Schools in Reach

Bolton school finances

18 of 128 schools in Bolton were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £1.1m. 3 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
18
Combined deficits
£1.1m
Heading for deficit
3
Reserves held by the rest
£49.8m

Share of Bolton's council-run schools in deficit, by year

0%10%20%2018-19: 10 of 86 schools (11.6%)2018-192019-20: 10 of 85 schools (11.8%)2019-202020-21: 5 of 84 schools (6.0%)2020-212021-22: 3 of 84 schools (3.6%)2021-222022-23: 11 of 84 schools (13.1%)2022-232023-24: 6 of 83 schools (7.2%)2023-242024-25: 8 of 77 schools (10.4%)2024-252025-26: 15 of 74 schools (20.3%)2025-2620.3%

Council-run schools only, so years compare like with like; academies report differently and are in the table below.

Back in the black

Schools that were in deficit in an earlier year and are now healthy:

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£189k
-8%
3
+0%
In deficit
-£185k
-12%
—
-6%
In deficit
-£115k
-8%
3
-9%
In deficit
-£112k
-3%
2
+6%
In deficit
-£96k
-4%
4
-25%
In deficit
-£94k
-8%
1
-4%
In deficit
-£67k
-5%
2
-9%
In deficit
-£67k
-3%
4
-1%
In deficit
-£54k
-3%
2
-12%
In deficit
-£26k
-2%
5
-9%
In deficit
-£20k
-1%
3
-5%
In deficit
-£16k
-1%
1
+1%
In deficit
-£12k
-1%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£10k
-1%
1
-4%
In deficit
-£7k
-1%
2
-21%
In deficit
-£6k
-0%
2
-2%
In deficit
-£5k
-0%
1
-4%
In deficit
-£3k
-0%
1
+0%
Heading for deficit
£18k
1%
2
-5%
Heading for deficit
£21k
1%
5
+5%
Heading for deficit
£28k
1%
2
+1%
Tight
£1k
0%
1
+46%
Tight
£12k
1%
—
-0%
Tight
£13k
0%
2
-2%
Tight
£21k
1%
—
-2%
Tight
£21k
1%
—
-3%
Tight
£21k
1%
1
+7%
Tight
£27k
2%
2
+3%
Tight
£40k
3%
—
+0%
Tight
£44k
2%
1
+8%
Tight
£64k
2%
—
+13%
Tight
£69k
2%
—
-2%
Tight
£77k
3%
—
-2%
Healthy
£45k
4%
—
+0%

Check at source: DfE benchmarking page for Bolton · Bolton admissions and catchments