# Central Bedfordshire: school funding per pupil

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# Central Bedfordshire: school funding per pupil



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





**£270m** for Central Bedfordshire in 2026-27, **£840** per resident, +0.4% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £6,274 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



- £270m2026-27, cash

+2.4% on a year earlier
As of 19 November 2025
- £840Per resident, 2026-27


As of 19 November 2025
- £6,274Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27

England: £6,771
As of 19 November 2025
- £6,151Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27

England: £6,638
As of 19 November 2025
- £6,375Mainstream 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




**Central Bedfordshire: 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 | £213.9m | £167.2m |
| Cash£167.2m | | |
| 2020-21Details | £226.1m | £186.0m |
| Cash£186.0m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £237.0m | £195.4m |
| Cash£195.4m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £239.3m | £211.2m |
| Cash£211.2m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £244.0m | £226.7m |
| Cash£226.7m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £256.8m | £248.2m |
| Cash£248.2m | | |
| 2025-26Details | £264.0m | £264.0m |
| Cash£264.0m | | |
| 2026-27Details | £265.0m | £270.3m |
| Cash£270.3m | | |






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).





**Central Bedfordshire: 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 | £751 | £587 |
| Per resident, cash£587 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £782 | £643 |
| Per resident, cash£643 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £802 | £661 |
| Per resident, cash£661 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £792 | £699 |
| Per resident, cash£699 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £788 | £732 |
| Per resident, cash£732 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £812 | £785 |
| Per resident, cash£785 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £821 | £821 |
| Per resident, cash£821 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £824 | £840 |
| Per resident, cash£840 | | |






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
- Central Bedfordshire





### Central Bedfordshire



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.



**£270m** in 2026-27 (cash); £265m in 2025-26 prices; £840 per resident; +2.4% on a year earlier in cash, +0.4% 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 | Central Bedfordshire | England | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Schools block funding per pupilDetails | £6,274 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,771Period2026-27 | | | |
| Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails | £6,151 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
| England£6,638Period2026-27 | | | |
| Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails | £6,375 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
| England£6,996Period2025-26 | | | |
| Pupils per teacherDetails | 18.1 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
| England17.9 pupils per teacherPeriod2025/26 | | | |
| Pupils in academiesDetails | 67.0% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
| England62.8%Period2025-26 | | | |
| Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails | 1,088 per 100,000 | 959 per 100,000 | 2024/25 |
| England959 per 100,000Period2024/25 | | | |






**Schools block funding per pupil: Central Bedfordshire 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 | Central Bedfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £4,356 | £4,645 |
| England£4,645 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £4,754 | £5,063 |
| England£5,063 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £4,913 | £5,221 |
| England£5,221 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £5,185 | £5,534 |
| England£5,534 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £5,443 | £5,839 |
| England£5,839 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £5,845 | £6,298 |
| England£6,298 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,127 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,274 | £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: Central Bedfordshire and comparisons**








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




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Central Bedfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-20Details | £5,572 | £5,941 |
| England£5,941 | | |
| 2020-21Details | £5,779 | £6,154 |
| England£6,154 | | |
| 2021-22Details | £5,958 | £6,332 |
| England£6,332 | | |
| 2022-23Details | £5,876 | £6,270 |
| England£6,270 | | |
| 2023-24Details | £5,860 | £6,286 |
| England£6,286 | | |
| 2024-25Details | £6,047 | £6,515 |
| England£6,515 | | |
| 2025-26Details | £6,127 | £6,608 |
| England£6,608 | | |
| 2026-27Details | £6,151 | £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: Central Bedfordshire 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 | Central Bedfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010/11Details | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2011/12Details | 17.3 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2012/13Details | 16.7 | 17.2 |
| England17.2 | | |
| 2013/14Details | 16.7 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2014/15Details | 16.9 | 17.1 |
| England17.1 | | |
| 2015/16Details | 17.3 | 17.3 |
| England17.3 | | |
| 2016/17Details | 17.9 | 17.5 |
| England17.5 | | |
| 2017/18Details | 18.4 | 17.9 |
| England17.9 | | |
| 2018/19Details | 18.5 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2019/20Details | 19.0 | 18.2 |
| England18.2 | | |
| 2020/21Details | 18.5 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 18.8 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 18.5 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 18.2 | 18.1 |
| England18.1 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 18.8 | 18.0 |
| England18.0 | | |
| 2025/26Details | 18.1 | 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: Central Bedfordshire 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 | Central Bedfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020/21Details | 1,054 | 906 |
| England906 | | |
| 2021/22Details | 1,081 | 980 |
| England980 | | |
| 2022/23Details | 1,044 | 938 |
| England938 | | |
| 2023/24Details | 1,068 | 932 |
| England932 | | |
| 2024/25Details | 1,088 | 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



122 mainstream schools with 43,259 pupils were allocated £276m in 2025-26,
£6,375 per pupil (England: £6,996). 67.0% 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alameda Middle SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 716 | £5,906 | £4,228,468 | 137249 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils716Total£4,228,468URN137249AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| All Saints Academy DunstableDetails | Secondary | 549 | £8,388 | £4,604,984 | 135946 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils549Total£4,604,984URN135946AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Ardley Hill AcademyDetails | Primary | 391 | £5,431 | £2,123,690 | 138209 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils391Total£2,123,690URN138209AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Arnold AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 697 | £5,903 | £4,114,226 | 136829 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils697Total£4,114,226URN136829AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolDetails | Primary | 209 | £6,099 | £1,274,686 | 109703 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils209Total£1,274,686URN109703AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Aspley Guise Village SchoolDetails | Primary | 133 | £5,880 | £781,999 | 109428 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils133Total£781,999URN109428AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Beaudesert Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 281 | £5,793 | £1,627,904 | 109466 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils281Total£1,627,904URN109466AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Beecroft AcademyDetails | Primary | 411 | £5,950 | £2,445,620 | 140276 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils411Total£2,445,620URN140276AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Biggleswade AcademyDetails | Primary | 604 | £5,738 | £3,465,493 | 137947 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils604Total£3,465,493URN137947AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Brooklands Middle SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 607 | £6,182 | £3,752,264 | 137636 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils607Total£3,752,264URN137636AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Caddington Village SchoolDetails | Primary | 286 | £5,827 | £1,666,509 | 109664 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils286Total£1,666,509URN109664AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Caldecote Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 70 | £8,418 | £589,264 | 144010 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils70Total£589,264URN144010AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Campton AcademyDetails | Primary | 128 | £5,924 | £758,290 | 148104 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils128Total£758,290URN148104AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Cedars Upper SchoolDetails | Secondary | 767 | £7,474 | £5,732,647 | 137462 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils767Total£5,732,647URN137462AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Chalton Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 66 | £7,822 | £516,239 | 109487 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils66Total£516,239URN109487AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Clifton All Saints AcademyDetails | Primary | 192 | £5,602 | £1,075,580 | 140228 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils192Total£1,075,580URN140228AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 285 | £5,708 | £1,626,813 | 109521 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils285Total£1,626,813URN109521AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Cranfield Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 442 | £5,589 | £2,470,404 | 137853 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils442Total£2,470,404URN137853AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Derwent Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 323 | £5,548 | £1,792,040 | 109457 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils323Total£1,792,040URN109457AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Dovery AcademyDetails | Primary | 141 | £5,831 | £822,160 | 149324 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils141Total£822,160URN149324AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 283 | £6,143 | £1,738,504 | 151210 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils283Total£1,738,504URN151210AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Dunton CofE Junior SchoolDetails | Primary | 51 | £9,401 | £479,430 | 109599 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils51Total£479,430URN109599AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Eaton Bray AcademyDetails | Primary | 159 | £6,487 | £1,031,381 | 136539 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils159Total£1,031,381URN136539AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 395 | £7,196 | £2,842,502 | 109694 | No |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils395Total£2,842,502URN109694AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Etonbury AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 1,014 | £6,498 | £6,588,922 | 137632 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils1,014Total£6,588,922URN137632AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Eversholt Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 71 | £7,545 | £535,691 | 137555 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils71Total£535,691URN137555AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Everton Heath Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 74 | £7,487 | £554,022 | 145805 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils74Total£554,022URN145805AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Fairfield Park Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 442 | £5,839 | £2,580,803 | 135021 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils442Total£2,580,803URN135021AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Flitwick Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 270 | £5,533 | £1,493,977 | 109452 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils270Total£1,493,977URN109452AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Fulbrook SchoolDetails | Secondary | 547 | £7,054 | £3,858,649 | 137904 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils547Total£3,858,649URN137904AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Gilbert Inglefield AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 650 | £6,520 | £4,238,232 | 138003 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils650Total£4,238,232URN138003AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Gothic Mede AcademyDetails | Primary | 260 | £5,780 | £1,502,814 | 140281 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils260Total£1,502,814URN140281AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Gravenhurst AcademyDetails | Primary | 66 | £7,587 | £500,722 | 140075 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils66Total£500,722URN140075AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 126 | £6,837 | £861,415 | 137290 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils126Total£861,415URN137290AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Greenleas SchoolDetails | Primary | 560 | £5,566 | £3,117,218 | 109591 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils560Total£3,117,218URN109591AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Hadrian AcademyDetails | Primary | 389 | £5,524 | £2,148,645 | 137778 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils389Total£2,148,645URN137778AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Harlington Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 141 | £5,903 | £832,259 | 138938 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils141Total£832,259URN138938AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Harlington Upper SchoolDetails | Secondary | 860 | £7,052 | £6,064,849 | 137941 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils860Total£6,064,849URN137941AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Haynes Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 101 | £6,764 | £683,119 | 109456 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils101Total£683,119URN109456AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Heathwood Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 155 | £5,927 | £918,666 | 109513 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils155Total£918,666URN109513AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Henlow Church of England AcademyDetails | Secondary | 620 | £7,219 | £4,476,083 | 138027 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils620Total£4,476,083URN138027AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Hockliffe Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 67 | £8,007 | £536,475 | 150145 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils67Total£536,475URN150145AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Holywell SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 715 | £5,974 | £4,271,061 | 138844 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils715Total£4,271,061URN138844AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 110 | £6,952 | £764,666 | 109458 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils110Total£764,666URN109458AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Houghton Regis Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 347 | £5,914 | £2,052,016 | 109459 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils347Total£2,052,016URN109459AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Houstone SchoolDetails | Secondary | 775 | £7,819 | £6,059,449 | 149107 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils775Total£6,059,449URN149107AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Husborne Crawley Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 50 | £9,057 | £452,868 | 109460 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils50Total£452,868URN109460AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 108 | £6,617 | £714,664 | 109615 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils108Total£714,664URN109615AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Kensworth Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 74 | £8,112 | £600,307 | 144458 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils74Total£600,307URN144458AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Kingsmoor Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 121 | £6,671 | £807,173 | 109507 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils121Total£807,173URN109507AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Laburnum Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 173 | £6,187 | £1,070,366 | 150629 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils173Total£1,070,366URN150629AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Lancot SchoolDetails | Primary | 397 | £5,494 | £2,181,185 | 142036 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils397Total£2,181,185URN142036AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Langford Village AcademyDetails | Primary | 282 | £5,487 | £1,547,327 | 140835 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils282Total£1,547,327URN140835AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Lark Rise AcademyDetails | Primary | 316 | £5,327 | £1,683,312 | 136345 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils316Total£1,683,312URN136345AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Lawnside AcademyDetails | Primary | 213 | £6,086 | £1,296,412 | 145427 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils213Total£1,296,412URN145427AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Leedon Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 319 | £6,138 | £1,957,888 | 109509 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils319Total£1,957,888URN109509AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Leighton Middle SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 603 | £6,073 | £3,662,226 | 109689 | No |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils603Total£3,662,226URN109689AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Lime Tree Primary AcademyDetails | Primary | 293 | £6,409 | £1,877,822 | 148227 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils293Total£1,877,822URN148227AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Linslade Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 150 | £6,027 | £903,976 | 109515 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils150Total£903,976URN109515AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Linslade SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 658 | £5,896 | £3,879,429 | 136766 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils658Total£3,879,429URN136766AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Manshead Church of England AcademyDetails | Secondary | 995 | £7,294 | £7,257,853 | 144342 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils995Total£7,257,853URN144342AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Maple Tree Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 197 | £5,618 | £1,106,784 | 132236 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils197Total£1,106,784URN132236AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Marston Moreteyne VC SchoolDetails | Primary | 568 | £5,625 | £3,194,830 | 147183 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils568Total£3,194,830URN147183AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Maulden Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 129 | £6,398 | £825,383 | 109472 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils129Total£825,383URN109472AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Meppershall Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 217 | £6,009 | £1,303,950 | 148640 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils217Total£1,303,950URN148640AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Moggerhanger Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 93 | £7,218 | £671,247 | 109473 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils93Total£671,247URN109473AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Northill CofE AcademyDetails | Primary | 59 | £8,022 | £473,291 | 148411 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils59Total£473,291URN148411AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Parkfields Middle SchoolDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 470 | £6,008 | £2,823,678 | 147804 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils470Total£2,823,678URN147804AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Pix Brook AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 1,012 | £6,321 | £6,397,065 | 147081 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils1,012Total£6,397,065URN147081AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Potton Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 394 | £5,627 | £2,217,057 | 109475 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils394Total£2,217,057URN109475AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Priory AcademyDetails | All-through | 804 | £6,458 | £5,192,066 | 138181 | Yes |
| PhaseAll-throughPupils804Total£5,192,066URN138181AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 225 | £5,616 | £1,263,509 | 109619 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils225Total£1,263,509URN109619AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Queensbury AcademyDetails | Secondary | 1,052 | £7,120 | £7,489,851 | 138571 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,052Total£7,489,851URN138571AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Ramsey Manor Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 271 | £5,402 | £1,463,837 | 147803 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils271Total£1,463,837URN147803AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Raynsford Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 204 | £5,455 | £1,112,834 | 139473 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils204Total£1,112,834URN139473AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeDetails | Secondary | 1,192 | £7,138 | £8,508,481 | 136559 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,192Total£8,508,481URN136559AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Ridgmont Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 8 | £29,474 | £235,793 | 109476 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils8Total£235,793URN109476AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Robert Bloomfield AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 980 | £5,919 | £5,800,133 | 136713 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils980Total£5,800,133URN136713AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Robert Peel Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 355 | £6,065 | £2,152,927 | 109522 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils355Total£2,152,927URN109522AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Roecroft Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 395 | £5,591 | £2,208,412 | 109484 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils395Total£2,208,412URN109484AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Russell Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 442 | £5,428 | £2,399,013 | 109495 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils442Total£2,399,013URN109495AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Samuel Whitbread AcademyDetails | Secondary | 1,198 | £6,958 | £8,335,468 | 137948 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,198Total£8,335,468URN137948AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Sandy Secondary SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,099 | £7,271 | £7,990,692 | 109669 | No |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,099Total£7,990,692URN109669AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Shefford Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 449 | £5,603 | £2,515,727 | 109479 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils449Total£2,515,727URN109479AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Shelton Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 0 | not published | £61,446 | 109471 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils0Total£61,446URN109471AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Shillington Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 82 | £7,170 | £587,951 | 109480 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils82Total£587,951URN109480AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 277 | £5,534 | £1,532,845 | 109605 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils277Total£1,532,845URN109605AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Slip End Village SchoolDetails | Primary | 117 | £6,814 | £797,235 | 109440 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils117Total£797,235URN109440AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Southcott Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 276 | £5,512 | £1,521,338 | 109523 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils276Total£1,521,338URN109523AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Southill Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 59 | £8,907 | £525,532 | 109481 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils59Total£525,532URN109481AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 881 | £5,484 | £4,831,640 | 109595 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils881Total£4,831,640URN109595AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Christophers AcademyDetails | Primary | 343 | £5,457 | £1,871,872 | 138021 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils343Total£1,871,872URN138021AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Leonards, Heath and Reach, VA Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 122 | £6,404 | £781,306 | 109618 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils122Total£781,306URN109618AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 189 | £6,710 | £1,268,212 | 145324 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils189Total£1,268,212URN145324AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldDetails | Primary | 292 | £5,544 | £1,618,738 | 138022 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils292Total£1,618,738URN138022AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 108 | £6,295 | £679,835 | 109617 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils108Total£679,835URN109617AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 187 | £6,097 | £1,140,112 | 109604 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils187Total£1,140,112URN109604AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 202 | £6,161 | £1,244,586 | 145325 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils202Total£1,244,586URN145325AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| St. Augustine's AcademyDetails | Primary | 173 | £7,333 | £1,268,586 | 138558 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils173Total£1,268,586URN138558AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Stanbridge Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 110 | £6,995 | £769,397 | 109482 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils110Total£769,397URN109482AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Stondon Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 138 | £5,978 | £824,957 | 109469 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils138Total£824,957URN109469AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Stratton SchoolDetails | Secondary | 840 | £7,559 | £6,349,360 | 137886 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils840Total£6,349,360URN137886AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Studham Village CofE AcademyDetails | Primary | 70 | £7,749 | £542,451 | 148234 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils70Total£542,451URN148234AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Sundon Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 56 | £8,705 | £487,466 | 138939 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils56Total£487,466URN138939AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Sutton CofE VA Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 86 | £6,929 | £595,928 | 109626 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils86Total£595,928URN109626AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Swallowfield PrimaryDetails | Primary | 400 | £5,482 | £2,192,602 | 109429 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils400Total£2,192,602URN109429AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Templefield Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 268 | £5,567 | £1,492,013 | 109527 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils268Total£1,492,013URN109527AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The Firs Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 275 | £5,343 | £1,469,230 | 137756 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils275Total£1,469,230URN137756AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 280 | £6,042 | £1,691,765 | 109508 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils280Total£1,691,765URN109508AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| The Rushmere Park AcademyDetails | Primary | 149 | £6,886 | £1,026,006 | 146685 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils149Total£1,026,006URN146685AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| The Vale AcademyDetails | Primary | 519 | £5,543 | £2,876,850 | 138714 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils519Total£2,876,850URN138714AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Thomas Johnson Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 82 | £7,375 | £604,765 | 109468 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils82Total£604,765URN109468AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Thomas Whitehead Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 181 | £6,887 | £1,246,498 | 143850 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils181Total£1,246,498URN143850AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Thornhill Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 409 | £5,940 | £2,429,329 | 109504 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils409Total£2,429,329URN109504AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Tithe Farm Primary SchoolDetails | Primary | 404 | £6,137 | £2,479,479 | 109585 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils404Total£2,479,479URN109585AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Toddington St George Church of England SchoolDetails | Primary | 293 | £5,370 | £1,573,269 | 139372 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils293Total£1,573,269URN139372AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Totternhoe Church of England AcademyDetails | Primary | 149 | £5,986 | £891,942 | 145426 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils149Total£891,942URN145426AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Vandyke Upper SchoolDetails | Secondary | 1,098 | £7,285 | £7,998,670 | 137169 | Yes |
| PhaseSecondaryPupils1,098Total£7,998,670URN137169AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Watling Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 152 | £6,208 | £943,598 | 109499 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils152Total£943,598URN109499AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Westoning Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 98 | £6,975 | £683,559 | 147994 | Yes |
| PhasePrimaryPupils98Total£683,559URN147994AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Woburn Lower SchoolDetails | Primary | 59 | £8,207 | £484,191 | 109493 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils59Total£484,191URN109493AcademyNo | | | | | | |
| Woodland Middle School AcademyDetails | Middle deemed secondary | 671 | £6,200 | £4,159,909 | 136560 | Yes |
| PhaseMiddle deemed secondaryPupils671Total£4,159,909URN136560AcademyYes | | | | | | |
| Wrestlingworth CofE Infant SchoolDetails | Primary | 53 | £9,382 | £497,250 | 109609 | No |
| PhasePrimaryPupils53Total£497,250URN109609AcademyNo | | | | | | |










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 → Central Bedfordshire. 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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