- age group
means an age group separately treated in the allocation formula for the purposes of determining that part of each school’s budget share which is to be determined by reference to numbers of registered pupils.
- approved expenditure
means expenditure of the kind referred to in section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966 both in respect of posts and of an amount approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of making grants in respect of such expenditure.
- building
includes any fixtures and fittings affixed to a building.
- Central AMG
means the amount determined under regulation 8 or under that regulation as it has effect by virtue of regulation 10 or 13, as the context may require;
- charity
means an institution established for charitable purposes only;
- Direct AMG
means the amount determined under regulation 6, 7, 12 or 19;
- eligible training
means— (a) the training or further training as teachers of persons other than qualified teachers who are employed by the governing body of a school;
- existing CFF area
means the area of a relevant authority falling within part (a) of the definition of “relevant authority” in this regulation;
- factor
means, in relation to the allocation formula, any circumstance, fact or matter affecting the needs of individual schools and subject to variation from school to school which is to be taken into account in accordance with the allocation formula;
- financial year in question
means the financial year beginning in 1996;
- local education authority
means— (a) in relation to any primary or secondary school and any financial year relating to such a school, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated;
- new CFF area
means the area of a relevant authority falling within part (b) of the definition of “relevant authority” in this regulation;
- number of registered pupils
means the number of pupils on a school’s register on a date determined by the funding authority;
- planned expenditure
means the initial amount appropriated by the local education authority for meeting expenditure at all relevant schools excluding any such expenditure falling within their aggregated budget;
- preceding financial year
means the financial year beginning in 1995;
- pupil increase amount
means the pupil increase credit multiplied by the amount per pupil for the authority calculated under paragraph 16D of Schedule 4 or as recalculated under regulation 40(2)(a);
- pupil increase credit
means where • Y is the number by which the number, appearing to the funding authority to be the number of registered pupils at the school on a date in September 1996 determined by the Secretary of State, exceeds the number appearing to them to be the aggregate of— (a) the number of registered pupils at the school on 18th January 1996;
- pupils with statements of special educational needs
means pupils for whom statements of their special educational needs are maintained under section 168 of the 1993 Act;
- relevant authority
means any of the following local education authorities— (a) The London Borough of Barnet The London Borough of Brent The London Borough of Bromley Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Cambridgeshire County Council The London Borough of Croydon Cumbria County Council The London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Enfield Essex County Council Gloucestershire County Council Hertfordshire County Council The London Borough of Hillingdon Kent County Council The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames The London Borough of Lambeth Lincolnshire County Council Surrey County Council The London Borough of Sutton Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council The London Borough of Wandsworth Wiltshire County Council (b) Derbyshire County Council;
- relevant schools
means all primary or all secondary schools or all special schools maintained or formerly maintained by the authority required to be covered by a statement for the year under section 42 of the 1988 Act, according as to whether the school is a primary school, a secondary school or a special school.
- the 1988 Act
means the Education Reform Act 1988;
- the 1993 Act
means the Education Act 1993;
- the 1995 Regulations
means the Education (Grant-maintained and Grant-maintained Special Schools) (Finance) Regulations 1995;
- the relevant notes
means, in relation to each matter set out in items (a) to (m) in that sub-paragraph, note (5) and the note indicated in respect of that matter.
- trainee
means a person undergoing eligible training in respect of whom special purpose grant is being paid under these Regulations