Financial year 2021-22

School finances during the Covid-19 pandemic

An overview of what happened to LA maintained and academy school finances during the Covid-19 pandemic

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• Published: 17 July 2023

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 per pupil expenditure categories

  National

  Per pupil expenditure information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 33
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2019-20
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2020-21
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Type of expenditure
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 expenditure categories

  National

  Expenditure information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 33
  • Indicators:
    • Total expenditure in 2019-20
    • Total expenditure in 2020-21
    • Total expenditure in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Type of expenditure
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 per pupil expenditure by phase

  National

  Per pupil expenditure information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. The data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2019-20
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2020-21
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 expenditure by phase

  National

  Expenditure information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. The data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Total expenditure in 2019-20
    • Total expenditure in 2020-21
    • Total expenditure in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 per pupil income categories

  National

  Per pupil income information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 18
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil income in 2019-20
    • Per pupil income in 2020-21
    • Per pupil income in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Type of income
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 income categories

  National

  Income information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 18
  • Indicators:
    • Total income in 2019-20
    • Total income in 2020-21
    • Total income in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Type of income
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 per pupil income by phase

  National

  Per pupil income information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. The data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil income in 2019-20
    • Per pupil income in 2020-21
    • Per pupil income in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 income by phase

  National

  Income information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for all LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. The data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Total income in 2019-20
    • Total income in 2020-21
    • Total income in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 per pupil revenue reserves by phase

  National

  Per pupil revenue reserve information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. This data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2019-20
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2020-21
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• LA maintained schools' 2019-2022 revenue reserves by phase

  National

  Revenue reserve information for the financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 for LA maintained schools, aggregated by phase. This data includes both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 8
  • Indicators:
    • Total revenue reserve in 2019-20
    • Total revenue reserve in 2020-21
    • Total revenue reserve in 2021-22
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2021-22

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• Academies' 2018/2021 per pupil expenditure categories

  National

  Per pupil expenditure information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each expenditure category. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 32
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2018/19
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2019/20
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Type of expenditure
  • Time period: 2020/21

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• Academies' 2018/2021 expenditure categories

  National

  Expenditure information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each expenditure category. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 32
  • Indicators:
    • Total expenditure in 2018/19
    • Total expenditure in 2019/20
    • Total expenditure in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Type of expenditure
  • Time period: 2020/21

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• Academies' 2018/2021 per pupil expenditure by phase

  National

  Per pupil expenditure information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2018/19
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2019/20
    • Per pupil expenditure in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

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• Academies' 2018/2021 expenditure by phase

  National

  Expenditure information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • Total expenditure in 2018/19
    • Total expenditure in 2019/20
    • Total expenditure in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Academies' 2018/2021 per pupil income categories

  National

  Per pupil income information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each income category. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 15
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil income in 2018/19
    • Per pupil income in 2019/20
    • Per pupil income in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Type of income
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
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• Academies' 2018/2021 income categories

  National

  Income information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each income category. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 15
  • Indicators:
    • Total income in 2018/19
    • Total income in 2019/20
    • Total income in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Type of income
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Academies' 2018/2021 per pupil income by phase

  National

  Per pupil income information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil income in 2018/19
    • Per pupil income in 2019/20
    • Per pupil income in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Academies' 2018/2021 income by phase

  National

  Income information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • Total income in 2018/19
    • Total income in 2019/20
    • Total income in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
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• Academies' 2018/2021 per pupil revenue reserves by phase

  National

  Per pupil revenue reserve information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 6
  • Indicators:
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2018/19
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2019/20
    • Per pupil revenue reserve in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
  Create table

• Academies' 2018/2021 revenue reserves by phase

  National

  Revenue reserve information for the academic years 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 for all academies, aggregated by phase, including both a monetary and percentage comparison between each year’s data. The financial figures have the central services per pupil proportion incorporated for each phase breakdown. All data is in nominal terms so does not remove the effects of inflation.

  • Number of rows: 7
  • Indicators:
    • Total revenue reserve in 2018/19
    • Total revenue reserve in 2019/20
    • Total revenue reserve in 2020/21
  • Filters:
    • Overall phase
  • Time period: 2020/21

  Data set information page
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Supporting files

Supporting files provide an area for teams to supply non-standard files for download by users where required.

2 supporting data files

• Academies account returns

  An excel workbook containing the source data used in this analysis. There are multiple tabs for the academies account returns (AAR) data from 2018/19 to 2020/21. The annual central services data is also included on separate tabs.

  Download (xlsx, 19 Mb)

• Consistent financial reporting

  An excel workbook containing the source data used in this analysis. There are multiple tabs for the consistent financial reporting (CFR) for LA maintained schools from 2019-20 to 2021-22.

  Download (xlsx, 28 Mb)

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Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes trends in schools’ finances as they transitioned into and out of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is an ad hoc statistical release and uses the annual published data found on the data sources and interpretation (opens in new tab) within School Financial Benchmarking webpage. The methodology should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining how the data has been used.

Coverage

This release provides annual financial data for LA maintained schools over the following years:

• 2019-20
• 2020-21
• 2021-22

It also included annual financial data for academies over the following academic years:

• 2018/19
• 2019/20
• 2021/22

The information is based on financial data which is collected and published annually.

File formats and conventions

Rounding

These data sets have not had suppression applied and been rounded to nearest to zero decimal places for monetary values, and to one decimal place for percentages.

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