# Barking and Dagenham: school funding per pupil

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# Barking and Dagenham: school funding per pupil



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





**£311m** for Barking and Dagenham in 2026-27, **£1,306** per resident, −0.2% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £7,655 of schools block funding per pupil in 2026-27, against £6,771 for England. 2026-27 is the provisional allocation, which DfE updates for the latest pupil numbers.



Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source:
[Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).





## Key figures



- £311m2026-27, cash

+1.8% on a year earlier
As of 19 November 2025
- £1,306Per resident, 2026-27


As of 19 November 2025
- £7,655Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27

England: £6,771
As of 19 November 2025
- £7,505Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27

England: £6,638
As of 19 November 2025
- £7,942Mainstream school funding per pupil, 2025-26

England: £6,996
As of 29 January 2026




Source: [Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).






## Over time: cash, real terms and per resident




**Barking and Dagenham: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million**








Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Cash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £270.8m | £211.7m |
| Cash£211.7m | | |
| 2020-21Details | £280.1m | £230.4m |
| Cash£230.4m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £291.8m | £240.6m |
| Cash£240.6m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £288.4m | £254.5m |
| Cash£254.5m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £289.9m | £269.3m |
| Cash£269.3m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £299.7m | £289.7m |
| Cash£289.7m | | |
| 2025-26Details | £305.7m | £305.7m |
| Cash£305.7m | | |
| 2026-27Details | £305.0m | £311.1m |
| Cash£311.1m | | |






Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source:
[Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).





**Barking and Dagenham: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices**








Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Per resident, 2025-26 prices | Per resident, cash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £1,238 | £967 |
| Per resident, cash£967 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £1,278 | £1,051 |
| Per resident, cash£1,051 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £1,334 | £1,100 |
| Per resident, cash£1,100 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £1,300 | £1,148 |
| Per resident, cash£1,148 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £1,272 | £1,182 |
| Per resident, cash£1,182 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £1,276 | £1,233 |
| Per resident, cash£1,233 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £1,283 | £1,283 |
| Per resident, cash£1,283 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £1,280 | £1,306 |
| Per resident, cash£1,306 | | |






Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source:
[Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).




Source: Department for Education, [National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods), published 19 November 2025.





## Where it sits, and what is below it



- UK total
- Nation
- Department or service body
- Local body
- Spending category not published
- Line or transaction not published





- United Kingdom
- England
- Department for Education: total departmental expenditure limit
- State-funded schools in England: core funding for pupils aged 5 to 16
- Barking and Dagenham





### Barking and Dagenham



The schools block of the dedicated schools grant for pupils aged 5 to 16 in mainstream schools, with the grants later rolled into it. 2026-27 is the provisional allocation. High needs (special educational needs), early years and central services are separate blocks and are not included.



**£311m** in 2026-27 (cash); £305m in 2025-26 prices; £1,306 per resident; +1.8% on a year earlier in cash, −0.2% in real terms.



**Spending category: not published.** Each mainstream school’s 2025-26 allocation is in the table of schools on this authority’s page (DfE school-level funding). What each school then spends is published separately (consistent financial reporting for maintained schools, academy accounts returns for academies) and is not read here.





Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by
ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.






## What is recorded alongside the money



These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and
many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.





| Measure | Barking and Dagenham | England | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Schools block funding per pupilDetails | £7,655 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,771Period2026-27 | | | |
| Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails | £7,505 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,638Period2026-27 | | | |
| Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails | £7,942 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
| England£6,996Period2025-26 | | | |
| Pupils per teacherDetails | 16.7 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
| England17.9 pupils per teacherPeriod2025/26 | | | |
| Pupils in academiesDetails | 26.8% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
| England62.8%Period2025-26 | | | |
| Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails | 809 per 100,000 | 959 per 100,000 | 2024/25 |
| England959 per 100,000Period2024/25 | | | |






**Schools block funding per pupil: Barking and Dagenham and comparisons**








The local authority’s schools block of the dedicated schools grant, with the grants later rolled into it, divided by its schools block pupils (aged 5 to 16, in state-funded mainstream schools). Cash. Upper-tier authorities (counties, unitaries, metropolitan districts, London boroughs), England only. The latest year is the provisional allocation. Breaks in the series: 2020-21: From 2020-21 the teachers’ pay and pension grants are rolled in; each later year includes the grants rolled in the year after.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Barking and Dagenham | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £5,507 | £4,645 |
| England£4,645 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £5,920 | £5,063 |
| England£5,063 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £6,072 | £5,221 |
| England£5,221 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £6,382 | £5,534 |
| England£5,534 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £6,690 | £5,839 |
| England£5,839 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £7,151 | £6,298 |
| England£6,298 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £7,521 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £7,655 | £6,771 |
| England£6,771 | | |






Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source:
[Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).





**Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Barking and Dagenham and comparisons**








The same, in the dataset’s price base using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Barking and Dagenham | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £7,045 | £5,941 |
| England£5,941 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £7,197 | £6,154 |
| England£6,154 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £7,363 | £6,332 |
| England£6,332 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £7,231 | £6,270 |
| England£6,270 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £7,202 | £6,286 |
| England£6,286 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £7,397 | £6,515 |
| England£6,515 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £7,521 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £7,505 | £6,638 |
| England£6,638 | | |






Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source:
[Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods).





**Pupils per teacher: Barking and Dagenham and comparisons**








Full-time equivalent pupils per full-time equivalent teacher (qualified and unqualified) in state-funded schools, November each year (the school workforce census), England. The period is the academic year that starts that autumn.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Barking and Dagenham | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010/11Details | 17.3 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2011/12Details | 17.7 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2012/13Details | 17.8 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2013/14Details | 17.0 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2014/15Details | 16.9 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2015/16Details | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| England17.3 | | |
| 2016/17Details | 17.1 | 17.5 |
| England17.5 | | |
| 2017/18Details | 17.5 | 17.9 |
| England17.9 | | |
| 2018/19Details | 17.1 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2019/20Details | 17.0 | 18.2 |
| England18.2 | | |
| 2020/21Details | 16.7 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 16.9 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 17.3 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 17.2 | 18.1 |
| England18.1 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 16.7 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2025/26Details | 16.7 | 17.9 |
| England17.9 | | |






Figure as of 4 June 2026. Source:
[Department for Education](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/32476c77-5ff3-4efb-ad1e-a2173e74a4d4/files?fileIds=8dabd610-1e0e-4cc5-9a1b-08dec23cd63c).





**Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Barking and Dagenham and comparisons**








Apprenticeship starts by people living in the authority per 100,000 population, as DfE publishes it (on its own population estimate), England, academic year (August to July). Full years only.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Barking and Dagenham | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020/21Details | 798 | 906 |
| England906 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 797 | 980 |
| England980 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 776 | 938 |
| England938 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 778 | 932 |
| England932 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 809 | 959 |
| England959 | | |






Figure as of 16 July 2026. Source:
[Department for Education](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/5fa09991-9ced-4ca5-b626-73b747df272d/files?fileIds=a2698709-3729-4419-b1ae-08de535e4630).






## Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26



57 mainstream schools with 40,687 pupils were allocated £323m in 2025-26,
£7,942 per pupil (England: £6,996). 26.8% of the pupils
are in academies, which are funded directly by DfE on the same formula. Allocations differ mainly with pupils’
deprivation and prior attainment, school size and local costs; special schools and high-needs top-ups are not in this table.



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| School | Phase | Pupils | Per pupil | Total | URN | Academy |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| All Saints Catholic School and Technology CollegeDetails | Secondary | 1,169 | £8,499 | £9,935,622 | 101247 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,169Total£9,935,622URN101247AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities CollegeDetails | Secondary | 1,839 | £8,651 | £15,908,776 | 101241 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,839Total£15,908,776URN101241AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Beam Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 548 | £7,101 | £3,891,606 | 101202 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils548Total£3,891,606URN101202AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Becontree Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 424 | £7,090 | £3,006,062 | 101231 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils424Total£3,006,062URN101231AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Brook Sixth Form and AcademyDetails | Secondary | 41 | £13,643 | £559,346 | 148932 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils41Total£559,346URN148932AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Dagenham Park CofE SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,234 | £9,314 | £11,493,601 | 136028 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,234Total£11,493,601URN136028AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Barley Infants' SchoolDetails | Primary | 200 | £7,871 | £1,574,116 | 101188 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,574,116URN101188AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Dorothy Barley Junior AcademyDetails | Primary | 307 | £7,213 | £2,214,279 | 140687 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils307Total£2,214,279URN140687AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Eastbrook SchoolDetails | All-through | 1,085 | £9,825 | £10,660,567 | 101243 | No |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils1,085Total£10,660,567URN101243AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Eastbury Community SchoolDetails | All-through | 1,834 | £8,935 | £16,387,566 | 101244 | No |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils1,834Total£16,387,566URN101244AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Eastbury Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 743 | £6,680 | £4,963,583 | 142699 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils743Total£4,963,583URN142699AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Five Elms Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 419 | £7,383 | £3,093,622 | 101228 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils419Total£3,093,622URN101228AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Furze Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 407 | £6,671 | £2,714,908 | 101203 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils407Total£2,714,908URN101203AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Gascoigne Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 991 | £7,161 | £7,096,600 | 131775 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils991Total£7,096,600URN131775AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| George Carey Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 583 | £7,545 | £4,399,018 | 136431 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils583Total£4,399,018URN136431AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Godwin Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 388 | £7,048 | £2,734,670 | 130919 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils388Total£2,734,670URN130919AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Goresbrook SchoolDetails | All-through | 936 | £8,181 | £7,657,338 | 140962 | Yes |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils936Total£7,657,338URN140962AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Grafton Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 832 | £6,671 | £5,550,326 | 101206 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils832Total£5,550,326URN101206AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Greatfields Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 66 | £8,572 | £565,722 | 143720 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils66Total£565,722URN143720AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Greatfields SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,014 | £9,071 | £9,197,489 | 142908 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,014Total£9,197,489URN142908AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Henry Green Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 414 | £7,072 | £2,927,609 | 101229 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils414Total£2,927,609URN101229AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Hunters Hall Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 569 | £7,047 | £4,009,938 | 131844 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils569Total£4,009,938URN131844AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Jo Richardson Community SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,473 | £11,592 | £17,074,640 | 133561 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,473Total£17,074,640URN133561AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| John Perry Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 591 | £7,234 | £4,275,256 | 101232 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils591Total£4,275,256URN101232AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Manor Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 594 | £6,432 | £3,820,645 | 101192 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils594Total£3,820,645URN101192AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Manor Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 1,067 | £6,844 | £7,302,057 | 101193 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils1,067Total£7,302,057URN101193AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Marsh Green Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 346 | £7,465 | £2,582,759 | 101211 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils346Total£2,582,759URN101211AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Monteagle Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 601 | £6,896 | £4,144,733 | 130340 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils601Total£4,144,733URN130340AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Northbury Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 793 | £6,998 | £5,549,043 | 101196 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils793Total£5,549,043URN101196AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Parsloes Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 384 | £7,495 | £2,878,223 | 101227 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils384Total£2,878,223URN101227AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Richard Alibon Primary School with ARPDetails | Primary | 553 | £7,238 | £4,002,635 | 130357 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils553Total£4,002,635URN130357AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Ripple Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 871 | £7,200 | £6,271,369 | 101198 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils871Total£6,271,369URN101198AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Riverside Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 374 | £6,776 | £2,534,069 | 142133 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils374Total£2,534,069URN142133AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Riverside SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,353 | £8,737 | £11,821,612 | 139791 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,353Total£11,821,612URN139791AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Robert Clack SchoolDetails | All-through | 2,765 | £8,754 | £24,203,704 | 101245 | No |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils2,765Total£24,203,704URN101245AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Roding Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 947 | £7,249 | £6,864,788 | 101230 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils947Total£6,864,788URN101230AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Rose Lane Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 593 | £7,469 | £4,429,152 | 101224 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils593Total£4,429,152URN101224AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Rush Green Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 760 | £6,584 | £5,003,541 | 101212 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils760Total£5,003,541URN101212AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Southwood Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 553 | £7,254 | £4,011,677 | 131845 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils553Total£4,011,677URN131845AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 226 | £7,489 | £1,692,489 | 147328 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils226Total£1,692,489URN147328AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 286 | £7,001 | £2,002,292 | 147329 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils286Total£2,002,292URN147329AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Margarets CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 392 | £6,829 | £2,676,833 | 144035 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils392Total£2,676,833URN144035AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 350 | £7,196 | £2,518,621 | 101237 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils350Total£2,518,621URN101237AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 198 | £7,113 | £1,408,290 | 148289 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils198Total£1,408,290URN148289AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Thames View InfantsDetails | Primary | 347 | £7,372 | £2,558,223 | 138684 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils347Total£2,558,223URN138684AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Thames View Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 365 | £7,240 | £2,642,522 | 141651 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils365Total£2,642,522URN141651AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The James Cambell Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 567 | £7,181 | £4,071,366 | 144280 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils567Total£4,071,366URN144280AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Leys Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 381 | £7,256 | £2,764,362 | 101216 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils381Total£2,764,362URN101216AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The St Teresa Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 207 | £6,898 | £1,427,967 | 147330 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils207Total£1,427,967URN147330AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Sydney Russell SchoolDetails | All-through | 2,388 | £8,081 | £19,297,334 | 141683 | Yes |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils2,388Total£19,297,334URN141683AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Warren SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,112 | £8,751 | £9,731,007 | 141178 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,112Total£9,731,007URN141178AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns RoadDetails | Primary | 421 | £7,470 | £3,144,666 | 101220 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils421Total£3,144,666URN101220AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Valence Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 817 | £7,210 | £5,890,225 | 101222 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils817Total£5,890,225URN101222AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Village Infants' SchoolDetails | Primary | 249 | £7,875 | £1,960,824 | 101223 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils249Total£1,960,824URN101223AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Warren Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 553 | £6,545 | £3,619,596 | 101219 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils553Total£3,619,596URN101219AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| William Bellamy Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 841 | £7,176 | £6,034,865 | 101226 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils841Total£6,034,865URN101226AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| William Ford CofE Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 326 | £7,281 | £2,373,444 | 101234 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils326Total£2,373,444URN101234AcademyNo | | | | | | |










Total is the school’s core schools block allocation plus pupil premium, the universal infant free school meals and PE
and sport grants, and the teachers’ pay, National Insurance and schools budget support grants, as DfE lists them.
Per pupil divides it by the school’s pupils. Each school’s record on the Get Information about Schools register is
found by its URN.



Source: Department for Education, [School funding statistics, Financial year 2025-26: national time series and school-level allocations](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/411975aa-f198-46f7-a860-e9e896a4b710/files?fileIds=3cdb48c0-bbd2-4fcf-2164-08de5d89a127), published 29 January 2026.





## What these figures do and don't show



- **Different measures at each level.** The UK and nation totals are HM Treasury’s spending on education by function. Below them are each publisher’s own measures: DfE’s core schools budget, each authority’s schools block, councils’ net education spending. They are not expected to add up to the level above.
- **England is not the UK.** Education is devolved. The schools block, school allocations, the school workforce, apprenticeships and the student loan book shown here are England’s, and are never added to UK or other nations’ figures.
- **Per pupil is not comparable across nations.** England’s schools block, Wales’s figures and Scotland’s council spending per pupil measure different things, so each authority is compared only with its own nation.
- **Student loans are lending, not spending.** The money lent, repaid and still owed is shown beside the spending, not added to it. Only the part not expected to be repaid counts as spending, on the basis the Office for National Statistics introduced in 2018.
- **Nothing here shows cause and effect.** Pupils per teacher, apprenticeship starts and other figures are shown alongside the money, not as its result. Areas differ in deprivation, sparsity, pupils with special needs and costs, which is why funding per pupil differs.
- **Allocations are not spending.** School-level figures are what each school was allocated for the year, not what it spent; the latest schools block year is provisional.




Where this sits: United Kingdom → England → Department for Education: total departmental expenditure limit → State-funded schools in England: core funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 → Barking and Dagenham. Figures from data/services/education.json, generated 29 September 2026.



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## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691db46ee39a085bda43ef8d/NFF_summary_table_2026_to_2027_without_high_needs.ods) | Department for Education | 19 November 2025 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [School funding statistics, Financial year 2025-26: national time series and school-level allocations](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/411975aa-f198-46f7-a860-e9e896a4b710/files?fileIds=3cdb48c0-bbd2-4fcf-2164-08de5d89a127) | Department for Education | 29 January 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025: size of the workforce and pupil to teacher ratios](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/32476c77-5ff3-4efb-ad1e-a2173e74a4d4/files?fileIds=8dabd610-1e0e-4cc5-9a1b-08dec23cd63c) | Department for Education | 4 June 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |
| [Apprenticeships, Academic year 2025/26](https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api/releases/5fa09991-9ced-4ca5-b626-73b747df272d/files?fileIds=a2698709-3729-4419-b1ae-08de535e4630) | Department for Education | 16 July 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





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