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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3.0% (6 of 197) | £870k £267 per pupil | £1.6m £1,084 per pupil | £481k £258 per pupil | 5.5% (19 of 343) | £2.5m £473 per pupil | £1.5m £227 per pupil | £2.4m £512 per pupil | -£24.5m -£109 per pupil | — | |
40.4% (21 of 52) | £1.2m £427 per pupil | £1.7m £540 per pupil | £2.6m £654 per pupil | 6.7% (2 of 30) | £352k £549 per pupil | £269k £337 per pupil | £181k £603 per pupil | -£3.8m -£136 per pupil | — | |
23.5% (36 of 153) | £2.5m £713 per pupil | £6.2m £1,120 per pupil | £4.2m £668 per pupil | 11.1% (15 of 135) | £2.0m £695 per pupil | £3.8m £799 per pupil | £3.6m £703 per pupil | -£124.7m -£1,351 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
44.2% (23 of 52) | £5.4m £966 per pupil | £6.6m £1,020 per pupil | £8.8m £1,160 per pupil | 2.9% (1 of 35) | £67k £325 per pupil | £436k £218 per pupil | £141k £220 per pupil | -£26.1m -£577 per pupil | — | |
26.3% (10 of 38) | £3.3m £987 per pupil | £4.7m £1,400 per pupil | £3.5m £853 per pupil | 18.2% (4 of 22) | £0 | £107k £335 per pupil | £1.1m £1,583 per pupil | -£16.2m -£513 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
23.3% (10 of 43) | £229k £332 per pupil | £618k £428 per pupil | £616k £341 per pupil | 13.6% (3 of 22) | £189k £451 per pupil | £255k £409 per pupil | £237k £522 per pupil | -£27.8m -£1,514 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
22.6% (7 of 31) | £1.2m £591 per pupil | £1.6m £580 per pupil | £2.1m £1,291 per pupil | 15.4% (4 of 26) | £1.8m £1,624 per pupil | £2.1m £988 per pupil | £1.8m £1,131 per pupil | -£7.9m -£418 per pupil | Safety valve | |
9.8% (43 of 439) | £6.6m £466 per pupil | £8.6m £695 per pupil | £8.5m £742 per pupil | 7.8% (6 of 77) | £735k £446 per pupil | £202k £50 per pupil | £2.2m £470 per pupil | -£345.8m -£1,864 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
44.1% (26 of 59) | £6.4m £507 per pupil | £7.9m £647 per pupil | £10.3m £952 per pupil | 4.8% (1 of 21) | £0 | £77k £448 per pupil | £137k £743 per pupil | -£9.8m -£262 per pupil | Safety valve | |
6.1% (2 of 33) | £55k £95 per pupil | £743k £1,311 per pupil | £1.0m £1,664 per pupil | 7.4% (2 of 27) | £1.2m £1,181 per pupil | £1.4m £1,962 per pupil | £1.2m £1,061 per pupil | -£29.6m -£770 per pupil | — | |
16.7% (1 of 6) | £131k £291 per pupil | £63k £193 per pupil | £29k £66 per pupil | 6.7% (2 of 30) | £36k £149 per pupil | £374k £275 per pupil | £284k £442 per pupil | -£8.8m -£616 per pupil | — | |
43.2% (16 of 37) | £3.3m £601 per pupil | £5.9m £1,021 per pupil | £9.1m £1,413 per pupil | 21.4% (9 of 42) | £404k £279 per pupil | £1.0m £534 per pupil | £2.9m £654 per pupil | -£69.0m -£1,617 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
13.2% (7 of 53) | £233k £302 per pupil | £234k £370 per pupil | £269k £290 per pupil | 12.2% (5 of 41) | £126k £153 per pupil | £282k £176 per pupil | £785k £360 per pupil | -£36.3m -£1,500 per pupil | — | |
7.2% (24 of 334) | £1.8m £494 per pupil | £2.3m £491 per pupil | £4.5m £937 per pupil | 11.6% (21 of 181) | £3.4m £713 per pupil | £1.8m £339 per pupil | £3.4m £324 per pupil | -£83.0m -£417 per pupil | — | |
31.1% (14 of 45) | £2.8m £744 per pupil | £3.7m £775 per pupil | £4.5m £738 per pupil | 12.5% (6 of 48) | £5.8m £1,810 per pupil | £6.0m £2,904 per pupil | £6.6m £2,944 per pupil | -£75.8m -£1,485 per pupil | Safety valve |