Financial year 2024-25

School funding statistics

Data guidance

Published 30 January 2025

Description

Data files for the 2025 edition of School Funding Statistics.

Coverage

Schools in England, for pupils aged 5-16.

File formats and conventions

Files are csv format.

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Figure 2

• Filename: 20250130_fig2.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2024-25
• Content:
  Percentage of mainstream schools receiving funding through the additional pupil-led factors in 2024-25.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Breakdown - Data for Figure 2
pupil_percentage	Percentage of Pupils

Revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16, in cash and real terms, 2010-11 to 2025-26

• Filename: 20250130_tab1.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010-11 to 2025-26
• Content:
  Revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16, in cash and real terms, 2010-11 to 2025-26.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
annual_growth_in_funding_202425terms_pc	School funding, 2024-25 terms, annual growth in funding, %
annual_growth_in_funding_cashterms_pc	School funding, cash terms, annual growth in funding, %
annual_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_202425terms_pc	Per pupil funding, 2024-25 terms, annual growth in funding, %
annual_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_cashterms_pc	Per pupil funding, cash terms, annual growth in funding, %
cumulative_growth_in_funding_since_201011_202425terms_pc	School funding, 2024-25 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
cumulative_growth_in_funding_since_201516_202425terms_pc	School funding, 2024-25 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201011_202425terms_pc	Per pupil funding, 2024-25 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201516_202425terms_pc	Per pupil funding, 2024-25 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
gdp_deflator_index	GDP deflator index
per_pupil_funding_202425terms_gbp	Per pupil funding, 2024-25 terms, £
per_pupil_funding_cashterms_gbp	Per pupil funding, cash terms, £
pupil_number_fte	Pupil number, FTE
school_funding_202425terms_gbpm	School funding, 2024-25 terms, £m
school_funding_cashterms_gbpm	School funding, cash terms, £m

Footnotes

1. Funding includes the following: Dedicated Schools Grant (excluding early years and post-16 high-needs funding); Grants outside the DSG to the City of London, Isles of Scilly and City Technology Colleges; Pre-16 high-needs funding in non-maintained special schools, special and alternative provision free schools; Pupil premium (all pupil ages); Schools supplementary grant (reception to year 11); Mainstream schools additional grant; Supplementary free school meals grant; Teachers' pay grant & teachers' pay additional grant (reception to year 11); Teachers' pension employer contribution grant (reception to year 11); Core Schools Budget Grant; Consolidated Core Schools Budget Grant (high needs providers); Historic teachers' pension/pay grant (for non-maintained special schools); Further core schools budget funding to be allocated in 2025-26.
2. State-funded providers, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, special schools, alternative provision, pupil referral units and non-maintained special schools.
3. Funding for 2025-26 is based on a combination of published funding allocations and the funding settlement agreed at the 2024 Spending Review, and some estimates of small grant and high needs spending.
4. Pupil number counts are taken from the January preceding each financial year.
5. Published in January 2025 by HM Treasury.

School funding allocations for 2024-25

• Filename: 20250130_school_level_data_csv.csv
• Geographic levels: School
• Time period: 2024-25
• Content:
  School funding allocations for 2024-25.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
academy	Academy?
academy_opendate	Academy opening date
allocation_per_pupil	Allocation per Pupil
basic_entitlement_ks3	Basic Entitlement KS3
basic_entitlement_ks4	Basic Entitlement KS4
basic_entitlement_primary	Basic Entitlement Primary
basic_entitlement_total_funding	Basic Entitlement Total Funding
core_schools_budget_grant	Core Schools Budget Grant
deprivation_total_funding	Deprivation Total Funding
eal_total_funding	EAL Total Funding
education_phase	Phase
exceptional_factors_total_funding	Exceptional Factors Total Funding
fsm_funding	FSM Funding
fsm6_funding	FSM6 Funding
idaci_band_a	IDACI Band A
idaci_band_b	IDACI Band B
idaci_band_c	IDACI Band C
idaci_band_d	IDACI Band D
idaci_band_e	IDACI Band E
idaci_band_f	IDACI Band F
idaci_funding	IDACI Funding
london_fringe	London Fringe
lump_sum_total_funding	Lump Sum Total Funding
mfg_protection_or_capping_scaling	MFG protection (+ve) or capping/scaling (-ve)
minimum_per_pupil_funding	Minimum per pupil funding
mobility_total_funding	Mobility Total Funding
national_non_domestic_rates_funding	National Non Domestic Rates Funding
notional_sen	Notional SEN
pe_&_sport_premium	PE & Sport Premium funding
pe_&_sport_premium_pupils	PE & Sport Premium pupils
pfi_total_funding	PFI Total Funding
prior_attainment_total_funding	Prior Attainment Total Funding
prior_year_adjustment_sbs	Prior Years Adjustment to SBS
pupil_premium	Pupil Premium funding
pupil_premium_pupils	Pupil Premium pupils
school_category	School type
school_ukprn	UKPRN
sparsity_total_funding	Sparsity Total Funding
split_site_total_funding	Split Site Total Funding
teachers_pay_additional_grant	Teachers' Pay Additional Grant
teachers_pension_employer_contribution_grant	Teachers' Pension Employer Contribution Grant
total_funding	Total funding
total_number_of_pupils	Total Number of Pupils (rounded)
total_schools_block_allocation_(post_mfg)	Total Schools Block Allocation (Post MFG)
total_schools_block_allocation_(pre_mfg)	Total Schools Block Allocation (Pre MFG)
trust	Trust
universal_infant_free_school_meals_grant	Universal Infant Free School Meals Grant funding