Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 42176
Schools: Debts
Tabled: 27 March 2025
Answered: 4 April 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in debt in (i) England and (ii) Essex.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe department trusts schools to manage their own budgets, and the vast majority are operating with a cumulative surplus, with only a small percentage having a deficit.The latest published figures for academies show that at a national level, 98% of academ...
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