Where a proposed development would result in insufficient projected school places, a contribution will usually be requested by us in response to the planning application or enquiry. The revised developer contributions for education policy sets out the levels of contribution that will be requested from developers in North Yorkshire towards the cost of providing the school places necessary to support their developments.
These will be calculated by multiplying the projected pupil yield from the development by the national average costs published in the Department for Education school places scorecards, adjusted to reflect costs in the region using Building Cost Information Service location factors. This is in line with Department for Education guidance.
The policy makes provision for these rates to be updated annually:
These rates will be updated on 1 April each year and reflect the latest published Department for Education school places scorecard at this date. If there is no Department for Education school places scorecard published within the last calendar year, we will reserve the right to uplift the costs in the latest published scorecard by inflation.
From April 2025, the following rates will apply, based on the latest published Department for Education school places scorecard:
| Group | England Cost of Place (£) | North Yorkshire location factor | 2025/26 North Yorkshire Council place cost multipliers (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | |||
| Permanent expansion | 19,989 | 0.95 | 18,990 |
| New school | 23,865 | 0.95 | 22,672 |
| Secondary schools | |||
| Permanent expansion | 27,492 | 0.95 | 26,117 |
| New school | 28,912 | 0.95 | 27,466 |
| Special educational needs and disabilities | (=4x cost of a mainstream primary place) |
- | 75,960 |
| Early years | (= a primary place) | - | 18,990 |
The England Cost of Place is from the Department for Education School Places Scorecard for reporting year 2023 published in June 2024, adjusted by the North Yorkshire location factor (from the Building Cost Information Service location factors published in December 2024).