School funding statistics
Financial year 2025-26

Data files for the 2026 edition of School Funding Statistics

Data files

Revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16, in cash and real terms, 2010-11 to 2026-27

Filename: 20260129_Tab1.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2010-11 to 2026-27
Content summary: This data file contains time series data, running from 2010-11 to 2026-27, of revenue funding to state-funded schools in England for pupils aged 5-16. Data is in both cash terms and real terms (2025-26 prices).

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                                                       |  Variable description
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annual_growth_in_funding_202526terms_pc                             |  School funding, 2025-26 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_202526terms_pc                   |  Per pupil funding, 2025-26 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_202526terms_pc            |  School funding, 2025-26 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
cumulative_growth_in_funding_since_201516_202526terms_pc            |  School funding, 2025-26 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201011_202526terms_pc  |  Per pupil funding, 2025-26 terms, cumulative growth since 2010-11, %
cumulative_growth_in_per_pupil_funding_since_201516_202526terms_pc  |  Per pupil funding, 2025-26 terms, cumulative growth since 2015-16, %
gdp_deflator_index                                                  |  GDP deflator index
per_pupil_funding_202526terms_gbp                                   |  Per pupil funding, 2025-26 terms, £
per_pupil_funding_cashterms_gbp                                     |  Per pupil funding, cash terms, £
pupil_number_fte                                                    |  Pupil number, FTE
school_funding_202526terms_gbpm                                     |  School funding, 2025-26 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); National Insurance contributions grant; schools budget support grant; historic teachers' pension/pay grant (for non-maintained special schools); free school meals expansion grant; safety valve high needs funding; recoupment gap funding; business rates contingency; further core schools budget funding to be allocated in 2026-27.
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 2026-27 is based on a combination of published funding allocations and the funding settlement agreed at the 2025 Spring 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 2026 by HM Treasury.
