Question: What additional funding is available for schools to help with preparations for COVID-19

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: Eligibility for this funding
section_content: Funding will be available for all state-funded mainstream and special schools,
and alternative provision, including:

primary, secondary and all through maintained schools, academies and free schools
16 to 19 academies and maintained schools
maintained special schools
special academies and free schools
non-maintained special schools
pupil referral units
alternative provision academies and free schools
maintained hospital schools and academies


Reviewer feedback on this answer:
The information states who will get the funding, but doesn't say what kind of funding is available.  It's not a bad answer though.
This is an acceptable response that lists out what schools are eligible to receive funding. This seems to be what the question is asking about so a good answer

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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:
The answer is pretty direct.  It talks about the funding that schools are getting and gives a lot of good information.
This response does a pretty good job talking about the funding that will be available to schools and what it can be used for. The only things that's missing is naming what specifically that funding will be and how much

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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:
There is a lot of information on funding here.  The information here is very relevant and someone looking for info on school funding would be happy with this answer.
This is a great response that lists out not only what schools can receive funding but also the funding limits for those schools. This should be exactly what the question is looking for

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Excellent
Excellent