# Blackburn with Darwen: school funding per pupil

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# Blackburn with Darwen: school funding per pupil



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





**£177m** for Blackburn with Darwen in 2026-27, **£1,079** per resident, 0.0% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £6,808 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



- £177m2026-27, cash

+2.0% on a year earlier
As of 19 November 2025
- £1,079Per resident, 2026-27


As of 19 November 2025
- £6,808Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27

England: £6,771
As of 19 November 2025
- £6,674Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27

England: £6,638
As of 19 November 2025
- £7,039Mainstream 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




**Blackburn with Darwen: 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 | £155.0m | £121.2m |
| Cash£121.2m | | |
| 2020-21Details | £159.6m | £131.3m |
| Cash£131.3m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £165.5m | £136.5m |
| Cash£136.5m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £165.0m | £145.6m |
| Cash£145.6m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £164.8m | £153.1m |
| Cash£153.1m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £170.3m | £164.6m |
| Cash£164.6m | | |
| 2025-26Details | £173.2m | £173.2m |
| Cash£173.2m | | |
| 2026-27Details | £173.2m | £176.7m |
| Cash£176.7m | | |






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).





**Blackburn with Darwen: 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 | £1,006 | £787 |
| Per resident, cash£787 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £1,033 | £849 |
| Per resident, cash£849 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £1,068 | £881 |
| Per resident, cash£881 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £1,058 | £933 |
| Per resident, cash£933 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £1,040 | £966 |
| Per resident, cash£966 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £1,054 | £1,018 |
| Per resident, cash£1,018 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £1,057 | £1,057 |
| Per resident, cash£1,057 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £1,058 | £1,079 |
| Per resident, cash£1,079 | | |






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
- Blackburn with Darwen





### Blackburn with Darwen



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.



**£177m** in 2026-27 (cash); £173m in 2025-26 prices; £1,079 per resident; +2.0% on a year earlier in cash, 0.0% 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 | Blackburn with Darwen | England | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Schools block funding per pupilDetails | £6,808 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,771Period2026-27 | | | |
| Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails | £6,674 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,638Period2026-27 | | | |
| Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails | £7,039 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
| England£6,996Period2025-26 | | | |
| Pupils per teacherDetails | 18.2 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
| England17.9 pupils per teacherPeriod2025/26 | | | |
| Pupils in academiesDetails | 49.4% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
| England62.8%Period2025-26 | | | |
| Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails | 1,087 per 100,000 | 959 per 100,000 | 2024/25 |
| England959 per 100,000Period2024/25 | | | |






**Schools block funding per pupil: Blackburn with Darwen 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 | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £4,838 | £4,645 |
| England£4,645 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £5,201 | £5,063 |
| England£5,063 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £5,351 | £5,221 |
| England£5,221 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £5,646 | £5,534 |
| England£5,534 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £5,922 | £5,839 |
| England£5,839 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £6,360 | £6,298 |
| England£6,298 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,674 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,808 | £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: Blackburn with Darwen and comparisons**








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




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £6,188 | £5,941 |
| England£5,941 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £6,323 | £6,154 |
| England£6,154 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £6,489 | £6,332 |
| England£6,332 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £6,398 | £6,270 |
| England£6,270 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £6,375 | £6,286 |
| England£6,286 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £6,579 | £6,515 |
| England£6,515 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,674 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,674 | £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: Blackburn with Darwen 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 | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010/11Details | 16.5 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2011/12Details | 16.7 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2012/13Details | 18.2 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2013/14Details | 15.6 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2014/15Details | 16.1 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2015/16Details | 16.2 | 17.3 |
| England17.3 | | |
| 2016/17Details | 16.8 | 17.5 |
| England17.5 | | |
| 2017/18Details | 17.2 | 17.9 |
| England17.9 | | |
| 2018/19Details | 17.3 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2019/20Details | 17.8 | 18.2 |
| England18.2 | | |
| 2020/21Details | 17.8 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 17.5 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 18.2 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 18.0 | 18.1 |
| England18.1 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 18.1 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2025/26Details | 18.2 | 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: Blackburn with Darwen 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 | Blackburn with Darwen | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020/21Details | 1,060 | 906 |
| England906 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 1,183 | 980 |
| England980 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 1,058 | 938 |
| England938 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 1,030 | 932 |
| England932 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 1,087 | 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



68 mainstream schools with 25,973 pupils were allocated £183m in 2025-26,
£7,039 per pupil (England: £6,996). 49.4% 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ashleigh Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 212 | £5,891 | £1,248,801 | 119200 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils212Total£1,248,801URN119200AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Audley Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 263 | £6,300 | £1,656,862 | 119136 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils263Total£1,656,862URN119136AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Audley Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 390 | £6,451 | £2,515,817 | 119115 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils390Total£2,515,817URN119115AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Avondale Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 408 | £6,089 | £2,484,191 | 119294 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils408Total£2,484,191URN119294AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Blackburn Central High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 980 | £8,732 | £8,557,102 | 146936 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils980Total£8,557,102URN146936AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Blackburn St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 419 | £6,110 | £2,560,213 | 119355 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils419Total£2,560,213URN119355AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Blackburn the Redeemer CofE PrimaryDetails | Primary | 418 | £5,397 | £2,256,153 | 133987 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils418Total£2,256,153URN133987AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Brookhouse Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 206 | £6,805 | £1,401,881 | 119344 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils206Total£1,401,881URN119344AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Cedars Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 361 | £6,344 | £2,290,175 | 119222 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils361Total£2,290,175URN119222AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Daisyfield Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 263 | £6,394 | £1,681,598 | 119123 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils263Total£1,681,598URN119123AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Darwen Aldridge Community AcademyDetails | Secondary | 937 | £8,197 | £7,680,174 | 135580 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils937Total£7,680,174URN135580AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Darwen Aldridge Enterprise StudioDetails | Secondary | 212 | £9,313 | £1,974,253 | 139924 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils212Total£1,974,253URN139924AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Darwen St James CofE Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 170 | £7,644 | £1,299,413 | 140891 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils170Total£1,299,413URN140891AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 257 | £6,469 | £1,662,611 | 119458 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils257Total£1,662,611URN119458AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Darwen Vale High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,087 | £7,835 | £8,516,144 | 141321 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,087Total£8,516,144URN141321AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 207 | £5,543 | £1,147,384 | 141483 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils207Total£1,147,384URN141483AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Feniscowles Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 406 | £5,689 | £2,309,840 | 119163 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils406Total£2,309,840URN119163AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Griffin Park Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 206 | £6,830 | £1,406,901 | 119116 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils206Total£1,406,901URN119116AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 207 | £5,332 | £1,103,737 | 119455 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils207Total£1,103,737URN119455AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 188 | £6,168 | £1,159,534 | 119517 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils188Total£1,159,534URN119517AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Holy Trinity VC SchoolDetails | Primary | 119 | £8,202 | £976,050 | 119357 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils119Total£976,050URN119357AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Intack Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 365 | £7,067 | £2,579,449 | 119118 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils365Total£2,579,449URN119118AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Lammack Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 540 | £5,464 | £2,950,707 | 119124 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils540Total£2,950,707URN119124AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England SchoolDetails | Primary | 176 | £6,213 | £1,093,550 | 119423 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils176Total£1,093,550URN119423AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Longshaw Community Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 359 | £7,266 | £2,608,349 | 119119 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils359Total£2,608,349URN119119AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Longshaw Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 217 | £7,272 | £1,578,092 | 119125 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils217Total£1,578,092URN119125AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Lower Darwen Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 383 | £5,735 | £2,196,420 | 119120 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils383Total£2,196,420URN119120AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Meadowhead Community Infant School and NurseryDetails | Primary | 120 | £8,350 | £1,002,037 | 119122 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils120Total£1,002,037URN119122AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Meadowhead Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 221 | £7,855 | £1,735,952 | 119121 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils221Total£1,735,952URN119121AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyDetails | Secondary | 806 | £8,755 | £7,056,791 | 150308 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils806Total£7,056,791URN150308AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 175 | £7,339 | £1,284,377 | 119512 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils175Total£1,284,377URN119512AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Pleckgate High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,352 | £7,844 | £10,604,931 | 142088 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,352Total£10,604,931URN142088AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolDetails | Secondary | 722 | £7,286 | £5,260,567 | 141165 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils722Total£5,260,567URN141165AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Queen Elizabeth's Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 377 | £5,544 | £2,089,997 | 148834 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils377Total£2,089,997URN148834AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Roe Lee Park Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 405 | £6,194 | £2,508,511 | 119127 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils405Total£2,508,511URN119127AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 176 | £6,738 | £1,185,856 | 119510 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils176Total£1,185,856URN119510AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Shadsworth Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 169 | £7,889 | £1,333,237 | 119220 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils169Total£1,333,237URN119220AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Shadsworth Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 220 | £7,650 | £1,682,995 | 119221 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils220Total£1,682,995URN119221AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Aidan's Primary School - A Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 187 | £7,982 | £1,492,552 | 141350 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils187Total£1,492,552URN141350AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 157 | £7,439 | £1,167,967 | 119706 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils157Total£1,167,967URN119706AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 200 | £7,359 | £1,471,709 | 119511 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,471,709URN119511AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Antony's RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 210 | £7,406 | £1,555,241 | 119516 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils210Total£1,555,241URN119516AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 421 | £6,613 | £2,783,996 | 119499 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils421Total£2,783,996URN119499AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnDetails | Secondary | 1,047 | £7,304 | £7,646,913 | 119793 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,047Total£7,646,913URN119793AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 198 | £6,718 | £1,330,126 | 119615 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils198Total£1,330,126URN119615AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyDetails | Primary | 202 | £6,075 | £1,227,185 | 150080 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils202Total£1,227,185URN150080AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 212 | £5,881 | £1,246,749 | 119501 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils212Total£1,246,749URN119501AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St James' Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 195 | £6,592 | £1,285,363 | 119503 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils195Total£1,285,363URN119503AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St James' Church of England Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 373 | £6,079 | £2,267,317 | 119502 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils373Total£2,267,317URN119502AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, DarwenDetails | Primary | 161 | £6,177 | £994,535 | 119667 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils161Total£994,535URN119667AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 205 | £7,869 | £1,613,152 | 140559 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils205Total£1,613,152URN140559AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnDetails | Primary | 209 | £6,797 | £1,420,629 | 119513 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils209Total£1,420,629URN119513AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 274 | £6,907 | £1,892,608 | 119505 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils274Total£1,892,608URN119505AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Michael With St John CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 285 | £6,457 | £1,840,188 | 119356 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils285Total£1,840,188URN119356AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, BlackburnDetails | Primary | 212 | £5,468 | £1,159,240 | 119649 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils212Total£1,159,240URN119649AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnDetails | Primary | 396 | £6,223 | £2,464,305 | 119514 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils396Total£2,464,305URN119514AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Silas's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 333 | £6,426 | £2,139,930 | 146541 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils333Total£2,139,930URN146541AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 401 | £6,341 | £2,542,864 | 119439 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils401Total£2,542,864URN119439AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 58 | £8,847 | £513,129 | 119459 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils58Total£513,129URN119459AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademyDetails | Secondary | 1,281 | £7,392 | £9,468,558 | 136900 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,281Total£9,468,558URN136900AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Sudell Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 158 | £7,777 | £1,228,775 | 141838 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils158Total£1,228,775URN141838AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 628 | £7,232 | £4,541,996 | 138220 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils628Total£4,541,996URN138220AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Tauheedul Islam Girls' High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 620 | £6,998 | £4,338,468 | 141565 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils620Total£4,338,468URN141565AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Olive School, BlackburnDetails | Primary | 638 | £5,293 | £3,376,869 | 139813 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils638Total£3,376,869URN139813AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 186 | £5,536 | £1,029,735 | 119408 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils186Total£1,029,735URN119408AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Turton Belmont Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 93 | £7,036 | £654,324 | 119201 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils93Total£654,324URN119201AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Wensley Fold CofE Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 419 | £5,519 | £2,312,337 | 139514 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils419Total£2,312,337URN139514AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Witton Park AcademyDetails | Secondary | 1,315 | £8,493 | £11,167,945 | 140879 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,315Total£11,167,945URN140879AcademyYes | | | | | | |










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 → Blackburn with Darwen. 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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