteria
You must meet the eligibility criteria to be able to claim
any additional payments.
From 14 October 2024 to 31 March 2025, you’ll be
able to answer some questions to find out what
additional payments you’re eligible to claim.
You’ll only be able to claim either an early-career
payment or targeted retention incentive payment per
academic year, even if you’re eligible to claim for both
payments.
Learn more about what additional payments are
available.
School eligibility and payment amount
Targeted retention incentive payments are offered to
teachers in schools identified as having a high need for
teachers. If you teach in an eligible school in an
education investment area, you’ll receive a higher
payment.
List of eligible and non-eligible schools for targeted
retention incentive payment (CSV, 476 KB)
We have produced a methodology document (PDF,
118 KB, 2 pages) that explains our funding approach.
Qualifications
To claim, you must have completed at least one of the
following:
an ITT course specialising in mathematics, physics,
chemistry or computing
a UK undergraduate or postgraduate degree related
to mathematics, physics, chemistry or computing on
the JACS 3.0 principal subject codes or with a
relevant higher education classification of subjects
(HECoS) code (ODS, 9.25 KB)
an equivalent non-UK degree
If you were awarded qualified teacher status (QTS)
through assessment only or overseas recognition in an
eligible academic year, you’ll be eligible if you
completed one of these qualifications.
QTS and QTLS
You must have either:
qualified teacher status (QTS)
qualified teacher learning and skills (QTLS) status
and membership of the Society for Education and
Training
Employment
You must be employed as a teacher in a state-funded
secondary school (or middle-deemed secondary
school) in England when you apply for the payment.
State-funded schools include:
local-authority-maintained secondary schools
academies, free schools or multi-academy trusts
local-authority-maintained or non-maintained special
schools
You must have spent at least 50% of your contracted
hours allocated to teaching one or more of the eligible
subjects at the time of the application.
Supply, independent school and sixth-form
college teachers
If you’re a supply teacher, you must:
be employed directly by the school
have been working for at least one term before
applying
If you’re employed by a private supply-teaching agency
or teach in an independent school, you’re not eligible.
Part-time teachers
If you’re a part-time teacher, you’re eligible for the
same targeted retention incentive payment amount as
a full-time teacher.
You still need to meet all the eligibility criteria.
Breaks in teaching
You’re still eligible if you have some breaks in your
normal employment such as:
sickness
maternity, paternity, parental or adoption leave
You should apply for payments as usual during these
breaks before the claim window closes each year.
Performance
You must not currently be subject to any:
formal performance measures as a result of
continuous poor teaching standards
disciplinary action
Payments
We make the payment in one lump sum.
If you’re eligible for both the targeted retention
incentive and early-career payments, you can only
claim one of these additional payments in the same
academic year.
However, if you’re eligible to claim back your student
loan repayments, you’ll be able to claim these as well
as a targeted retention incentive payment or an early-
career payment.
Taxable income and National Insurance
We’ll pay National Insurance and basic rate Income
Tax for the payment on your behalf. If you are or
become a higher-rate taxpayer, you’ll need to pay any
Income Tax at the higher rate through PAYE.
The payment is not part of your salary from your
employer. You, your employer or the government will
not make a contribution to your pension as part of this
payment.
Your payment, along with the Income Tax and National
Insurance contributions paid on your behalf, will all
count towards your income. You should consider how
this will affect any other benefits or tax credits.
Student loan deductions
If you have a student loan you’re currently paying off, a
deduction will go towards repaying it. This is
automatically taken from your payment.
Contact
For any queries about targeted retention incentive
payments, email:
schools-targeted.retention-
incentive@education.gov.uk.
Published 4 September 2024 
Last updated 1 October 2024
1 October 2024
Updated to clarify that eligible teachers can claim for the 2024 to
2025 academic year from 14 October 2024.
6 September 2024
Updated the email address for queries about targeted retention
incentive payments.
4 September 2024
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Guidance for schools on writing statutory end of year
reports for parents.
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By the end of each summer term, headteachers must send
parents a written report on their child’s progress for the
academic year, unless that pupil will receive a school leaver’s
report. Where schools have not received the results of public
exams, vocational qualifications or credits until after the end of
the summer term, headteachers will need to provide that
information to parents as soon as possible, and no later than 15
days after receiving it.
You can split the report across the academic year - for example,
to report on each term separately.
School leavers’ reports
Where a pupil is no longer of compulsory school age and is due
to leave the school, or has left the school, then the requirement
to produce an annual report no longer applies. Instead,
headteachers must provide a school leaver’s report containing
brief particulars of the pupil’s progress and achievements in
subjects and activities forming part of the school curriculum.
The report for school leavers must be provided to the pupil,
rather than the parent, no later than 30 September following the
end of the academic year in which the pupil left.
Information that must be reported in annual reports
Information All
years
Years 1 to
6 (key
stage 1
and key
stage 2)
Years 10
and 11
(key
stage 4)
General progress x x x
Brief particulars of
achievements, highlighting
strengths and
developmental needs
x x x
information for parents
National curriculum assessments:
key stage 2, 2016 (provisional)
Phonics screening check and key
stage 1 assessments: England
2018
School and college accountability
approach: 2020 to 2022
Information that must be reported in annual reports—
National curriculum assessments—
Grades achieved in GCSEs or other qualifications—
Providing reports in the academic year 2023 to 2024—
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discussion about the
report with a teacher at the
school
x x x
Attendance record x x x
The results of any national
curriculum assessments
taken by the pupil
 x  
The grade achieved in
subjects for which the
pupil was entered for
GCSE
  x
Any other qualification, or
unit towards a
qualification, and the
grade achieved
  x
National curriculum assessments
Schools should report:
the outcomes of any statutory key stage 1  and 2 tests or
teacher assessments the pupil has undertaken
comparative information about the attainment of pupils of the
same age in the school and nationally
The Standards and Testing Agency provides further information
about the requirements at key stages 1 and 2.
Grades achieved in GCSEs or other qualifications
Where schools receive the results of any qualification
assessments after the end of the summer term, they should
report the results to parents and adult pupils within 15 school
days of receiving them. These requirements do not apply to
pupils receiving a school leaver’s report.
Providing reports in the academic year 2023 to 2024
As in previous years, schools should take a proportionate
approach in deciding what information to include within their
pupils’ reports and the appropriate level of detail required.
Where schools have not already shared this information with
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pupils and parents, we strongly recommend that reports include
an indication of any significant learning that pupils have missed
or in which they are not secure. This should include an
explanation of the timely and evidence-based support they have
received to help them catch up, and any specific additional
support that parents could provide.
Schools may also wish to consider including information for
eligible pupils on how they are making use of pupil premium
funding, bearing in mind that this is not a personal budget for
individual pupils.
Schools should spend the pupil premium on evidence-based
approaches to support pupils, in line with those set out in
the Education Endowment Foundation’s pupil premium guide.
For further information, read our guidance on using pupil
premium.
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