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Guidance

Local authorities planning calendar for the 2026 to 2027 financial and academic years

Updated 18 June 2026

Applies to England

漏 Crown copyright 2026

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April 2026聽

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities submit:

笔补测尘别苍迟听

The Department for Education (DfE) makes the:

Information

DfE听颈蝉蝉耻别蝉:

May 2026

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities:聽聽聽 聽

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

Information

DfE:

June 2026聽

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities:

  • review聽high needs for the 2026 to 2027 financial year import and export data
  • submit new or amended split-site cases to聽DfE to be funded through the 2027 to 2028 national funding formula (NFF) (by 19 June 2026)

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍听

DfE聽issues the:

  • high needs import and export data for the 2026 to 2027 financial year
  • s251聽outturn guidance聽on completing the outturn template for the 2025 to 2026 financial year

July 2026聽

Action

Local authorities submit:

  • the consistent financial reporting (CFR) 2025 to 2026 data return聽(by 17 July 2026)聽聽聽
  • the s251聽outturn statements for the 2025 to 2026聽financial year聽(by 31 July 2026)
  • queries relating to聽high needs import and export adjustment data聽for the 2026 to 2027聽financial year

笔补测尘别苍迟听

DfE聽makes the:

滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍听

August 2026聽

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Nil

Payment

DfE听尘补办别蝉:

Information

Nil

September 2026聽聽聽聽聽

Action

Local authorities:

  • 蝉耻产尘颈迟听NNDR聽adjustment claims聽for the 2026 to 2027 financial year (by 11 September for 30 October 2026 payment)

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

Information

DfE听颈蝉蝉耻别蝉:

  • the second quarterly 耻辫诲补迟别诲听pupil premium allocations聽for the 2026 to 2027 financial year
  • s251聽raw budget data for the 2026 to 2027 financial year

October 2026聽

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities:

  • complete the autumn鈥�school census
  • begin the 2027 to 2028 academic year high needs place-change process via discussions of place requirements with providers

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

Information

DfE聽issues the:

  • 16 to 19聽TPSECG聽updated allocations聽for the 2026 to 2027 financial year
  • breakfast clubs updated allocations聽(summer-term arrears payment) to local authorities for early adopters for the 2025 to 2026 academic year聽

November 2026

Action

Local authorities submit the:

  • 2027 to 2028 academic year high needs place-change workbook to聽DfE
  • DSG聽chief finance officer assurance statement and note to the accounts for the 2025 to 2026 financial year聽聽

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

滨苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍听

DfE聽issues the updated:

  • DSG 听补濒濒辞肠补迟颈辞苍蝉聽for in-year recoupment and high needs deductions聽for the 2026 to 2027 financial year
  • 蹿颈苍补濒听DSG听补濒濒辞肠补迟颈辞苍聽for early years for the working parents鈥� entitlements for 2-year-olds and under, and early years pupil premium for 2-year-olds and under (to reflect 2026 summer-term headcount)聽for the 2026 to 2027 financial year
  • high needs place dataset for the 2026 to 2027 academic year

DfE issues the:

  • 蹿颈苍补濒听high needs place dataset for the 2025 to 2026 academic year

December 2026聽

Action

Nil

Payment

Information

DfE:

  • announces the schools revenue funding settlement, including details of the聽DSG聽and other grant funding for the 2027 to 2028 financial year

  • issues the:

January 2027

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities:

Payment

DfE听尘补办别蝉:

Information

DfE issues the:

DfE updates the:

  • publication of , including trends in funding over time since 2010 to 2011, and funding allocations of individual primary and secondary schools

February 2027

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities:

  • 蝉耻产尘颈迟听NNDR adjustment claims for the 2026 to 2027 financial year for claims made after 11 September 2026 (by 2 February 2027)
  • obtain political ratification of pre-16 funding formulae, as outlined in the APT
  • 颈蝉蝉耻别听DSG听补濒濒辞肠补迟颈辞苍蝉 to maintained schools after sign-off from聽DfE聽(by 28 February 2027)

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

Information

DfE听颈蝉蝉耻别蝉:聽

  • s251聽budget guidance on completing the budget template for the 2027 to 2028聽financial year

March 2027聽

础肠迟颈辞苍听

Local authorities should note that:

  • the s251聽budget returns collection for 2027 to 2028 opens

Payment

DfE聽makes the:

Information

DfE聽issues the:聽

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