Schools in Reach

Dudley school finances

24 of 108 schools in Dudley were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £5.3m. 5 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
24
Combined deficits
£5.3m
Heading for deficit
5
Reserves held by the rest
£30.9m

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

0%20%40%2018-19: 3 of 70 schools (4.3%)2018-192019-20: 7 of 66 schools (10.6%)2019-202020-21: 1 of 64 schools (1.6%)2020-212021-22: 2 of 63 schools (3.2%)2021-222022-23: 5 of 59 schools (8.5%)2022-232023-24: 11 of 54 schools (20.4%)2023-242024-25: 15 of 50 schools (30.0%)2024-252025-26: 20 of 46 schools (43.5%)2025-2643.5%

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 6 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£1.2m
-30%
5
+3%
In deficit
-£577k
-12%
5
+31%
In deficit
-£447k
-17%
2
-17%
In deficit
-£429k
-12%
1
-9%
In deficit
-£408k
-29%
4
+13%
In deficit
-£328k
-7%
2
-25%
In deficit
-£274k
-10%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£250k
-16%
5
+3%
In deficit
-£209k
-4%
—
+30%
In deficit
-£180k
-7%
1
+7%
In deficit
-£158k
-3%
4
-3%
In deficit
-£152k
-4%
6
-17%
In deficit
-£82k
-6%
4
+4%
In deficit
-£81k
-3%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£80k
-3%
3
+0%
In deficit
-£72k
-3%
—
+19%
In deficit
-£67k
-4%
2
+0%
In deficit
-£65k
-5%
7
-1%
In deficit
-£52k
-4%
1
+24%
In deficit
-£45k
-2%
1
+6%
In deficit
-£33k
-2%
2
-13%
In deficit
-£19k
-1%
3
-0%
In deficit
-£7k
-0%
3
-8%
In deficit
-£7k
-0%
—
+21%
Heading for deficit
£15k
1%
4
-21%
Heading for deficit
£38k
1%
2
-24%
Heading for deficit
£64k
4%
3
+0%
Heading for deficit
£108k
8%
2
-0%
Heading for deficit
£270k
10%
2
-8%
Tight
£3k
0%
—
-3%
Tight
£6k
0%
—
+5%
Tight
£19k
1%
1
+14%
Tight
£33k
2%
1
-11%
Tight
£52k
3%
—
-11%
Tight
£53k
2%
—
-3%

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