School and council deficits in England
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| Council | Council-run schools in deficit | Council-run deficits 2023-24 | Council-run deficits 2024-25 | Council-run deficits 2025-26 | Academies in deficit 2024-25 | Academy deficits 2022-23 | Academy deficits 2023-24 | Academy deficits 2024-25 | High-needs (DSG) balance | DfE programme |
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41.2% (7 of 17) | £526k £252 per pupil | £813k £227 per pupil | £1.2m £543 per pupil | 6.2% (1 of 16) | £191k £175 per pupil | £356k £344 per pupil | £289k £288 per pupil | -£32.4m -£1,797 per pupil | Safety valve, Delivering better value | |
6.8% (4 of 59) | £222k £145 per pupil | £114k £124 per pupil | £192k £284 per pupil | 5.3% (8 of 151) | £487k £215 per pupil | £1.4m £343 per pupil | £879k £361 per pupil | +£16.2m +£168 per pupil | — | |
13.2% (7 of 53) | £1.1m £497 per pupil | £1.9m £517 per pupil | £1.2m £454 per pupil | 11.4% (4 of 35) | £307k £1,190 per pupil | £958k £432 per pupil | £1.8m £771 per pupil | -£20.2m -£422 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
40.4% (21 of 52) | £3.2m £260 per pupil | £6.6m £471 per pupil | £6.5m £632 per pupil | 11.1% (1 of 9) | £0 | £0 | £151k £184 per pupil | -£1.8m -£59 per pupil | — | |
44.2% (23 of 52) | £9.7m £1,572 per pupil | £11.9m £2,208 per pupil | £12.1m £1,820 per pupil | 8.3% (8 of 96) | £416k £547 per pupil | £542k £695 per pupil | £993k £510 per pupil | -£88.0m -£1,409 per pupil | Safety valve, Delivering better value | |
0.0% (0 of 5) | £0 | £0 | — | 6.3% (6 of 95) | £1.6m £754 per pupil | £1.0m £356 per pupil | £1.3m £701 per pupil | -£40.0m -£754 per pupil | — | |
26.6% (37 of 139) | £2.1m £425 per pupil | £2.6m £399 per pupil | £4.0m £430 per pupil | 7.6% (7 of 92) | £1.0m £865 per pupil | £1.1m £877 per pupil | £590k £553 per pupil | -£42.8m -£484 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
26.7% (8 of 30) | £1.2m £249 per pupil | £1.0m £437 per pupil | £1.1m £661 per pupil | 12.5% (6 of 48) | £101k £424 per pupil | £215k £773 per pupil | £893k £520 per pupil | -£20.3m -£726 per pupil | Safety valve | |
11.9% (5 of 42) | £48k £272 per pupil | £9k £52 per pupil | £340k £401 per pupil | 15.7% (8 of 51) | £873k £297 per pupil | £617k £902 per pupil | £860k £383 per pupil | -£40.6m -£1,211 per pupil | — | |
31.1% (38 of 122) | £2.1m £377 per pupil | £3.9m £520 per pupil | £6.8m £916 per pupil | 12.2% (18 of 147) | £2.6m £662 per pupil | £1.5m £289 per pupil | £2.3m £352 per pupil | -£96.3m -£1,028 per pupil | Safety valve | |
34.6% (18 of 52) | £1.3m £472 per pupil | £2.9m £1,007 per pupil | £5.9m £1,299 per pupil | 20.0% (1 of 5) | — | £644k £28,000 per pupil | £73k £1,617 per pupil | +£14.7m +£733 per pupil | — | |
42.9% (24 of 56) | £2.0m £490 per pupil | £2.8m £517 per pupil | £3.8m £689 per pupil | 15.9% (11 of 69) | £1.3m £314 per pupil | £2.9m £472 per pupil | £1.7m £390 per pupil | -£62.2m -£1,288 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
49.0% (24 of 49) | £1.2m £371 per pupil | £2.1m £331 per pupil | £3.2m £658 per pupil | 14.3% (14 of 98) | £753k £294 per pupil | £2.5m £398 per pupil | £2.4m £387 per pupil | -£155.9m -£2,787 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
29.7% (27 of 91) | £2.8m £371 per pupil | £3.4m £543 per pupil | £3.9m £731 per pupil | 18.6% (11 of 59) | £566k £310 per pupil | £1.1m £381 per pupil | £1.3m £387 per pupil | -£40.0m -£776 per pupil | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£289k -£1,262 per pupil | — | |
22.0% (11 of 50) | £201k £152 per pupil | £531k £396 per pupil | £841k £397 per pupil | 7.0% (16 of 227) | £3.9m £1,175 per pupil | £5.7m £960 per pupil | £5.7m £1,285 per pupil | -£81.2m -£1,131 per pupil | Delivering better value |