School Funding Formula for Vale of Glamorgan

"A local authority much have regard to the desirability of such a formula being simple, objective, measurable, predictable in effect and clearly expressed" (The School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010, Section 10 paragraph 2)

Did the authority provide a written explanation of the Vale of Glamorgan funding formula? Yes, Vale of Glamorgan sent us a very detailed description of the funding formula.

Is the formula measurable? Is it predictable? Yes. With the necessary specific information related to a school it ought to be possible to work out how a school's funding was arrived at. 

"The regulations require that 70 per cent of the funding must be distributed on the basis of pupil numbers. (School Funding in Wales Research Briefing August 2018)

Is 70% of school funding based on pupil numbers? Yes. The formula is clearly stated to ensure that 70% of school funding is based on pupil numbers and Vale of Glamorgan uses an "age-weighted pupil unit", which shows that they are also ensuring "the same funding for pupils of the same age irrespective of the nature of the school which they attend" (The School Funding (Wales) Regulations 2010, Section 23 paragraph 1b).

References: Data Sources for Vale of Glamorgan