Question: What types of funding are schools eligible for during the pandemic?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
section_headers: Funding
19 funding arrangements (grant-funded providers)
section_content: As we will use data from the 2019/20 academic year to calculate 16 to 19
allocations for 2021/22, the ESFA may need to apply a different approach to a
number of elements within 16 to 19 funding. Where appropriate we will
therefore use alternative data sources to calculate allocations for 2021/22 to
ensure as far as possible that there is not a disproportionate impact on
funding.
*[ESFA]: Education Skills Funding Agency

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Mentions school funding but is entirely lacking in detail. Doesn't properly answer question.
This focuses on one type of funding instead of listing the different types available like the user asked.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
section_headers: How schools can access funding
section_content: Funding will be available to cover costs relating to specific items. These
items are ones we judge are likely to be necessary to allow schools to provide
appropriate support to those children who will continue to attend school under
the current arrangements.
Funding will be available to schools that are unable to meet such additional
costs from their existing resources, or which they could only meet by drawing
down on reserves and undermining their long-term financial sustainability.
While we are not asking schools to draw on existing reserves to meet these
costs, we do not expect schools to make a claim against this funding if they
are anticipating that they will be able to add to their reserves in the 2020
to 2021 financial year.
We are asking schools to make the necessary payments from their existing
budgets and record these in line with local finance policies. In June, we will
publish further guidance for schools on the process for informing us of any
additional costs relating to coronavirus (COVID-19). We understand the
significant challenges schools are facing at present and will therefore make
the process for reporting this information as simple as possible. We will then
make payments – direct to academies, or to local authorities to pass onto
their schools – to reimburse schools for costs they apply for up to the limits
set out below.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has basic information about funding that's available for schools during the pandemic.
This outlines that schools can get the funding for specific things and under specific circumstances, and how it will be issued.

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Excellent
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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance School funding: exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
section_headers: Funding allowances
section_content: Where they need to, schools will be eligible to claim up to the limits set out
below. Schools will need to provide assurance that costs are legitimate
additional costs incurred due to coronavirus (COVID-19) by taking necessary
measures and should consider the following before submitting claims:

schools should keep records of all expenditure relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), as is usual with all spend, these records will be necessary for local audit arrangements
the headteacher or school business manager who submits the claim should give due consideration to their financial duties when doing so, including signing their name against any claim
we would expect schools to be able to identify this income, and the related expenditure, when reporting their accounts

We want the claims process to be as simple and as user friendly as possible,
recognising the additional work schools are already facing.
We will not be asking for detailed information of the individual items on a
claim routinely, but schools should hold a record of what has been covered, in
case of individual enquiries.
As usual, we reserve the right to audit the expenditure and clawback money if
claims have not been made in accordance with the guidance, in order to protect
public spending.
Limits for schools
Mainstream schools
250 pupils or fewer
£25,000
Mainstream schools
251 to 500 pupils
£30,000
Mainstream schools
501 to 1000 pupils
£50,000
Mainstream schools
Over 1000 pupils
£75,000
Mainstream schools
Special schools and alternative provision
Mainstream schools
All schools
£50,000
Pupil numbers will be defined by the following data:

2 to 4 year olds – headcount of funded places from January 2020
5 to 16 year olds – headcount from October 2019 census
16 to 19 year olds – pupil numbers from 2019 to 2020 academic year allocations

These limits have been set to ensure that few schools will be likely to exceed
them, and we do not expect there to be many schools who need to spend up to
these limits.
There may be some exceptional instances where individual schools will face
additional costs that are higher than these limits. In these circumstances,
schools will be able to make a case for increasing the limit when they submit
a claim for additional funding.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Has information about what funding is available for schools during the pandemic.
This offers information about the limits on funding for schools with a certain number of students, but doesn't outline what types of funding schools can claim.

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Excellent
Could be Improved