Schools in Reach

Central Bedfordshire school finances

36 of 129 schools in Central Bedfordshire were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £5.5m. 6 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
36
Combined deficits
£5.5m
Heading for deficit
6
Reserves held by the rest
£36.0m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 9 of 70 schools (12.9%)2018-192019-20: 9 of 69 schools (13.0%)2019-202020-21: 6 of 64 schools (9.4%)2020-212021-22: 11 of 63 schools (17.5%)2021-222022-23: 18 of 62 schools (29.0%)2022-232023-24: 19 of 60 schools (31.7%)2023-242024-25: 22 of 59 schools (37.3%)2024-252025-26: 24 of 56 schools (42.9%)2025-2642.9%

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:

And 13 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£532k
-9%
—
+36%
In deficit
-£423k
-23%
—
-5%
In deficit
-£307k
-4%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£288k
-35%
5
-31%
In deficit
-£276k
-15%
1
+8%
In deficit
-£272k
-27%
8
+3%
In deficit
-£269k
-38%
6
+10%
In deficit
-£256k
-12%
—
-11%
In deficit
-£252k
-93%
6
-78%
In deficit
-£248k
-13%
1
-27%
In deficit
-£247k
-10%
1
-12%
In deficit
-£243k
-18%
3
-7%
In deficit
-£240k
-6%
2
-31%
In deficit
-£207k
-20%
4
+24%
In deficit
-£196k
-4%
2
+52%
In deficit
-£186k
-5%
4
+18%
In deficit
-£182k
-15%
1
-14%
In deficit
-£165k
-19%
—
+8%
In deficit
-£105k
-13%
2
+32%
In deficit
-£82k
-8%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£82k
-15%
—
-24%
In deficit
-£79k
-9%
2
-30%
In deficit
-£63k
-5%
—
-3%
In deficit
-£56k
-2%
5
-15%
In deficit
-£56k
-6%
—
-7%
In deficit
-£42k
-7%
—
+11%
In deficit
-£39k
-7%
1
+10%
In deficit
-£26k
-3%
1
-1%
In deficit
-£24k
-0%
—
+3%
In deficit
-£22k
-0%
—
+76%
In deficit
-£15k
-1%
4
+15%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
—
+28%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
1
-4%
In deficit
-£9k
-1%
—
-14%
In deficit
-£8k
-0%
4
+23%

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