Schools in Reach

Barking and Dagenham school finances

21 of 61 schools in Barking and Dagenham were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £11.8m. 5 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
21
Combined deficits
£11.8m
Heading for deficit
5
Reserves held by the rest
£23.0m

Share of Barking and Dagenham's council-run schools in deficit, by year

0%20%40%2018-19: 4 of 43 schools (9.3%)2018-192019-20: 6 of 42 schools (14.3%)2019-202020-21: 3 of 42 schools (7.1%)2020-212021-22: 4 of 42 schools (9.5%)2021-222022-23: 9 of 41 schools (22.0%)2022-232023-24: 11 of 41 schools (26.8%)2023-242024-25: 16 of 41 schools (39.0%)2024-252025-26: 18 of 41 schools (43.9%)2025-2643.9%

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:

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£1.9m
-14%
5
+15%
In deficit
-£1.8m
-37%
6
-7%
In deficit
-£958k
-10%
2
-8%
In deficit
-£914k
-16%
3
-17%
In deficit
-£834k
-10%
1
-13%
In deficit
-£823k
-4%
3
+5%
In deficit
-£749k
-10%
4
-28%
In deficit
-£708k
-35%
7
-31%
In deficit
-£652k
-24%
5
-8%
In deficit
-£615k
-10%
1
-8%
In deficit
-£309k
-5%
4
-4%
In deficit
-£284k
-16%
1
+8%
In deficit
-£254k
-7%
4
-28%
In deficit
-£236k
-3%
5
+3%
In deficit
-£193k
-10%
1
-25%
In deficit
-£157k
-9%
—
+2%
In deficit
-£137k
-2%
2
-25%
In deficit
-£93k
-3%
2
-5%
In deficit
-£87k
-2%
—
-10%
In deficit
-£77k
-1%
1
-24%
In deficit
-£77k
-1%
2
+12%
Heading for deficit
£29k
0%
2
+6%
Heading for deficit
£68k
2%
2
-8%
Heading for deficit
£96k
0%
2
+62%
Heading for deficit
£136k
4%
3
-3%
Heading for deficit
£173k
5%
6
-29%
Tight
£21k
1%
—
-4%
Tight
£50k
2%
—
+161%
Tight
£64k
1%
1
-9%
Tight
£68k
3%
—
-26%
Tight
£75k
2%
—
-6%
Tight
£78k
2%
—
-1%
Tight
£104k
2%
—
+8%
Tight
£346k
2%
1
+14%
Healthy
£28k
5%
—
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Check at source: DfE benchmarking page for Barking and Dagenham · Barking and Dagenham admissions and catchments