Schools in Reach

Kent school finances

22 of 593 schools in Kent were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £2.8m. 53 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
22
Combined deficits
£2.8m
Heading for deficit
53
Reserves held by the rest
£190.8m

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

0%2%4%2018-19: 11 of 342 schools (3.2%)2018-192019-20: 13 of 324 schools (4.0%)2019-202020-21: 5 of 318 schools (1.6%)2020-212021-22: 5 of 311 schools (1.6%)2021-222022-23: 4 of 304 schools (1.3%)2022-232023-24: 3 of 297 schools (1.0%)2023-242024-25: 3 of 291 schools (1.0%)2024-252025-26: 3 of 288 schools (1.0%)2025-261.0%

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 31 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£781k
-10%
—
+27%
In deficit
-£345k
-4%
3
+27%
In deficit
-£253k
-4%
1
-8%
In deficit
-£234k
-31%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£220k
-23%
—
+16%
In deficit
-£216k
-18%
—
-13%
In deficit
-£149k
-17%
2
+5%
In deficit
-£115k
-7%
—
+0%
In deficit
-£90k
-6%
—
+26%
In deficit
-£80k
-13%
1
+0%
In deficit
-£65k
-8%
—
+0%
In deficit
-£52k
-8%
2
-12%
In deficit
-£31k
-0%
2
-4%
In deficit
-£31k
-2%
3
-29%
In deficit
-£30k
-1%
2
+3%
In deficit
-£27k
-2%
2
-27%
In deficit
-£18k
-1%
—
-10%
In deficit
-£15k
-1%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£12k
-0%
—
+90%
In deficit
-£6k
-0%
—
-0%
In deficit
-£5k
-0%
—
-12%
In deficit
-£4k
-0%
—
+23%
Heading for deficit
£2k
0%
2
+2%
Heading for deficit
£2k
0%
4
-17%
Heading for deficit
£4k
0%
3
+19%
Heading for deficit
£4k
1%
3
-22%
Heading for deficit
£4k
0%
3
-28%
Heading for deficit
£4k
0%
5
-8%
Heading for deficit
£9k
1%
4
+20%
Heading for deficit
£9k
1%
5
-5%
Heading for deficit
£9k
1%
3
+2%
Heading for deficit
£13k
1%
3
-25%
Heading for deficit
£17k
1%
2
-0%
Heading for deficit
£21k
3%
5
+4%

Not shown: Nore Academy (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

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