Schools in Reach

Wiltshire school finances

46 of 235 schools in Wiltshire were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £2.3m. 7 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
46
Combined deficits
£2.3m
Heading for deficit
7
Reserves held by the rest
£43.1m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 16 of 135 schools (11.9%)2018-192019-20: 18 of 126 schools (14.3%)2019-202020-21: 13 of 124 schools (10.5%)2020-212021-22: 13 of 122 schools (10.7%)2021-222022-23: 12 of 114 schools (10.5%)2022-232023-24: 15 of 108 schools (13.9%)2023-242024-25: 16 of 99 schools (16.2%)2024-252025-26: 25 of 88 schools (28.4%)2025-2628.4%

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 18 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£403k
-5%
—
-7%
In deficit
-£176k
-10%
4
-23%
In deficit
-£176k
-17%
—
+3%
In deficit
-£147k
-22%
2
+44%
In deficit
-£140k
-12%
1
-12%
In deficit
-£140k
-10%
2
-4%
In deficit
-£136k
-17%
3
-56%
In deficit
-£113k
-2%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£90k
-10%
—
-17%
In deficit
-£89k
-5%
—
+4%
In deficit
-£63k
-1%
—
+304%
In deficit
-£54k
-8%
4
-60%
In deficit
-£44k
-3%
—
-6%
In deficit
-£41k
-4%
5
+43%
In deficit
-£41k
-2%
1
-21%
In deficit
-£38k
-1%
—
+10%
In deficit
-£37k
-1%
—
+83%
In deficit
-£35k
-1%
—
-18%
In deficit
-£27k
-2%
1
-17%
In deficit
-£27k
-6%
—
-50%
In deficit
-£22k
-3%
2
+3%
In deficit
-£21k
-2%
3
-12%
In deficit
-£20k
-4%
3
-25%
In deficit
-£19k
-1%
1
-0%
In deficit
-£19k
-1%
6
+29%
In deficit
-£18k
-3%
2
-20%
In deficit
-£18k
-1%
1
+14%
In deficit
-£17k
-1%
2
-29%
In deficit
-£17k
-3%
1
-35%
In deficit
-£14k
-1%
—
+14%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
2
+23%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
—
+17%
In deficit
-£11k
-1%
—
-16%
In deficit
-£11k
-1%
2
-2%

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