Schools in Reach

Barnet school finances

45 of 130 schools in Barnet were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £13.3m. 8 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
45
Combined deficits
£13.3m
Heading for deficit
8
Reserves held by the rest
£39.4m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 8 of 90 schools (8.9%)2018-192019-20: 17 of 88 schools (19.3%)2019-202020-21: 13 of 88 schools (14.8%)2020-212021-22: 23 of 87 schools (26.4%)2021-222022-23: 27 of 87 schools (31.0%)2022-232023-24: 27 of 77 schools (35.1%)2023-242024-25: 36 of 84 schools (42.9%)2024-252025-26: 34 of 84 schools (40.5%)2025-2640.5%

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 7 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£1.5m
-95%
4
-30%
In deficit
-£1.1m
-12%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£866k
-58%
5
-22%
In deficit
-£763k
-32%
2
-24%
In deficit
-£590k
-18%
5
-10%
In deficit
-£511k
-14%
—
-24%
In deficit
-£509k
-31%
6
-18%
In deficit
-£468k
-13%
3
-4%
In deficit
-£440k
-28%
1
-32%
In deficit
-£423k
-4%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£423k
-22%
2
-18%
In deficit
-£404k
-6%
4
+29%
In deficit
-£382k
-21%
3
-7%
In deficit
-£382k
-12%
2
-5%
In deficit
-£338k
-3%
—
-34%
In deficit
-£332k
-19%
2
-13%
In deficit
-£327k
-19%
2
-29%
In deficit
-£268k
-5%
1
-7%
In deficit
-£266k
-9%
1
-26%
In deficit
-£256k
-8%
3
-1%
In deficit
-£256k
-3%
—
+6%
In deficit
-£247k
-8%
5
-11%
In deficit
-£227k
-6%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£213k
-8%
—
-11%
In deficit
-£177k
-10%
1
-4%
In deficit
-£169k
-9%
3
-28%
In deficit
-£143k
-13%
—
-19%
In deficit
-£136k
-6%
2
-20%
In deficit
-£128k
-5%
—
+10%
In deficit
-£123k
-2%
1
-24%
In deficit
-£118k
-4%
3
-5%
In deficit
-£105k
-4%
5
-9%
In deficit
-£99k
-2%
—
-19%
In deficit
-£97k
-1%
1
+15%
In deficit
-£82k
-2%
1
+23%

Not shown: Hampden Way Nursery School, Menorah Primary School for Boys, Queenswell Infant & Nursery School, St Margaret's Nursery School (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

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