Schools in Reach

Northumberland school finances

42 of 165 schools in Northumberland were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £7.8m. 9 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
42
Combined deficits
£7.8m
Heading for deficit
9
Reserves held by the rest
£30.5m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 29 of 127 schools (22.8%)2018-192019-20: 35 of 112 schools (31.2%)2019-202020-21: 21 of 106 schools (19.8%)2020-212021-22: 18 of 105 schools (17.1%)2021-222022-23: 23 of 102 schools (22.5%)2022-232023-24: 24 of 97 schools (24.7%)2023-242024-25: 28 of 95 schools (29.5%)2024-252025-26: 36 of 87 schools (41.4%)2025-2641.4%

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 22 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£2.1m
-64%
7
+57%
In deficit
-£530k
-15%
4
+10%
In deficit
-£493k
-10%
—
+21%
In deficit
-£429k
-53%
—
-14%
In deficit
-£362k
-54%
5
+48%
In deficit
-£351k
-16%
—
+68%
In deficit
-£348k
-16%
1
-21%
In deficit
-£302k
-44%
3
-11%
In deficit
-£252k
-11%
—
-13%
In deficit
-£248k
-15%
3
+34%
In deficit
-£229k
-10%
4
-19%
In deficit
-£226k
-31%
5
-4%
In deficit
-£200k
-16%
—
-3%
In deficit
-£182k
-10%
4
+86%
In deficit
-£134k
-6%
5
+2%
In deficit
-£129k
-5%
2
+197%
In deficit
-£112k
-16%
3
-47%
In deficit
-£108k
-11%
2
-3%
In deficit
-£105k
-2%
1
+141%
In deficit
-£105k
-7%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£92k
-9%
4
+8%
In deficit
-£76k
-1%
1
-23%
In deficit
-£70k
-8%
5
+4%
In deficit
-£70k
-7%
5
-4%
In deficit
-£68k
-10%
3
-54%
In deficit
-£67k
-5%
2
-47%
In deficit
-£62k
-9%
1
-15%
In deficit
-£57k
-2%
4
+20%
In deficit
-£32k
-5%
2
+12%
In deficit
-£32k
-8%
3
-20%
In deficit
-£30k
-5%
3
-27%
In deficit
-£29k
-1%
4
+5%
In deficit
-£28k
-2%
—
+42%
In deficit
-£27k
-1%
3
+43%
In deficit
-£24k
-2%
2
+4%

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