School revenue reserves - unrounded data
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This file contains unrounded data on revenue reserves of local authority maintained schools. It includes local authority, regional and national data. It was collected via the Consistent Financial reporting data collection.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Finance and funding
- Publication
- LA and school expenditure
- Release
- Financial year 2021-22
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 6,006
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Average revenue balance per school
- Average surplus per school for schools over the threshold
- Committed revenue balances (B01)
- Community-focused school revenue balances (B06)
- Devolved formula capital balance (B03)
- Number of schools making a Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) return
- Number of schools with a negative revenue balance
- Number of schools with a surplus over the threshold
- Number of schools with a surplus revenue balance
- Opening capital balance (OB03)
- Opening community-focused revenue balance (OB02)
- Opening pupil-focused revenue balance (OB01)
- Other capital balances (B05)
- Outstanding balance of capital loans to schol (B07)
- Percentage of schools with a negative revenue balance (deficit)
- Percentage of schools with a surplus over the threshold
- Percentage of schools with a surplus revenue balance
- Revenue balance as a percentage of total income
- Total income
- Total revenue balance
- Total revenue balance of schools with a deficit
- Total revenue balance of schools with a surplus
- Total surplus of schools over the threshold
- Uncommitted revenue balances (B02)
- Filters
- Phase of school
- Time period
- 2015-16 to 2021-22
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_name | country_code | region_name | region_code | la_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | school_phase | number_schools | number_schools_with_surplus | number_schools_with_deficit | PC_schools_with_surplus | PC_schools_with_deficit | total_revenue_balance | average_revenue_balance | revenue_balance_as_pc_total_income | total_revenue_reserve_schools_surplus | total_revenue_reserve_schools_deficit | number_schools_with_surplus_over_threshold | pc_schools_with_surplus_over_threshold | school_surplus_over_threshold | school_over_threshold_av_per_school | committed_revenue_balances(B01) | uncommitted_revenue_balances(B02) | devolved_formula_capital_balance(B03) | other_capital_balances(B05) | community_focussed_school_revenue_balance(B06) | outstanding_balance_of_capital_loans_to_school(B07) | opening_pupil_focussed_revenue_balance(OB01) | opening_community_focussed_revenue_balance(OB02) | opening_capital_balance(OB03) | total_income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201516 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | All LA maintained schools | 16774 | 15621 | 1000 | 93.1 | 6 | 2086820460 | 124415 | 7.6 | 2206684277 | -119863817 | 8074 | 51.7 | 1677025271 | 207707 | 1035153748 | 1015350096 | 137193458 | 47570259 | 36316616 | x | 2010699744 | 35755072 | 189988041 | 27563969208 | |||||
| 201516 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | Nursery | 402 | 351 | 51 | 87.3 | 12.7 | 34319820 | 85373 | 12.2 | 36960434 | -2640615 | 247 | 70.4 | 33867254 | 137114 | 14249672 | 15568660 | 3634014 | 24637 | 4501488 | x | 28313728 | 5879606 | 3788419 | 282046263 | |||||
| 201516 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | Primary | 14026 | 13287 | 627 | 94.7 | 4.5 | 1522115275 | 108529 | 8.4 | 1545283952 | -23168676 | 6684 | 50.3 | 1128208808 | 168792 | 756132971 | 739602944 | 99383578 | 24085812 | 26379361 | x | 1419938764 | 25056490 | 131305096 | 18081669834 | |||||
| 201516 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | PRU | 283 | 229 | 33 | 80.9 | 11.7 | 40424475 | 142843 | 9.6 | 43053798 | -2629323 | 140 | 61.1 | 36544675 | 261033 | 15737634 | 24637885 | 3454066 | 146309 | 48956 | x | 36846139 | 48415 | 3752350 | 422157576 | |||||
| 201516 | Financial year | National | England | E92000001 | Secondary | 1247 | 1008 | 222 | 80.8 | 17.8 | 312272045 | 250419 | 4.6 | 394770490 | -82498445 | 573 | 56.8 | 327761457 | 572010 | 163512520 | 145615700 | 19312529 | 18192658 | 3143825 | x | 352155883 | 3267534 | 34111730 | 6792774695 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| average_revenue_balance | Average revenue balance per school |
| committed_revenue_balances(B01) | Committed revenue balances (B01) |
| community_focussed_school_revenue_balance(B06) | Community-focused school revenue balances (B06) |
| devolved_formula_capital_balance(B03) | Devolved formula capital balance (B03) |
| number_schools | Number of schools making a Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) return |
| number_schools_with_deficit | Number of schools with a negative revenue balance |
| number_schools_with_surplus | Number of schools with a surplus revenue balance |
| number_schools_with_surplus_over_threshold | Number of schools with a surplus over the threshold |
| opening_capital_balance(OB03) | Opening capital balance (OB03) |
| opening_community_focussed_revenue_balance(OB02) | Opening community-focused revenue balance (OB02) |
| opening_pupil_focussed_revenue_balance(OB01) | Opening pupil-focused revenue balance (OB01) |
| other_capital_balances(B05) | Other capital balances (B05) |
| outstanding_balance_of_capital_loans_to_school(B07) | Outstanding balance of capital loans to schol (B07) |
| PC_schools_with_deficit | Percentage of schools with a negative revenue balance (deficit) |
| PC_schools_with_surplus | Percentage of schools with a surplus revenue balance |
| pc_schools_with_surplus_over_threshold | Percentage of schools with a surplus over the threshold |
| revenue_balance_as_pc_total_income | Revenue balance as a percentage of total income |
| school_over_threshold_av_per_school | Average surplus per school for schools over the threshold |
| school_phase | Phase of school |
| school_surplus_over_threshold | Total surplus of schools over the threshold |
| total_income | Total income |
| total_revenue_balance | Total revenue balance |
| total_revenue_reserve_schools_deficit | Total revenue balance of schools with a deficit |
| total_revenue_reserve_schools_surplus | Total revenue balance of schools with a surplus |
| uncommitted_revenue_balances(B02) | Uncommitted revenue balances (B02) |
Footnotes
- There are a small number of local authorities with no LA maintained secondary schools, all are academies. Thurrock returned no data from primary schools in 2021-22. There are also authorities returning no nursery schools, pupil referral units or special schools. Full details are in the methodology document. These local authorities will be uncoloured in the maps above.
- Includes schools making a part year return as they converted to academies part way through the financial year
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