Schools finance information

Supporting information for papers to the school forum for maintained schools.

Section 251 return

Papers for Schools Forum 15 February 2024

Papers for Schools Forum 5 October 2023

Papers for Schools Forum 22 June 2023

Papers for Schools Forum 16 February 2023

Papers for Schools Forum 6 October 2022

Papers for school forum 16 June 2022

Papers for school forum 7 October 2021

Papers for school forum 1 October 2020

Papers for school forum 11 June 2020

Papers for school forum 3 October 2019

Papers for school forum 13 June 2019

Section 251 Budget return

On 20 April 2020 the DfE announced that the collection of the Section 251 Budget Return for 2020/21 was cancelled due to Covid19 workloads.

Papers for school forum 4 October 2018

Three-year plans for 2018

Maintained schools have submitted a three year financial forecast as at 30 June 2018. The results are summarised in the 3 year budget plan submission 2018-19 document (PDF, 205KB).

Companies House has the equivalent information for Academies.

Papers for school forum 14 June 2018

2017/18 -  DSG finance update - maintained schools balances and earmarked reserves

2017/18 -  DSG finance update – no schools have balances that meet the criteria for clawback.

Page last reviewed: 29 September 2023