KING EDWARD VI ACADEMY TRUST BIRMINGHAM: academy finances
12 academies with a full-year return, 0 of them in deficit at their latest return. A trust can move money between its academies, so an academy shown in deficit may be supported by the trust as a whole.
Most of a school's money pays for staff, so deficits usually build up when pay and other costs rise faster than funding, or when pupil numbers fall and the money that comes with each pupil goes too. What helps: a recovery plan agreed with the council or trust that brings the budget back into balance over a few years, regular forecasts that governors check, and early conversations about pupil numbers and special needs funding.
- 2018-19: 1 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2019-20: 1 of 9 academies in deficit
- 2020-21: 0 of 9 academies in deficit
- 2021-22: 0 of 10 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 0 of 11 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 0 of 11 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 0 of 12 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £81 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £86 in 2025–26 prices. The IFS average for all trusts in 2023-24 was £510 per pupil, in 2025–26 prices (IFS, p.56).
Figures are each school's latest full-year return, total with the per-pupil figure beside it. PTA income is the school's share of its registered parents' association's latest return, in the school year that return falls in. Where no registered parents' association was found, the school may still have one: charities with an income of £5,000 or less need not register.
| School | Status | Reserve | Government funding | Spending | PTA income | PTA per pupil | Donations | Reserve per pupil trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Large reserves | +£933k +£1,131 per pupil | £6.4m £7,762 per pupil | £6.7m £8,120 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2012 | — | £1k £1 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.2m +£1,216 per pupil | £7.1m £7,333 per pupil | £7.0m £7,216 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£765k +£1,825 per pupil | £4.2m £10,093 per pupil | £3.9m £9,313 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.9m +£1,429 per pupil | £8.8m £6,692 per pupil | £9.5m £7,240 per pupil | Registered, no income filed yet | — | £20k £15 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.4m +£1,843 per pupil | £6.5m £8,716 per pupil | £6.6m £8,868 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.7m +£1,598 per pupil | £7.2m £6,915 per pupil | £7.7m £7,357 per pupil | £250 £0 per pupil matched with lower confidence | £0 | £30k £29 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.8m +£1,737 per pupil | £8.7m £8,196 per pupil | £7.9m £7,432 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£2.5m +£2,120 per pupil | £10.2m £8,546 per pupil | £9.7m £8,144 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£2.3m +£2,321 per pupil | £7.1m £7,123 per pupil | £7.5m £7,567 per pupil | £7k £7 per pupil | £7 | £69k £69 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£2.3m +£2,110 per pupil | £7.7m £6,913 per pupil | £7.8m £6,966 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2009 | — | £7k £6 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£2.8m +£2,677 per pupil | £7.2m £6,812 per pupil | £7.4m £7,029 per pupil | £9k £8 per pupil | £8 | £47k £45 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£3.7m +£2,793 per pupil | £9.0m £6,782 per pupil | £8.7m £6,560 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £19k £14 per pupil |
Sources: DfE Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool data (CFR returns for council-run schools, April to March; academy accounts returns, September to August), Get Information about Schools, DfE section 251 outturn (DSG balances), the Charity Commission register and the IFS annual report on education spending in England 2025–26 (IFS figures in 2025–26 prices, November 2025 deflator). Open Government Licence v3.0. Check at source: DfE benchmarking for this trust. How these figures are worked out