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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46.9% (23 of 49) | £1.7m £366 per pupil | £4.1m £809 per pupil | £8.9m £1,025 per pupil | 14.8% (4 of 27) | £0 | £0 | £104k £50 per pupil | -£11.8m -£266 per pupil | Safety valve | |
36.1% (13 of 36) | £2.2m £626 per pupil | £2.6m £665 per pupil | £3.4m £841 per pupil | 0.0% (0 of 9) | £16k £81 per pupil | £0 | £0 | -£17.1m -£1,076 per pupil | Safety valve | |
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25.0% (11 of 44) | £4.7m £1,812 per pupil | £5.3m £1,620 per pupil | £4.9m £1,937 per pupil | 13.3% (2 of 15) | £1.4m £1,248 per pupil | £936k £846 per pupil | £224k £174 per pupil | +£3.2m +£144 per pupil | — | |
7.4% (2 of 27) | £497k £1,197 per pupil | £288k £1,612 per pupil | £97k £415 per pupil | 0.0% (0 of 11) | £0 | £0 | £0 | -£4.1m -£315 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
1.0% (3 of 288) | £473k £934 per pupil | £49k £74 per pupil | £88k £124 per pupil | 6.2% (18 of 291) | £5.0m £879 per pupil | £4.4m £432 per pupil | £2.6m £380 per pupil | -£130.5m -£530 per pupil | Safety valve | |
0.0% (0 of 6) | — | — | — | 4.3% (4 of 93) | £325k £240 per pupil | £247k £114 per pupil | £761k £392 per pupil | -£24.4m -£579 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
0.0% (0 of 26) | £0 | £0 | £0 | 27.3% (6 of 22) | £292k £508 per pupil | £1.5m £677 per pupil | £997k £281 per pupil | -£20.5m -£808 per pupil | Safety valve | |
16.1% (14 of 87) | £782k £143 per pupil | £968k £373 per pupil | £1.7m £437 per pupil | 11.1% (9 of 81) | £280k £325 per pupil | £1.0m £461 per pupil | £501k £300 per pupil | -£80.3m -£1,239 per pupil | Safety valve | |
34.2% (13 of 38) | £531k £178 per pupil | £1.2m £346 per pupil | £1.9m £515 per pupil | 10.5% (2 of 19) | £250k £541 per pupil | £224k £970 per pupil | £1.1m £2,616 per pupil | -£43.8m -£2,075 per pupil | — | |
39.1% (25 of 64) | £6.8m £1,254 per pupil | £9.2m £1,354 per pupil | £11.3m £1,455 per pupil | 27.3% (6 of 22) | £348k £627 per pupil | £2.9m £1,920 per pupil | £3.7m £1,848 per pupil | +£2.2m +£67 per pupil | — | |
7.9% (39 of 495) | £2.3m £472 per pupil | £2.6m £422 per pupil | £3.0m £378 per pupil | 17.1% (19 of 111) | £5.1m £1,019 per pupil | £4.6m £1,146 per pupil | £5.4m £778 per pupil | -£101.6m -£584 per pupil | — | |
38.7% (60 of 155) | £4.3m £355 per pupil | £6.2m £372 per pupil | £11.7m £614 per pupil | 13.8% (16 of 116) | £1.8m £597 per pupil | £1.7m £264 per pupil | £2.4m £305 per pupil | -£34.8m -£270 per pupil | — | |
26.9% (14 of 52) | £4.4m £1,238 per pupil | £4.2m £826 per pupil | £3.9m £695 per pupil | 6.8% (4 of 59) | £27k £54 per pupil | £90k £93 per pupil | £1.0m £513 per pupil | -£37.9m -£628 per pupil | — | |
67.1% (47 of 70) | £3.4m £599 per pupil | £6.6m £844 per pupil | £10.6m £1,203 per pupil | 14.9% (31 of 208) | £4.6m £654 per pupil | £6.7m £723 per pupil | £7.8m £822 per pupil | -£79.2m -£796 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
36.4% (24 of 66) | £8.4m £1,019 per pupil | £11.0m £1,382 per pupil | £13.5m £1,796 per pupil | 0.0% (0 of 20) | £0 | £0 | £0 | -£24.1m -£657 per pupil | Delivering better value |