Schools in Reach

Bristol, City of school finances

31 of 152 schools in Bristol, City of were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £13.1m. 7 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
31
Combined deficits
£13.1m
Heading for deficit
7
Reserves held by the rest
£43.0m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 10 of 67 schools (14.9%)2018-192019-20: 11 of 64 schools (17.2%)2019-202020-21: 14 of 62 schools (22.6%)2020-212021-22: 13 of 60 schools (21.7%)2021-222022-23: 16 of 59 schools (27.1%)2022-232023-24: 22 of 59 schools (37.3%)2023-242024-25: 20 of 54 schools (37.0%)2024-252025-26: 23 of 52 schools (44.2%)2025-2644.2%

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 2 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£1.5m
-35%
4
+18%
In deficit
-£1.3m
-91%
—
-15%
In deficit
-£1.2m
-9%
—
+5%
In deficit
-£1.1m
-82%
—
+43%
In deficit
-£935k
-41%
6
+31%
In deficit
-£797k
-14%
2
+10%
In deficit
-£766k
-47%
—
+8%
In deficit
-£675k
-92%
—
-36%
In deficit
-£570k
-39%
—
-35%
In deficit
-£429k
-76%
—
-35%
In deficit
-£400k
-19%
1
-34%
In deficit
-£389k
-45%
—
-49%
In deficit
-£374k
-28%
2
-35%
In deficit
-£344k
-27%
—
-21%
In deficit
-£306k
-25%
1
+31%
In deficit
-£299k
-8%
—
-7%
In deficit
-£209k
-5%
—
+20%
In deficit
-£205k
-14%
3
-27%
In deficit
-£197k
-11%
—
+9%
In deficit
-£193k
-10%
4
-1%
In deficit
-£178k
-20%
—
+39%
In deficit
-£151k
-9%
1
+4%
In deficit
-£150k
-4%
1
+13%
In deficit
-£145k
-5%
—
-5%
In deficit
-£102k
-10%
—
—
In deficit
-£62k
-2%
2
+5%
In deficit
-£58k
-2%
2
-6%
In deficit
-£54k
-1%
—
-18%
In deficit
-£44k
-2%
—
-5%
In deficit
-£12k
-1%
1
+22%
In deficit
-£8k
-0%
—
-18%
Heading for deficit
£22k
2%
2
-0%
Heading for deficit
£23k
1%
3
+0%
Heading for deficit
£36k
1%
3
-1%

Not shown: Brunel Field Primary School, Sefton Park Junior School (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

Check at source: DfE benchmarking page for Bristol, City of · Bristol, City of admissions and catchments