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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9.9% (16 of 161) | £2.1m £948 per pupil | £3.1m £1,003 per pupil | £1.2m £443 per pupil | 6.9% (13 of 189) | £2.3m £854 per pupil | £2.3m £577 per pupil | £2.3m £397 per pupil | -£25.0m -£235 per pupil | — | |
19.5% (23 of 118) | £12.4m £1,190 per pupil | £7.9m £1,117 per pupil | £8.7m £789 per pupil | 21.4% (9 of 42) | £1.5m £458 per pupil | £2.8m £1,073 per pupil | £3.7m £792 per pupil | -£7.7m -£105 per pupil | — | |
14.6% (6 of 41) | £1.6m £391 per pupil | £1.4m £679 per pupil | £1.9m £674 per pupil | 8.0% (2 of 25) | £0 | £889k £573 per pupil | £216k £287 per pupil | +£2.9m +£72 per pupil | — | |
3.3% (3 of 90) | £1.3m £1,012 per pupil | £957k £1,020 per pupil | £675k £970 per pupil | 6.9% (6 of 87) | £279k £172 per pupil | £275k £151 per pupil | £980k £427 per pupil | -£59.2m -£641 per pupil | — | |
5.9% (1 of 17) | £139k £450 per pupil | £190k £1,107 per pupil | £347k £1,809 per pupil | 2.7% (2 of 73) | £2.0m £814 per pupil | £1.3m £815 per pupil | £927k £1,342 per pupil | -£19.3m -£399 per pupil | Safety valve | |
31.1% (14 of 45) | £2.4m £584 per pupil | £3.3m £834 per pupil | £5.1m £985 per pupil | 0.0% (0 of 9) | £0 | £0 | £0 | -£69.1m -£2,762 per pupil | Safety valve | |
0.0% (0 of 8) | £126k £164 per pupil | £0 | £0 | 2.1% (1 of 48) | £172k £268 per pupil | £84k £130 per pupil | £284k £831 per pupil | -£29.3m -£1,188 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
22.8% (13 of 57) | £458k £375 per pupil | £887k £352 per pupil | £882k £412 per pupil | 12.0% (6 of 50) | £1.2m £1,194 per pupil | £2.7m £845 per pupil | £4.0m £1,131 per pupil | +£6.7m +£133 per pupil | — | |
9.1% (3 of 33) | £24k £39 per pupil | £455k £402 per pupil | £294k £359 per pupil | 3.0% (2 of 66) | £93k £44 per pupil | £1.3m £518 per pupil | £313k £689 per pupil | -£5.8m -£137 per pupil | — | |
25.6% (11 of 43) | £384k £165 per pupil | £502k £162 per pupil | £1.8m £406 per pupil | 6.9% (4 of 58) | £116k £2,275 per pupil | £345k £255 per pupil | £815k £422 per pupil | -£2.5m -£41 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
13.2% (17 of 129) | £1.5m £270 per pupil | £2.2m £413 per pupil | £2.7m £536 per pupil | 16.6% (38 of 229) | £3.4m £1,002 per pupil | £1.2m £436 per pupil | £2.3m £184 per pupil | -£192.2m -£1,675 per pupil | Safety valve | |
0.0% (0 of 6) | £75k £386 per pupil | £29k £925 per pupil | £0 | 3.6% (2 of 56) | £64k £63 per pupil | £88k £183 per pupil | £306k £547 per pupil | -£27.5m -£1,203 per pupil | Delivering better value | |
10.5% (4 of 38) | £363k £198 per pupil | £715k £373 per pupil | £141k £154 per pupil | 6.1% (2 of 33) | £1.3m £1,075 per pupil | £112k £364 per pupil | £96k £319 per pupil | -£5.4m -£229 per pupil | — | |
30.3% (10 of 33) | £595k £471 per pupil | £1.1m £534 per pupil | £1.3m £650 per pupil | 12.3% (13 of 106) | £505k £137 per pupil | £653k £478 per pupil | £2.8m £352 per pupil | -£42.7m -£773 per pupil | — | |
0.0% (0 of 5) | £0 | £0 | — | 5.5% (4 of 73) | £563k £645 per pupil | £925k £556 per pupil | £986k £1,554 per pupil | -£43.0m -£1,382 per pupil | Safety valve | |
43.9% (25 of 57) | £14.7m £2,516 per pupil | £14.4m £2,102 per pupil | £17.5m £2,339 per pupil | 15.0% (3 of 20) | £613k £810 per pupil | £1.6m £695 per pupil | £886k £453 per pupil | -£11.2m -£373 per pupil | Safety valve |