Schools in Reach

Cornwall school finances

28 of 280 schools in Cornwall were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £6.7m. 19 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
28
Combined deficits
£6.7m
Heading for deficit
19
Reserves held by the rest
£52.8m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 4 of 63 schools (6.3%)2018-192019-20: 5 of 62 schools (8.1%)2019-202020-21: 4 of 61 schools (6.6%)2020-212021-22: 2 of 59 schools (3.4%)2021-222022-23: 3 of 56 schools (5.4%)2022-232023-24: 8 of 54 schools (14.8%)2023-242024-25: 9 of 52 schools (17.3%)2024-252025-26: 11 of 50 schools (22.0%)2025-2622.0%

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 21 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£3.5m
-46%
—
-13%
In deficit
-£948k
-35%
3
+4%
In deficit
-£338k
-7%
—
+7%
In deficit
-£259k
-19%
1
-58%
In deficit
-£158k
-19%
4
-24%
In deficit
-£155k
-2%
1
-3%
In deficit
-£142k
-12%
2
-3%
In deficit
-£139k
-14%
1
-7%
In deficit
-£123k
-9%
4
-1%
In deficit
-£121k
-12%
4
+11%
In deficit
-£107k
-3%
—
+9%
In deficit
-£88k
-11%
4
+50%
In deficit
-£76k
-18%
1
+9%
In deficit
-£71k
-18%
4
-12%
In deficit
-£58k
-4%
4
-9%
In deficit
-£57k
-16%
—
+43%
In deficit
-£48k
-8%
1
+24%
In deficit
-£48k
-4%
3
-7%
In deficit
-£41k
-1%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£40k
-2%
—
-6%
In deficit
-£27k
-5%
3
-30%
In deficit
-£27k
-4%
1
-28%
In deficit
-£22k
-4%
1
-25%
In deficit
-£21k
-4%
1
-26%
In deficit
-£9k
-1%
1
-6%
In deficit
-£6k
-0%
1
+7%
In deficit
-£898
-0%
5
-45%
In deficit
-£181
-0%
—
+17%
Heading for deficit
£8k
1%
3
-18%
Heading for deficit
£8k
2%
3
-30%
Heading for deficit
£11k
3%
4
-48%
Heading for deficit
£24k
5%
4
-35%
Heading for deficit
£25k
4%
4
-12%
Heading for deficit
£28k
7%
3
+6%
Heading for deficit
£33k
5%
4
-6%

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