Schools in Reach

Calderdale school finances

13 of 97 schools in Calderdale were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £1.2m. 8 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
13
Combined deficits
£1.2m
Heading for deficit
8
Reserves held by the rest
£31.9m

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

0%5%10%2018-19: 3 of 61 schools (4.9%)2018-192019-20: 3 of 59 schools (5.1%)2019-202020-21: 0 of 57 schools (0.0%)2020-212021-22: 1 of 53 schools (1.9%)2021-222022-23: 2 of 51 schools (3.9%)2022-232023-24: 1 of 49 schools (2.0%)2023-242024-25: 1 of 45 schools (2.2%)2024-252025-26: 5 of 42 schools (11.9%)2025-2611.9%

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
-£289k
-9%
1
+4%
In deficit
-£249k
-29%
—
-35%
In deficit
-£133k
-6%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£127k
-14%
—
-34%
In deficit
-£87k
-8%
6
+3%
In deficit
-£73k
-9%
3
-17%
In deficit
-£70k
-1%
7
-5%
In deficit
-£62k
-9%
—
-16%
In deficit
-£60k
-13%
2
-39%
In deficit
-£28k
-3%
3
-32%
In deficit
-£10k
-1%
1
-17%
In deficit
-£8k
-1%
2
-50%
In deficit
-£6k
-0%
2
-28%
Heading for deficit
£710
0%
3
-26%
Heading for deficit
£12k
1%
7
-17%
Heading for deficit
£20k
1%
2
-1%
Heading for deficit
£22k
2%
4
-2%
Heading for deficit
£30k
2%
3
-22%
Heading for deficit
£42k
3%
5
-14%
Heading for deficit
£178k
7%
2
-21%
Heading for deficit
£536k
12%
3
+4%
Tight
£6k
0%
—
-43%
Tight
£21k
1%
1
-1%
Tight
£31k
1%
—
+3%
Tight
£38k
3%
—
-30%
Tight
£55k
1%
—
-7%
Tight
£242k
3%
1
+1%
Healthy
£30k
3%
—
-38%
Healthy
£46k
3%
1
-22%
Healthy
£65k
6%
1
-26%
Healthy
£66k
6%
1
-47%
Healthy
£94k
7%
—
-36%
Healthy
£98k
8%
3
-3%
Healthy
£102k
8%
—
-14%

Not shown: St Andrew's Church of England (VA) Infant School, St Mary's CofE (VC) J and I School (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

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