Schools in Reach

Cheshire East school finances

40 of 155 schools in Cheshire East were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £5.8m. 8 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
40
Combined deficits
£5.8m
Heading for deficit
8
Reserves held by the rest
£39.8m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 4 of 72 schools (5.6%)2018-192019-20: 6 of 69 schools (8.7%)2019-202020-21: 5 of 65 schools (7.7%)2020-212021-22: 9 of 61 schools (14.8%)2021-222022-23: 11 of 58 schools (19.0%)2022-232023-24: 14 of 57 schools (24.6%)2023-242024-25: 20 of 53 schools (37.7%)2024-252025-26: 24 of 49 schools (49.0%)2025-2649.0%

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
-£1.2m
-18%
—
-1%
In deficit
-£733k
-112%
7
-44%
In deficit
-£715k
-46%
4
+9%
In deficit
-£544k
-21%
4
+40%
In deficit
-£309k
-3%
—
+2%
In deficit
-£254k
-26%
5
+1%
In deficit
-£217k
-12%
2
-6%
In deficit
-£175k
-42%
4
+0%
In deficit
-£164k
-12%
3
-25%
In deficit
-£155k
-4%
1
+11%
In deficit
-£138k
-11%
4
+6%
In deficit
-£121k
-1%
—
+25%
In deficit
-£118k
-9%
—
-3%
In deficit
-£96k
-4%
1
+7%
In deficit
-£90k
-6%
1
-12%
In deficit
-£84k
-7%
2
+20%
In deficit
-£77k
-4%
—
+15%
In deficit
-£70k
-5%
2
+0%
In deficit
-£67k
-9%
5
-10%
In deficit
-£50k
-4%
2
-2%
In deficit
-£49k
-5%
2
-15%
In deficit
-£45k
-3%
4
+4%
In deficit
-£42k
-3%
—
+3%
In deficit
-£39k
-1%
—
+5%
In deficit
-£37k
-2%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£33k
-1%
—
+64%
In deficit
-£33k
-1%
1
+19%
In deficit
-£32k
-3%
—
+5%
In deficit
-£28k
-4%
1
-5%
In deficit
-£27k
-2%
2
-3%
In deficit
-£23k
-2%
—
+15%
In deficit
-£15k
-2%
1
+37%
In deficit
-£10k
-1%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£9k
-1%
—
+10%

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