Schools in Reach

Tower Hamlets school finances

22 of 94 schools in Tower Hamlets were in deficit in their latest return, with combined deficits of £4.2m. 2 more are heading that way.

Schools in deficit
22
Combined deficits
£4.2m
Heading for deficit
2
Reserves held by the rest
£54.2m

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

0%10%20%2018-19: 3 of 73 schools (4.1%)2018-192019-20: 3 of 73 schools (4.1%)2019-202020-21: 3 of 73 schools (4.1%)2020-212021-22: 7 of 72 schools (9.7%)2021-222022-23: 6 of 72 schools (8.3%)2022-232023-24: 9 of 71 schools (12.7%)2023-242024-25: 17 of 67 schools (25.4%)2024-252025-26: 18 of 65 schools (27.7%)2025-2627.7%

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:

Every school, worst first

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SchoolStatusReserve% of incomeYears overspendingPupils since first year
In deficit
-£801k
-9%
—
+11%
In deficit
-£433k
-85%
5
-15%
In deficit
-£366k
-10%
4
-7%
In deficit
-£365k
-7%
2
-28%
In deficit
-£356k
-21%
—
-19%
In deficit
-£274k
-5%
2
+29%
In deficit
-£221k
-5%
4
+2%
In deficit
-£194k
-6%
2
-10%
In deficit
-£177k
-9%
—
-11%
In deficit
-£141k
-3%
—
+29%
In deficit
-£135k
-8%
—
-6%
In deficit
-£115k
-3%
—
-29%
In deficit
-£108k
-4%
1
-12%
In deficit
-£104k
-24%
—
-27%
In deficit
-£100k
-4%
—
-29%
In deficit
-£92k
-4%
3
+6%
In deficit
-£90k
-5%
1
—
In deficit
-£76k
-4%
2
-10%
In deficit
-£52k
-1%
—
+8%
In deficit
-£17k
-0%
5
-31%
In deficit
-£12k
-1%
3
-47%
In deficit
-£5k
-0%
—
-14%
Heading for deficit
£70k
2%
5
+1%
Heading for deficit
£194k
3%
2
-4%
Tight
£4k
0%
1
-24%
Tight
£34k
2%
1
-16%
Tight
£58k
2%
—
-7%
Tight
£59k
3%
2
-18%
Tight
£201k
3%
5
-9%
Healthy
£97k
4%
—
-16%
Healthy
£100k
4%
—
-1%
Healthy
£139k
6%
—
+6%
Healthy
£152k
6%
—
-7%
Healthy
£186k
5%
—
+0%
Healthy
£192k
5%
—
-13%

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