Schools in Reach

Kirklees school finances

26 of 181 schools in Kirklees were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £2.3m. 9 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
26
Combined deficits
£2.3m
Heading for deficit
9
Reserves held by the rest
£50.8m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 15 of 132 schools (11.4%)2018-192019-20: 16 of 126 schools (12.7%)2019-202020-21: 9 of 120 schools (7.5%)2020-212021-22: 5 of 114 schools (4.4%)2021-222022-23: 23 of 109 schools (21.1%)2022-232023-24: 27 of 103 schools (26.2%)2023-242024-25: 13 of 98 schools (13.3%)2024-252025-26: 14 of 87 schools (16.1%)2025-2616.1%

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 10 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£534k
-17%
4
-62%
In deficit
-£314k
-5%
4
+11%
In deficit
-£181k
-44%
5
-22%
In deficit
-£176k
-14%
—
+4%
In deficit
-£141k
-2%
4
+4%
In deficit
-£127k
-22%
3
-49%
In deficit
-£98k
-6%
—
-3%
In deficit
-£85k
-6%
6
+29%
In deficit
-£69k
-7%
1
-17%
In deficit
-£67k
-3%
—
-22%
In deficit
-£66k
-2%
2
-12%
In deficit
-£65k
-5%
1
-23%
In deficit
-£58k
-4%
4
-38%
In deficit
-£54k
-4%
—
-3%
In deficit
-£46k
-2%
1
-17%
In deficit
-£44k
-2%
3
-5%
In deficit
-£33k
-5%
2
-49%
In deficit
-£32k
-3%
3
-40%
In deficit
-£19k
-1%
3
-4%
In deficit
-£16k
-2%
1
-6%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
—
-15%
In deficit
-£13k
-2%
1
-9%
In deficit
-£12k
-0%
2
-2%
In deficit
-£2k
-0%
1
+1%
In deficit
-£2k
-0%
—
-28%
In deficit
-£551
-0%
4
-7%
Heading for deficit
£43
0%
3
-17%
Heading for deficit
£447
0%
4
-9%
Heading for deficit
£9k
2%
5
+12%
Heading for deficit
£10k
0%
4
-5%
Heading for deficit
£24k
2%
4
-10%
Heading for deficit
£42k
3%
5
-38%
Heading for deficit
£125k
2%
2
+0%
Heading for deficit
£162k
10%
3
-35%

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