Schools in Reach

Gloucestershire school finances

51 of 292 schools in Gloucestershire were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £7.7m. 10 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
51
Combined deficits
£7.7m
Heading for deficit
10
Reserves held by the rest
£74.2m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 22 of 199 schools (11.1%)2018-192019-20: 32 of 195 schools (16.4%)2019-202020-21: 21 of 189 schools (11.1%)2020-212021-22: 18 of 186 schools (9.7%)2021-222022-23: 21 of 181 schools (11.6%)2022-232023-24: 22 of 167 schools (13.2%)2023-242024-25: 31 of 154 schools (20.1%)2024-252025-26: 36 of 153 schools (23.5%)2025-2623.5%

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 22 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£795k
-15%
2
+2%
In deficit
-£781k
-10%
—
+16%
In deficit
-£718k
-31%
3
-0%
In deficit
-£549k
-35%
5
-29%
In deficit
-£454k
-17%
—
-20%
In deficit
-£380k
-5%
1
+6%
In deficit
-£336k
-25%
—
-8%
In deficit
-£318k
-12%
—
+2%
In deficit
-£227k
-5%
—
+11%
In deficit
-£204k
-15%
2
-17%
In deficit
-£201k
-25%
7
-29%
In deficit
-£179k
-16%
6
-3%
In deficit
-£178k
-9%
1
+0%
In deficit
-£167k
-10%
2
+72%
In deficit
-£162k
-11%
4
-3%
In deficit
-£154k
-18%
1
-20%
In deficit
-£146k
-10%
—
+5%
In deficit
-£143k
-10%
—
+12%
In deficit
-£141k
-21%
—
+16%
In deficit
-£124k
-6%
1
+40%
In deficit
-£116k
-6%
4
-22%
In deficit
-£105k
-3%
—
+106%
In deficit
-£92k
-9%
2
-23%
In deficit
-£92k
-20%
—
+20%
In deficit
-£86k
-7%
5
+18%
In deficit
-£77k
-11%
2
+5%
In deficit
-£72k
-6%
2
-11%
In deficit
-£72k
-4%
—
-14%
In deficit
-£69k
-1%
—
+21%
In deficit
-£68k
-5%
2
-9%
In deficit
-£63k
-4%
3
-1%
In deficit
-£59k
-4%
—
+37%
In deficit
-£51k
-4%
—
-20%
In deficit
-£50k
-11%
—
+44%

Not shown: Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School, Glebe Infants' School, Longlevens Infant School, Pillowell Community Primary School, Redbrook Church of England Primary School (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

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