School funding - Section 251 outturn statements

Purpose of financial statements

The council must publish our Section 251 outturn statements. 

The section 251 outturn statement is intended to:

• provide schools, parents and others interested in education and children's services with details about schools and LA funding and expenditure
• provide data for the Departmental Annual Report (DAR)
• inform policy-making
• inform the Treasury for monitoring purposes
• inform Parliament in its role of monitoring the Department’s accountability for public funds - MPs ask about school and authority expenditure via the mechanisms of Parliamentary Questions or through the Education Select Committee

Schools forums and others must have financial data available to them to inform the debate about differing levels of expenditure between LAs and between schools.  Therefore, all statements are prepared in a common format.

The Section 251 outturn reports

2017 to 2018

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools (PDF)
• Table A1 - Children and Young People's Services (PDF)

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools (Excel)
• Table A1 - Children and Young People's Services (Excel)

2016 to 2017

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools (PDF)
• Table A1 - Children and Young People's Services (PDF)

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools (Excel)
• Table A1 - Children and Young People's Services (Excel)

2014 to 2015

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools (PDF 27KB) 
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (PDF 29KB)

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools (Excel 42KB)
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (Excel 36KB)

2013 to 2014

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools (PDF 27KB)
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (PDF 24KB)

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools (Excel 39KB)
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (Excel 36KB)

2012 to 2013

Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):

• Table A - Spending by Schools (PDF 63KB) 
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (PDF 24KB)
• Table B – Spending by Schools (detailed breakdown) (PDF 35KB)

Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:

• Table A - Spending by Schools (Excel 35KB]  
• Table A1 – Children and Young People’s Services (Excel 19KB)
• Table B – Spending by Schools (detailed breakdown) (Excel 27KB)

More information on school spending

Section 251 budget statements.

Find out more about the Schools' Forum.