Schools in Reach

South Gloucestershire school finances

30 of 116 schools in South Gloucestershire were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £5.0m. 14 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
30
Combined deficits
£5.0m
Heading for deficit
14
Reserves held by the rest
£23.4m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 10 of 85 schools (11.8%)2018-192019-20: 19 of 84 schools (22.6%)2019-202020-21: 14 of 84 schools (16.7%)2020-212021-22: 11 of 84 schools (13.1%)2021-222022-23: 11 of 84 schools (13.1%)2022-232023-24: 12 of 70 schools (17.1%)2023-242024-25: 27 of 57 schools (47.4%)2024-252025-26: 26 of 53 schools (49.1%)2025-2649.1%

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 8 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£835k
-29%
7
+44%
In deficit
-£717k
-50%
5
-31%
In deficit
-£463k
-28%
5
-35%
In deficit
-£394k
-31%
3
-2%
In deficit
-£333k
-16%
3
-26%
In deficit
-£274k
-5%
—
-0%
In deficit
-£212k
-18%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£169k
-13%
7
+8%
In deficit
-£168k
-9%
3
-5%
In deficit
-£159k
-13%
1
-30%
In deficit
-£129k
-9%
5
-33%
In deficit
-£116k
-9%
3
+6%
In deficit
-£103k
-8%
4
-8%
In deficit
-£95k
-14%
3
-1%
In deficit
-£93k
-2%
2
-2%
In deficit
-£86k
-6%
2
-27%
In deficit
-£84k
-6%
4
+0%
In deficit
-£76k
-5%
4
-21%
In deficit
-£76k
-2%
1
-13%
In deficit
-£67k
-5%
—
+0%
In deficit
-£56k
-9%
3
+3%
In deficit
-£54k
-4%
2
+22%
In deficit
-£50k
-2%
3
-0%
In deficit
-£49k
-3%
2
-2%
In deficit
-£45k
-6%
4
+9%
In deficit
-£34k
-5%
2
+63%
In deficit
-£24k
-3%
—
-31%
In deficit
-£16k
-2%
2
+6%
In deficit
-£6k
-0%
4
-1%
In deficit
-£8
-0%
1
-42%
Heading for deficit
£5k
0%
2
+5%
Heading for deficit
£8k
0%
3
-1%
Heading for deficit
£36k
3%
4
-1%

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