Schools in Reach

County Durham school finances

33 of 260 schools in County Durham were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £7.4m. 10 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
33
Combined deficits
£7.4m
Heading for deficit
10
Reserves held by the rest
£80.8m

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

0%5%10%2018-19: 22 of 219 schools (10.0%)2018-192019-20: 22 of 214 schools (10.3%)2019-202020-21: 5 of 195 schools (2.6%)2020-212021-22: 6 of 170 schools (3.5%)2021-222022-23: 9 of 158 schools (5.7%)2022-232023-24: 9 of 136 schools (6.6%)2023-242024-25: 6 of 127 schools (4.7%)2024-252025-26: 5 of 123 schools (4.1%)2025-264.1%

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 16 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£2.9m
-37%
—
+61%
In deficit
-£699k
-13%
—
+21%
In deficit
-£488k
-67%
6
-2%
In deficit
-£334k
-45%
3
-39%
In deficit
-£288k
-51%
4
-34%
In deficit
-£285k
-50%
3
-20%
In deficit
-£277k
-43%
5
+30%
In deficit
-£221k
-27%
1
-36%
In deficit
-£187k
-2%
—
+14%
In deficit
-£170k
-22%
3
-1%
In deficit
-£162k
-16%
—
+20%
In deficit
-£157k
-22%
3
-11%
In deficit
-£138k
-1%
—
-9%
In deficit
-£127k
-10%
3
+35%
In deficit
-£114k
-11%
1
+17%
In deficit
-£98k
-2%
1
+32%
In deficit
-£83k
-5%
5
-29%
In deficit
-£74k
-5%
—
-2%
In deficit
-£69k
-14%
—
-59%
In deficit
-£65k
-4%
—
-32%
In deficit
-£62k
-5%
1
+2%
In deficit
-£57k
-9%
1
-11%
In deficit
-£50k
-2%
—
+9%
In deficit
-£38k
-3%
—
+4%
In deficit
-£36k
-5%
2
+3%
In deficit
-£32k
-3%
3
-2%
In deficit
-£29k
-4%
—
-24%
In deficit
-£25k
-2%
—
-20%
In deficit
-£18k
-3%
1
-23%
In deficit
-£14k
-1%
—
-21%
In deficit
-£7k
-1%
1
-21%
In deficit
-£5k
-1%
1
-40%
In deficit
-£1k
-0%
—
+41%
Heading for deficit
£548
0%
3
+4%

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