Schools in Reach

Hertfordshire school finances

45 of 525 schools in Hertfordshire were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £7.9m. 42 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
45
Combined deficits
£7.9m
Heading for deficit
42
Reserves held by the rest
£183.0m

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

0%2%4%6%2018-19: 12 of 390 schools (3.1%)2018-192019-20: 14 of 380 schools (3.7%)2019-202020-21: 11 of 375 schools (2.9%)2020-212021-22: 8 of 362 schools (2.2%)2021-222022-23: 10 of 357 schools (2.8%)2022-232023-24: 16 of 352 schools (4.5%)2023-242024-25: 20 of 343 schools (5.8%)2024-252025-26: 24 of 334 schools (7.2%)2025-267.2%

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 20 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£1.4m
-45%
5
-37%
In deficit
-£688k
-17%
3
+32%
In deficit
-£584k
-12%
2
-17%
In deficit
-£456k
-7%
1
+180%
In deficit
-£366k
-61%
8
-32%
In deficit
-£324k
-3%
7
+1%
In deficit
-£256k
-19%
—
-24%
In deficit
-£254k
-23%
3
-10%
In deficit
-£245k
-11%
2
-12%
In deficit
-£219k
-15%
5
-5%
In deficit
-£210k
-8%
—
-6%
In deficit
-£206k
-14%
—
+6%
In deficit
-£203k
-15%
1
-28%
In deficit
-£177k
-16%
6
-42%
In deficit
-£166k
-2%
2
-5%
In deficit
-£164k
-6%
4
+21%
In deficit
-£142k
-9%
4
-13%
In deficit
-£130k
-9%
7
-1%
In deficit
-£128k
-12%
2
-1%
In deficit
-£126k
-8%
—
-8%
In deficit
-£122k
-2%
1
+42%
In deficit
-£115k
-1%
3
+10%
In deficit
-£114k
-4%
2
+6%
In deficit
-£110k
-9%
6
-25%
In deficit
-£109k
-2%
—
+28%
In deficit
-£103k
-1%
2
+10%
In deficit
-£90k
-8%
3
-34%
In deficit
-£74k
-5%
3
-2%
In deficit
-£61k
-5%
1
-18%
In deficit
-£58k
-3%
5
+0%
In deficit
-£58k
-4%
2
+8%
In deficit
-£55k
-3%
—
+1%
In deficit
-£54k
-1%
1
+4%
In deficit
-£49k
-3%
2
-9%

Not shown: Barkway VA Church of England First School, Puller Memorial, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary School, Widford School (in a federation's combined return, or no full-year return yet).

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