Schools in Reach

Liverpool school finances

33 of 168 schools in Liverpool were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £14.9m. 10 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
33
Combined deficits
£14.9m
Heading for deficit
10
Reserves held by the rest
£39.6m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 20 of 134 schools (14.9%)2018-192019-20: 29 of 134 schools (21.6%)2019-202020-21: 20 of 133 schools (15.0%)2020-212021-22: 19 of 132 schools (14.4%)2021-222022-23: 20 of 128 schools (15.6%)2022-232023-24: 25 of 126 schools (19.8%)2023-242024-25: 15 of 104 schools (14.4%)2024-252025-26: 23 of 118 schools (19.5%)2025-2619.5%

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 14 more, in the table below.

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£2.5m
-25%
—
+33%
In deficit
-£1.9m
-47%
8
+21%
In deficit
-£1.6m
-39%
—
-20%
In deficit
-£1.5m
-16%
—
+25%
In deficit
-£1.2m
-66%
2
-12%
In deficit
-£850k
-8%
3
-3%
In deficit
-£798k
-27%
—
-18%
In deficit
-£744k
-15%
—
+21%
In deficit
-£622k
-36%
1
+0%
In deficit
-£499k
-20%
—
-8%
In deficit
-£375k
-15%
1
-1%
In deficit
-£373k
-22%
—
+24%
In deficit
-£319k
-2%
2
+10%
In deficit
-£264k
-5%
—
+133%
In deficit
-£224k
-3%
—
-9%
In deficit
-£223k
-2%
—
+6%
In deficit
-£179k
-6%
—
+14%
In deficit
-£125k
-5%
2
-4%
In deficit
-£100k
-3%
1
+9%
In deficit
-£93k
-2%
1
+7%
In deficit
-£74k
-3%
3
+2%
In deficit
-£61k
-2%
3
+0%
In deficit
-£56k
-1%
3
+4%
In deficit
-£51k
-2%
—
+69%
In deficit
-£41k
-3%
3
+4%
In deficit
-£40k
-1%
1
-6%
In deficit
-£36k
-2%
2
-3%
In deficit
-£34k
-2%
—
-1%
In deficit
-£23k
-0%
—
+24%
In deficit
-£14k
-1%
1
-0%
In deficit
-£13k
-1%
1
-1%
In deficit
-£11k
-0%
—
-10%
In deficit
-£4k
-0%
—
-19%
Heading for deficit
£10k
0%
3
-6%

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