Schools in Reach

Bury school finances

17 of 84 schools in Bury were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £2.0m. 2 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
17
Combined deficits
£2.0m
Heading for deficit
2
Reserves held by the rest
£18.6m

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

0%10%20%30%2018-19: 7 of 68 schools (10.3%)2018-192019-20: 8 of 62 schools (12.9%)2019-202020-21: 1 of 57 schools (1.8%)2020-212021-22: 3 of 54 schools (5.6%)2021-222022-23: 13 of 55 schools (23.6%)2022-232023-24: 17 of 47 schools (36.2%)2023-242024-25: 11 of 32 schools (34.4%)2024-252025-26: 8 of 30 schools (26.7%)2025-2626.7%

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
-£498k
-53%
7
-28%
In deficit
-£442k
-32%
7
-10%
In deficit
-£225k
-17%
—
-16%
In deficit
-£140k
-9%
—
-16%
In deficit
-£133k
-6%
—
-22%
In deficit
-£121k
-13%
1
+14%
In deficit
-£102k
-3%
4
-8%
In deficit
-£83k
-12%
3
-3%
In deficit
-£70k
-5%
—
-19%
In deficit
-£58k
-3%
—
-32%
In deficit
-£52k
-4%
1
-19%
In deficit
-£35k
-1%
—
-1%
In deficit
-£32k
-2%
4
-4%
In deficit
-£24k
-2%
4
-7%
In deficit
-£23k
-1%
—
-7%
In deficit
-£7k
-0%
—
+0%
In deficit
-£1k
-0%
1
-5%
Heading for deficit
£26k
2%
2
-6%
Heading for deficit
£59k
2%
3
-8%
Tight
£122
0%
1
+34%
Tight
£17k
1%
—
-11%
Tight
£19k
1%
—
+2%
Tight
£20k
1%
—
-4%
Tight
£22k
1%
—
-27%
Tight
£25k
1%
—
-9%
Tight
£26k
1%
—
—
Tight
£27k
2%
—
-37%
Tight
£29k
3%
—
-29%
Tight
£43k
2%
1
-3%
Tight
£47k
3%
—
-4%
Tight
£48k
3%
1
-9%
Tight
£56k
2%
1
-51%
Tight
£56k
3%
—
+20%
Tight
£64k
1%
—
-1%

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