Financial Budget Statements

The Local Authority is required under Section 52 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1988 to publish and make accessible the budget statement for inspection.

• Look at the Full 2004/2005 Financial Statements (724kb, 44 page pdf) 
• Look at the Full 2005/2006 Financial Statements (643kb, 36 page pdf) 
• Look at the Full 2006/2007 Financial Statements (204kb, 53 page pdf) 
• Look at the Full 2007/2008 Financial Statements (318kb, 51 page pdf) 
• Look at the Full 2008/2009 Financial Statements (254kb, 51 page pdf)
• Look at the Indicative 2009/2010 Financial Statements (232kb 43 page pdf)
• Look at the Indicative 2010/2011 Financial Statements (231kb 43 page pdf)

The Schools Budget Summary Table (11kb 1 page pdf) - provides an account of the main sources of funding available to LA's for their schools and any additional funding provided by the LA.

Table 1 (29kb 6 page pdf)  – this is split into two main categories, the Schools Budget and the LEA budget.  These are further sub-divided to provide the spending plans of those activities outside schools' delegated budgets.

In addition, there are two annexes to this table.  The first one demonstrates how the 'Central Expenditure Limit (14kb 2 page pdf) was calculated.  It should be noted that this was subject to statutory approval by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).  The second Annex shows an analysis of staffing and non-staffing costs for the Youth Service (10kb 1 page pdf).

Table 2 (Mainstream) 52kb 12 page pdf) – this summarises the main formula funding elements and lists the budget share and the per pupil or place share in each nursery, primary school and secondary school.

Table 2 (Special) (15kb 2 page pdf) - as above for special schools.

Table 3a (75kb 15 page pdf) – this shows, in detail, how the formula has been applied to each mainstream school to calculate its budget share, including all the relevant factors and lump sums and the number of pupils in each school year used to allocate pupil-led funding. 

Table 3b (17kb 1 page pdf) – this shows, in detail, how the formula has been applied to each special school to calculate its budget share, including all the relevant factors and lump sums and the number of pupils in each school year used to allocate place-led funding

Table 4 (36kb 8 page pdf) – this shows details of the LA's allocation formula, including all the factors and values used to calculate the schools delegated budget.

For further information regarding the tables, please contact the Assistant Head of Financial Services, Athenaeum House, Market Street, Bury, BL9 0BN – tel: 0161 253 5650, e-mail childrens.services@bury.gov.uk.