# Bolton: school funding per pupil

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# Bolton: school funding per pupil



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





**£333m** for Bolton in 2026-27, **£1,074** per resident, +0.7% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £6,763 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



- £333m2026-27, cash

+2.7% on a year earlier
As of 19 November 2025
- £1,074Per resident, 2026-27


As of 19 November 2025
- £6,763Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27

England: £6,771
As of 19 November 2025
- £6,630Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27

England: £6,638
As of 19 November 2025
- £7,030Mainstream 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




**Bolton: 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 | £262.7m | £205.4m |
| Cash£205.4m | | |
| 2020-21Details | £280.8m | £231.0m |
| Cash£231.0m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £294.7m | £243.0m |
| Cash£243.0m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £298.6m | £263.5m |
| Cash£263.5m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £304.2m | £282.6m |
| Cash£282.6m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £318.5m | £307.9m |
| Cash£307.9m | | |
| 2025-26Details | £323.9m | £323.9m |
| Cash£323.9m | | |
| 2026-27Details | £326.3m | £332.8m |
| Cash£332.8m | | |






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).





**Bolton: 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 | £891 | £697 |
| Per resident, cash£697 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £950 | £781 |
| Per resident, cash£781 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £995 | £820 |
| Per resident, cash£820 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £997 | £880 |
| Per resident, cash£880 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £998 | £927 |
| Per resident, cash£927 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £1,031 | £997 |
| Per resident, cash£997 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £1,046 | £1,046 |
| Per resident, cash£1,046 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £1,053 | £1,074 |
| Per resident, cash£1,074 | | |






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
- Bolton





### Bolton



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.



**£333m** in 2026-27 (cash); £326m in 2025-26 prices; £1,074 per resident; +2.7% on a year earlier in cash, +0.7% 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 | Bolton | England | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Schools block funding per pupilDetails | £6,763 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,771Period2026-27 | | | |
| Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails | £6,630 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,638Period2026-27 | | | |
| Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails | £7,030 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
| England£6,996Period2025-26 | | | |
| Pupils per teacherDetails | 17.8 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
| England17.9 pupils per teacherPeriod2025/26 | | | |
| Pupils in academiesDetails | 48.2% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
| England62.8%Period2025-26 | | | |
| Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails | 1,028 per 100,000 | 959 per 100,000 | 2024/25 |
| England959 per 100,000Period2024/25 | | | |






**Schools block funding per pupil: Bolton 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 | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £4,543 | £4,645 |
| England£4,645 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £5,024 | £5,063 |
| England£5,063 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £5,191 | £5,221 |
| England£5,221 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £5,506 | £5,534 |
| England£5,534 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £5,843 | £5,839 |
| England£5,839 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £6,290 | £6,298 |
| England£6,298 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,581 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,763 | £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: Bolton and comparisons**








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




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £5,811 | £5,941 |
| England£5,941 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £6,107 | £6,154 |
| England£6,154 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £6,296 | £6,332 |
| England£6,332 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £6,239 | £6,270 |
| England£6,270 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £6,290 | £6,286 |
| England£6,286 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £6,506 | £6,515 |
| England£6,515 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,581 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,630 | £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: Bolton 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 | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010/11Details | 17.8 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2011/12Details | 17.8 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2012/13Details | 17.9 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2013/14Details | 17.9 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2014/15Details | 17.5 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2015/16Details | 17.5 | 17.3 |
| England17.3 | | |
| 2016/17Details | 17.7 | 17.5 |
| England17.5 | | |
| 2017/18Details | 18.6 | 17.9 |
| England17.9 | | |
| 2018/19Details | 18.6 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2019/20Details | 18.3 | 18.2 |
| England18.2 | | |
| 2020/21Details | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 18.1 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| England18.1 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 17.8 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2025/26Details | 17.8 | 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: Bolton 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 | Bolton | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020/21Details | 925 | 906 |
| England906 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 1,019 | 980 |
| England980 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 988 | 938 |
| England938 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 1,005 | 932 |
| England932 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 1,028 | 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



117 mainstream schools with 49,218 pupils were allocated £346m in 2025-26,
£7,030 per pupil (England: £6,996). 48.2% 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 CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 223 | £6,913 | £1,541,528 | 105238 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils223Total£1,541,528URN105238AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Beacon Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 177 | £7,955 | £1,408,019 | 146535 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils177Total£1,408,019URN146535AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Beaumont Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 222 | £5,692 | £1,263,654 | 105173 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils222Total£1,263,654URN105173AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 444 | £6,393 | £2,838,290 | 142923 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils444Total£2,838,290URN142923AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 219 | £6,120 | £1,340,272 | 105211 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils219Total£1,340,272URN105211AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Blackrod Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 315 | £5,448 | £1,716,127 | 105191 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils315Total£1,716,127URN105191AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Blackshaw Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 202 | £6,130 | £1,238,317 | 105175 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils202Total£1,238,317URN105175AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Bolton Muslim Girls SchoolDetails | Secondary | 746 | £8,225 | £6,136,024 | 142340 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils746Total£6,136,024URN142340AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 213 | £6,616 | £1,409,218 | 151025 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils213Total£1,409,218URN151025AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Bolton St Catherine's AcademyDetails | All-through | 1,006 | £8,454 | £8,505,176 | 145314 | Yes |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils1,006Total£8,505,176URN145314AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Bowness Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 123 | £7,415 | £912,011 | 142030 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils123Total£912,011URN142030AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Brandwood Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 414 | £6,968 | £2,884,687 | 105148 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils414Total£2,884,687URN105148AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Brownlow Fold Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 198 | £7,316 | £1,448,518 | 105149 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils198Total£1,448,518URN105149AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Canon Slade SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,489 | £6,924 | £10,310,379 | 144044 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,489Total£10,310,379URN144044AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Castle Hill Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 210 | £9,785 | £2,054,837 | 105150 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils210Total£2,054,837URN105150AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Cherry Tree Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 399 | £7,203 | £2,874,066 | 105187 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils399Total£2,874,066URN105187AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Chorley New Road Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 302 | £5,920 | £1,787,908 | 148095 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils302Total£1,787,908URN148095AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Church Road Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 427 | £5,939 | £2,535,769 | 105152 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils427Total£2,535,769URN105152AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Clarendon Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 417 | £6,883 | £2,870,105 | 105153 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils417Total£2,870,105URN105153AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Claypool Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 222 | £5,858 | £1,300,384 | 105195 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils222Total£1,300,384URN105195AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Devonshire Road Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 419 | £6,166 | £2,583,394 | 105154 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils419Total£2,583,394URN105154AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Eagley Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 151 | £5,930 | £895,415 | 138011 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils151Total£895,415URN138011AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Eagley Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 238 | £5,403 | £1,286,014 | 138152 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils238Total£1,286,014URN138152AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Eatock Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 219 | £6,206 | £1,359,156 | 105202 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils219Total£1,359,156URN105202AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Eden Boys' School, BoltonDetails | Secondary | 625 | £8,161 | £5,100,397 | 140959 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils625Total£5,100,397URN140959AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Egerton Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 218 | £5,431 | £1,183,995 | 105192 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils218Total£1,183,995URN105192AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Essa AcademyDetails | Secondary | 1,077 | £8,455 | £9,105,705 | 135770 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,077Total£9,105,705URN135770AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Essa Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 390 | £6,860 | £2,675,438 | 140973 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils390Total£2,675,438URN140973AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Gaskell Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 414 | £7,040 | £2,914,445 | 105155 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils414Total£2,914,445URN105155AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Gilnow Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 208 | £7,082 | £1,473,091 | 105198 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils208Total£1,473,091URN105198AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Hardy Mill Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 293 | £5,522 | £1,618,002 | 105189 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils293Total£1,618,002URN105189AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Harper Green SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,142 | £8,761 | £10,004,727 | 143772 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,142Total£10,004,727URN143772AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Harwood Meadows Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 200 | £6,176 | £1,235,191 | 137991 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,235,191URN137991AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Haslam Park Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 340 | £7,347 | £2,497,906 | 105168 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils340Total£2,497,906URN105168AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Heathfield Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 213 | £6,621 | £1,410,192 | 105172 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils213Total£1,410,192URN105172AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| High Lawn Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 417 | £5,877 | £2,450,703 | 105156 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils417Total£2,450,703URN105156AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Highfield Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 420 | £6,299 | £2,645,392 | 105182 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils420Total£2,645,392URN105182AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 205 | £6,731 | £1,379,841 | 105219 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils205Total£1,379,841URN105219AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Horwich Parish CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 320 | £5,541 | £1,773,256 | 105233 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils320Total£1,773,256URN105233AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Johnson Fold Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 189 | £7,806 | £1,475,385 | 105157 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils189Total£1,475,385URN105157AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Kearsley AcademyDetails | Secondary | 790 | £8,410 | £6,643,753 | 136135 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils790Total£6,643,753URN136135AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Kearsley West Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 212 | £6,874 | £1,457,314 | 105186 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils212Total£1,457,314URN105186AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| King's Leadership Academy BoltonDetails | Secondary | 897 | £8,022 | £7,195,508 | 147077 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils897Total£7,195,508URN147077AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Ladybridge Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 358 | £5,967 | £2,136,215 | 105169 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils358Total£2,136,215URN105169AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Ladybridge High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,125 | £8,215 | £9,241,370 | 134646 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,125Total£9,241,370URN134646AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Lever Edge Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 445 | £6,540 | £2,910,510 | 136395 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils445Total£2,910,510URN136395AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Leverhulme Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 393 | £7,295 | £2,866,894 | 131271 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils393Total£2,866,894URN131271AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Little Lever SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,062 | £7,585 | £8,055,486 | 142296 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,062Total£8,055,486URN142296AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Lostock Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 210 | £5,392 | £1,132,250 | 151514 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils210Total£1,132,250URN151514AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Markland Hill Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 314 | £5,422 | £1,702,459 | 105159 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils314Total£1,702,459URN105159AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Masefield Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 237 | £6,036 | £1,430,448 | 143031 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils237Total£1,430,448URN143031AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Moorgate Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 230 | £7,223 | £1,661,352 | 105171 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils230Total£1,661,352URN105171AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary AcademyDetails | Secondary | 900 | £8,068 | £7,261,641 | 151356 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils900Total£7,261,641URN151356AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Mytham Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 302 | £5,915 | £1,786,194 | 105190 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils302Total£1,786,194URN105190AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 206 | £6,538 | £1,346,768 | 105245 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils206Total£1,346,768URN105245AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Oxford Grove Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 422 | £7,424 | £3,132,839 | 105160 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils422Total£3,132,839URN105160AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Pikes Lane Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 448 | £7,016 | £3,143,101 | 105161 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils448Total£3,143,101URN105161AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Prestolee Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 209 | £5,832 | £1,218,830 | 141915 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils209Total£1,218,830URN141915AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Queensbridge Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 218 | £7,368 | £1,606,240 | 133925 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils218Total£1,606,240URN133925AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Red Lane Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 405 | £7,451 | £3,017,609 | 143030 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils405Total£3,017,609URN143030AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Rivington and Blackrod High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,396 | £7,507 | £10,480,174 | 143773 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,396Total£10,480,174URN143773AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Sacred Heart R.C. Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 421 | £5,360 | £2,256,500 | 105243 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils421Total£2,256,500URN105243AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Sharples Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 223 | £6,284 | £1,401,315 | 105162 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils223Total£1,401,315URN105162AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Sharples SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,217 | £7,600 | £9,249,778 | 142232 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,217Total£9,249,778URN142232AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Smithills SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,215 | £8,535 | £10,370,441 | 140500 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,215Total£10,370,441URN140500AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Spindle Point Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 200 | £5,743 | £1,148,565 | 105196 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,148,565URN105196AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 368 | £6,110 | £2,248,522 | 134237 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils368Total£2,248,522URN134237AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, BoltonDetails | Primary | 537 | £6,616 | £3,552,699 | 138957 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils537Total£3,552,699URN138957AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over HultonDetails | Primary | 200 | £5,674 | £1,134,838 | 105236 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,134,838URN105236AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 210 | £5,663 | £1,189,216 | 105237 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils210Total£1,189,216URN105237AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Bede AcademyDetails | Primary | 612 | £5,887 | £3,602,749 | 136889 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils612Total£3,602,749URN136889AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Bernard's RC Primary School, BoltonDetails | Primary | 193 | £5,688 | £1,097,798 | 105230 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils193Total£1,097,798URN105230AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonDetails | Primary | 202 | £5,749 | £1,161,278 | 105246 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils202Total£1,161,278URN105246AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 208 | £5,938 | £1,235,017 | 144045 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils208Total£1,235,017URN144045AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Columba's RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 208 | £6,900 | £1,435,216 | 105220 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils208Total£1,435,216URN105220AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyDetails | Primary | 196 | £6,916 | £1,355,548 | 150179 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils196Total£1,355,548URN150179AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St George's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 231 | £5,785 | £1,336,282 | 131038 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils231Total£1,336,282URN131038AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyDetails | Primary | 187 | £7,161 | £1,339,069 | 147631 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils187Total£1,339,069URN147631AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St James CofE Primary School, Daisy HillDetails | Primary | 393 | £5,495 | £2,159,654 | 105209 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils393Total£2,159,654URN105209AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St James CofE Primary School, FarnworthDetails | Primary | 296 | £7,325 | £2,168,297 | 142944 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils296Total£2,168,297URN142944AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St James's Church of England High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,065 | £7,370 | £7,849,157 | 144046 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,065Total£7,849,157URN144046AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St John Church of England Primary School, FarnworthDetails | Primary | 175 | £7,297 | £1,276,998 | 151026 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils175Total£1,276,998URN151026AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, BoltonDetails | Primary | 176 | £5,996 | £1,055,216 | 105249 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils176Total£1,055,216URN105249AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Joseph's RC High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,042 | £7,257 | £7,561,328 | 105262 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,042Total£7,561,328URN105262AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School, Halliwell, BoltonDetails | Primary | 200 | £7,175 | £1,434,949 | 105223 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils200Total£1,434,949URN105223AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, DeaneDetails | Primary | 427 | £6,862 | £2,930,107 | 105203 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils427Total£2,930,107URN105203AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Mary's RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 214 | £5,753 | £1,231,193 | 105250 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils214Total£1,231,193URN105250AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School, BoltonDetails | Primary | 390 | £7,497 | £2,923,829 | 105205 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils390Total£2,923,829URN105205AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little LeverDetails | Primary | 197 | £5,964 | £1,174,811 | 105242 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils197Total£1,174,811URN105242AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Maxentius CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 189 | £5,933 | £1,121,297 | 146141 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils189Total£1,121,297URN146141AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great LeverDetails | Primary | 408 | £6,316 | £2,577,100 | 105214 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils408Total£2,577,100URN105214AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley BridgeDetails | Primary | 217 | £6,399 | £1,388,623 | 138851 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils217Total£1,388,623URN138851AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Peter and St Paul RC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 207 | £6,815 | £1,410,713 | 105225 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils207Total£1,410,713URN105225AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 423 | £6,386 | £2,701,306 | 105239 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils423Total£2,701,306URN105239AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Peter's Smithills Dean Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 216 | £5,621 | £1,214,039 | 145751 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils216Total£1,214,039URN145751AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Saviour CofE Primary School, RingleyDetails | Primary | 208 | £5,514 | £1,146,996 | 105248 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils208Total£1,146,996URN105248AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever BridgeDetails | Primary | 190 | £6,566 | £1,247,585 | 105217 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils190Total£1,247,585URN105217AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 188 | £6,362 | £1,195,988 | 105240 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils188Total£1,195,988URN105240AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary AcademyDetails | Primary | 120 | £6,954 | £834,443 | 151261 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils120Total£834,443URN151261AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Thomas C of E Primary School, HalliwellDetails | Primary | 319 | £6,702 | £2,137,927 | 105218 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils319Total£2,137,927URN105218AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 212 | £5,429 | £1,151,025 | 105234 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils212Total£1,151,025URN105234AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC SchoolDetails | Primary | 414 | £5,555 | £2,299,610 | 105221 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils414Total£2,299,610URN105221AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St William of York Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 202 | £6,923 | £1,398,545 | 105226 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils202Total£1,398,545URN105226AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Sunning Hill Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 428 | £6,220 | £2,661,998 | 105163 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils428Total£2,661,998URN105163AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The Ferns Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 413 | £6,507 | £2,687,299 | 138399 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils413Total£2,687,299URN138399AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Gates Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 266 | £5,847 | £1,555,413 | 133926 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils266Total£1,555,413URN133926AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The Oaks Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 219 | £5,506 | £1,205,783 | 105176 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils219Total£1,205,783URN105176AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The Olive School, BoltonDetails | Primary | 426 | £5,707 | £2,431,233 | 142898 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils426Total£2,431,233URN142898AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Olive Tree Primary School BoltonDetails | Primary | 417 | £6,085 | £2,537,640 | 139776 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils417Total£2,537,640URN139776AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Valley Community Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 423 | £6,249 | £2,643,333 | 133980 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils423Total£2,643,333URN133980AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Thornleigh Salesian CollegeDetails | Secondary | 1,345 | £7,613 | £10,239,101 | 105264 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,345Total£10,239,101URN105264AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Tonge Moor Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 409 | £7,075 | £2,893,828 | 145854 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils409Total£2,893,828URN145854AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Turton SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,320 | £7,407 | £9,777,087 | 105253 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,320Total£9,777,087URN105253AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| University Collegiate SchoolDetails | Secondary | 565 | £9,013 | £5,092,430 | 141941 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils565Total£5,092,430URN141941AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Walmsley CofE Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 324 | £5,302 | £1,717,852 | 105232 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils324Total£1,717,852URN105232AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Washacre Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 166 | £7,147 | £1,186,356 | 151024 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils166Total£1,186,356URN151024AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Westhoughton High SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,336 | £7,321 | £9,781,348 | 105252 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,336Total£9,781,348URN105252AcademyNo | | | | | | |










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 → Bolton. 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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