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Gateshead: school funding per pupil

Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. How each figure is worked out.

£162m for Gateshead in 2026-27, £801 per resident, +0.4% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £6,836 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.

Key figures

£162m2026-27, cash +2.5% on a year earlier As of 19 November 2025
£801Per resident, 2026-27 As of 19 November 2025
£6,836Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27 England: £6,771 As of 19 November 2025
£6,702Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27 England: £6,638 As of 19 November 2025
£7,115Mainstream school funding per pupil, 2025-26 England: £6,996 As of 29 January 2026

Source: Department for Education.

Over time: cash, real terms and per resident

Gateshead: 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

Gateshead: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million (£ million)
Year	Real terms (2025-26 prices)	Cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£140.6m	£109.9m
Cash £109.9m
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£143.6m	£118.1m
Cash £118.1m
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£150.0m	£123.7m
Cash £123.7m
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£149.6m	£132.0m
Cash £132.0m
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£150.8m	£140.1m
Cash £140.1m
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£158.0m	£152.7m
Cash £152.7m
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£158.3m	£158.3m
Cash £158.3m
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£159.0m	£162.2m
Cash £162.2m

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Gateshead: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices

Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.

The numbers behind this chart

Gateshead: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices (£ per resident)
Year	Per resident, 2025-26 prices	Per resident, cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£708	£554
Per resident, cash £554
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£728	£598
Per resident, cash £598
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£765	£631
Per resident, cash £631
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£754	£666
Per resident, cash £666
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£755	£701
Per resident, cash £701
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£784	£758
Per resident, cash £758
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£782	£782
Per resident, cash £782
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£785	£801
Per resident, cash £801

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Source: Department for Education, National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27, published 19 November 2025.

Where it sits, and what is below it

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Gateshead

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.

£162m in 2026-27 (cash); £159m in 2025-26 prices; £801 per resident; +2.5% 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.

Gateshead against England: latest period of each measure
Measure	Gateshead	England	Period
Schools block funding per pupil Details for Schools block funding per pupil	£6,836	£6,771	2026-27
England £6,771 Period 2026-27
Schools block funding per pupil, real terms Details for Schools block funding per pupil, real terms	£6,702	£6,638	2026-27
England £6,638 Period 2026-27
Mainstream school funding per pupil Details for Mainstream school funding per pupil	£7,115	£6,996	2025-26
England £6,996 Period 2025-26
Pupils per teacher Details for Pupils per teacher	17.6 pupils per teacher	17.9 pupils per teacher	2025/26
England 17.9 pupils per teacher Period 2025/26
Pupils in academies Details for Pupils in academies	52.6%	62.8%	2025-26
England 62.8% Period 2025-26
Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people Details for Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people	1,124 per 100,000	959 per 100,000	2024/25
England 959 per 100,000 Period 2024/25

Schools block funding per pupil: Gateshead 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

Schools block funding per pupil: Gateshead and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil)
Year	Gateshead	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£4,629	£4,645
England £4,645
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£5,013	£5,063
England £5,063
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£5,180	£5,221
England £5,221
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£5,524	£5,534
England £5,534
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£5,868	£5,839
England £5,839
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£6,362	£6,298
England £6,298
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£6,674	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£6,836	£6,771
England £6,771

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Gateshead and comparisons

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

The numbers behind this chart

Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Gateshead and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil, real terms)
Year	Gateshead	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£5,922	£5,941
England £5,941
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£6,094	£6,154
England £6,154
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£6,282	£6,332
England £6,332
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£6,259	£6,270
England £6,270
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£6,316	£6,286
England £6,286
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£6,582	£6,515
England £6,515
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£6,674	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£6,702	£6,638
England £6,638

Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.

Pupils per teacher: Gateshead 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

Pupils per teacher: Gateshead and comparisons (Pupils per teacher, pupils per teacher)
Year	Gateshead	England
2010/11 Details for 2010/11	16.1	17.1
England 17.1
2011/12 Details for 2011/12	15.8	17.2
England 17.2
2012/13 Details for 2012/13	16.2	17.2
England 17.2
2013/14 Details for 2013/14	15.8	17.1
England 17.1
2014/15 Details for 2014/15	16.0	17.1
England 17.1
2015/16 Details for 2015/16	16.3	17.3
England 17.3
2016/17 Details for 2016/17	16.8	17.5
England 17.5
2017/18 Details for 2017/18	17.4	17.9
England 17.9
2018/19 Details for 2018/19	18.1	18.0
England 18.0
2019/20 Details for 2019/20	18.3	18.2
England 18.2
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	18.1	18.0
England 18.0
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	17.5	18.0
England 18.0
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	17.7	18.0
England 18.0
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	17.7	18.1
England 18.1
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	17.7	18.0
England 18.0
2025/26 Details for 2025/26	17.6	17.9
England 17.9

Figure as of 4 June 2026. Source: Department for Education.

Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Gateshead 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

Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Gateshead and comparisons (Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people, per 100,000)
Year	Gateshead	England
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	1,010	906
England 906
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	1,181	980
England 980
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	1,122	938
England 938
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	1,181	932
England 932
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	1,124	959
England 959

Figure as of 16 July 2026. Source: Department for Education.

Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

75 mainstream schools with 23,771 pupils were allocated £169m in 2025-26, £7,115 per pupil (England: £6,996). 52.6% 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.

Gateshead: mainstream schools’ funding allocations, 2025-26
School	Phase	Pupils	Per pupil	Total	URN	Academy
Barley Mow Primary School Details for Barley Mow Primary School	Primary	145	£7,779	£1,127,960	108373	No
Phase Primary Pupils 145 Total £1,127,960 URN 108373 Academy No
Bede Community Primary School Details for Bede Community Primary School	Primary	208	£7,607	£1,582,329	108327	No
Phase Primary Pupils 208 Total £1,582,329 URN 108327 Academy No
Bill Quay Primary School Details for Bill Quay Primary School	Primary	202	£5,862	£1,184,113	108357	No
Phase Primary Pupils 202 Total £1,184,113 URN 108357 Academy No
Birtley East Community Primary School Details for Birtley East Community Primary School	Primary	170	£6,989	£1,188,078	108337	No
Phase Primary Pupils 170 Total £1,188,078 URN 108337 Academy No
Blaydon West Primary School Details for Blaydon West Primary School	Primary	163	£6,542	£1,066,383	108349	No
Phase Primary Pupils 163 Total £1,066,383 URN 108349 Academy No
Brandling Primary School Details for Brandling Primary School	Primary	199	£7,644	£1,521,148	108359	No
Phase Primary Pupils 199 Total £1,521,148 URN 108359 Academy No
Brighton Avenue Primary School Details for Brighton Avenue Primary School	Primary	371	£6,749	£2,503,853	108368	No
Phase Primary Pupils 371 Total £2,503,853 URN 108368 Academy No
Caedmon Community Primary School Details for Caedmon Community Primary School	Primary	210	£7,037	£1,477,866	108380	No
Phase Primary Pupils 210 Total £1,477,866 URN 108380 Academy No
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Details for Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead	Secondary	1,268	£7,357	£9,329,198	137852	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,268 Total £9,329,198 URN 137852 Academy Yes
Carr Hill Community Primary School Details for Carr Hill Community Primary School	Primary	301	£7,714	£2,321,980	108321	No
Phase Primary Pupils 301 Total £2,321,980 URN 108321 Academy No
Chopwell Primary School Details for Chopwell Primary School	Primary	176	£7,440	£1,309,483	131107	No
Phase Primary Pupils 176 Total £1,309,483 URN 131107 Academy No
Clover Hill Community Primary School Details for Clover Hill Community Primary School	Primary	209	£5,473	£1,143,918	108363	No
Phase Primary Pupils 209 Total £1,143,918 URN 108363 Academy No
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Details for Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead	Primary	210	£6,593	£1,384,504	148907	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 210 Total £1,384,504 URN 148907 Academy Yes
Crookhill Community Primary School Details for Crookhill Community Primary School	Primary	190	£6,465	£1,228,375	108366	No
Phase Primary Pupils 190 Total £1,228,375 URN 108366 Academy No
Dunston Hill Community Primary School Details for Dunston Hill Community Primary School	Primary	332	£6,888	£2,286,855	108338	No
Phase Primary Pupils 332 Total £2,286,855 URN 108338 Academy No
Emmaville Primary School Details for Emmaville Primary School	Primary	415	£5,418	£2,248,511	108339	No
Phase Primary Pupils 415 Total £2,248,511 URN 108339 Academy No
Falla Park Community Primary School Details for Falla Park Community Primary School	Primary	187	£7,808	£1,460,186	108358	No
Phase Primary Pupils 187 Total £1,460,186 URN 108358 Academy No
Fell Dyke Community Primary School Details for Fell Dyke Community Primary School	Primary	261	£7,988	£2,084,871	108379	No
Phase Primary Pupils 261 Total £2,084,871 URN 108379 Academy No
Fellside Community Primary School Details for Fellside Community Primary School	Primary	201	£5,481	£1,101,715	108378	No
Phase Primary Pupils 201 Total £1,101,715 URN 108378 Academy No
Front Street Community Primary School Details for Front Street Community Primary School	Primary	381	£5,665	£2,158,304	108350	No
Phase Primary Pupils 381 Total £2,158,304 URN 108350 Academy No
Glynwood Community Primary School Details for Glynwood Community Primary School	Primary	390	£6,096	£2,377,394	108372	No
Phase Primary Pupils 390 Total £2,377,394 URN 108372 Academy No
Grace College Details for Grace College	Secondary	1,078	£8,039	£8,665,514	147178	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,078 Total £8,665,514 URN 147178 Academy Yes
Greenside Primary School Details for Greenside Primary School	Primary	160	£6,270	£1,003,137	108348	No
Phase Primary Pupils 160 Total £1,003,137 URN 108348 Academy No
Harlow Green Community Primary School Details for Harlow Green Community Primary School	Primary	348	£7,428	£2,584,825	131077	No
Phase Primary Pupils 348 Total £2,584,825 URN 131077 Academy No
Heworth Grange School Details for Heworth Grange School	Secondary	996	£8,767	£8,731,823	145490	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 996 Total £8,731,823 URN 145490 Academy Yes
High Spen Primary School Details for High Spen Primary School	Primary	151	£6,606	£997,470	108340	No
Phase Primary Pupils 151 Total £997,470 URN 108340 Academy No
Highfield Community Primary School Details for Highfield Community Primary School	Primary	104	£9,435	£981,240	108351	No
Phase Primary Pupils 104 Total £981,240 URN 108351 Academy No
Kells Lane Primary School Details for Kells Lane Primary School	Primary	418	£5,371	£2,245,092	131106	No
Phase Primary Pupils 418 Total £2,245,092 URN 131106 Academy No
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School Details for Kelvin Grove Community Primary School	Primary	349	£7,159	£2,498,589	108323	No
Phase Primary Pupils 349 Total £2,498,589 URN 108323 Academy No
Kibblesworth Academy Details for Kibblesworth Academy	Primary	111	£6,883	£764,019	138211	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 111 Total £764,019 URN 138211 Academy Yes
Kingsmeadow Community School Details for Kingsmeadow Community School	Secondary	842	£9,998	£8,418,509	108410	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 842 Total £8,418,509 URN 108410 Academy No
Larkspur Community Primary School Details for Larkspur Community Primary School	Primary	130	£8,639	£1,123,112	108330	No
Phase Primary Pupils 130 Total £1,123,112 URN 108330 Academy No
Lingey House Primary School Details for Lingey House Primary School	Primary	395	£6,333	£2,501,503	108360	No
Phase Primary Pupils 395 Total £2,501,503 URN 108360 Academy No
Lobley Hill Primary School Details for Lobley Hill Primary School	Primary	303	£6,254	£1,894,818	108369	No
Phase Primary Pupils 303 Total £1,894,818 URN 108369 Academy No
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Details for Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy	Secondary	1,170	£8,931	£10,449,242	137942	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,170 Total £10,449,242 URN 137942 Academy Yes
Oakfield Infant School Details for Oakfield Infant School	Primary	145	£5,839	£846,623	150641	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 145 Total £846,623 URN 150641 Academy Yes
Oakfield Junior School Details for Oakfield Junior School	Primary	219	£5,299	£1,160,568	150640	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 219 Total £1,160,568 URN 150640 Academy Yes
Parkhead Community Primary School Details for Parkhead Community Primary School	Primary	261	£6,848	£1,787,206	131466	No
Phase Primary Pupils 261 Total £1,787,206 URN 131466 Academy No
Portobello Primary School Details for Portobello Primary School	Primary	188	£5,966	£1,121,544	108336	No
Phase Primary Pupils 188 Total £1,121,544 URN 108336 Academy No
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Details for Ravensworth Terrace Primary School	Primary	384	£5,847	£2,245,230	108333	No
Phase Primary Pupils 384 Total £2,245,230 URN 108333 Academy No
Riverside Primary Academy Details for Riverside Primary Academy	Primary	275	£6,253	£1,719,670	138285	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 275 Total £1,719,670 URN 138285 Academy Yes
Roman Road Primary School Details for Roman Road Primary School	Primary	198	£7,316	£1,448,625	108376	No
Phase Primary Pupils 198 Total £1,448,625 URN 108376 Academy No
Rowlands Gill Community Primary School Details for Rowlands Gill Community Primary School	Primary	173	£8,436	£1,459,403	131081	No
Phase Primary Pupils 173 Total £1,459,403 URN 131081 Academy No
Ryton Community Infant School Details for Ryton Community Infant School	Primary	82	£7,714	£632,525	108352	No
Phase Primary Pupils 82 Total £632,525 URN 108352 Academy No
Ryton Junior School Details for Ryton Junior School	Primary	119	£6,752	£803,467	108355	No
Phase Primary Pupils 119 Total £803,467 URN 108355 Academy No
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor Details for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor	Primary	196	£5,551	£1,088,033	140638	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 196 Total £1,088,033 URN 140638 Academy Yes
South Street Community Primary School Details for South Street Community Primary School	Primary	203	£7,857	£1,595,067	108326	No
Phase Primary Pupils 203 Total £1,595,067 URN 108326 Academy No
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Details for St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook	Primary	187	£5,350	£1,000,412	149051	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 187 Total £1,000,412 URN 149051 Academy Yes
St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Details for St Aidan's Church of England Primary School	Primary	203	£6,945	£1,409,860	150648	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 203 Total £1,409,860 URN 150648 Academy Yes
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw Details for St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw	Primary	189	£6,216	£1,174,757	148410	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 189 Total £1,174,757 URN 148410 Academy Yes
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Details for St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green	Primary	149	£6,772	£1,008,990	147135	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 149 Total £1,008,990 URN 147135 Academy Yes
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Details for St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead	Primary	295	£6,464	£1,906,999	148605	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 295 Total £1,906,999 URN 148605 Academy Yes
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley Details for St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley	Primary	64	£8,318	£532,340	148809	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 64 Total £532,340 URN 148809 Academy Yes
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Details for St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley	Primary	98	£7,223	£707,900	148844	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 98 Total £707,900 URN 148844 Academy Yes
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Details for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon	Primary	208	£5,851	£1,216,949	148910	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 208 Total £1,216,949 URN 148910 Academy Yes
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Details for St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead	Primary	180	£7,057	£1,270,258	148604	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 180 Total £1,270,258 URN 148604 Academy Yes
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Details for St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield	Primary	82	£7,317	£599,991	108391	No
Phase Primary Pupils 82 Total £599,991 URN 108391 Academy No
St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Details for St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon	Primary	211	£5,385	£1,136,153	149052	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 211 Total £1,136,153 URN 149052 Academy Yes
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham Details for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham	Primary	189	£5,371	£1,015,057	149053	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 189 Total £1,015,057 URN 149053 Academy Yes
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Details for St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton	Primary	177	£7,213	£1,276,642	148409	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 177 Total £1,276,642 URN 148409 Academy Yes
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Details for St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell	Primary	209	£5,401	£1,128,761	148908	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 209 Total £1,128,761 URN 148908 Academy Yes
St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston Details for St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston	Primary	151	£6,702	£1,012,060	148810	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 151 Total £1,012,060 URN 148810 Academy Yes
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon Details for St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon	Secondary	1,192	£6,979	£8,318,753	137851	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,192 Total £8,318,753 URN 137851 Academy Yes
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Details for St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead	Primary	138	£7,533	£1,039,549	149054	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 138 Total £1,039,549 URN 149054 Academy Yes
Swalwell Primary School Details for Swalwell Primary School	Primary	124	£8,188	£1,015,316	108342	No
Phase Primary Pupils 124 Total £1,015,316 URN 108342 Academy No
The Drive Community Primary School Details for The Drive Community Primary School	Primary	179	£7,477	£1,338,351	108361	No
Phase Primary Pupils 179 Total £1,338,351 URN 108361 Academy No
Thorp Academy Details for Thorp Academy	Secondary	1,358	£7,213	£9,794,918	141185	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,358 Total £9,794,918 URN 141185 Academy Yes
Wardley Primary School Details for Wardley Primary School	Primary	258	£6,733	£1,736,985	108371	No
Phase Primary Pupils 258 Total £1,736,985 URN 108371 Academy No
Washingwell Community Primary School Details for Washingwell Community Primary School	Primary	157	£6,168	£968,438	108356	No
Phase Primary Pupils 157 Total £968,438 URN 108356 Academy No
West Lane Primary School Details for West Lane Primary School	Primary	303	£6,017	£1,823,046	108346	No
Phase Primary Pupils 303 Total £1,823,046 URN 108346 Academy No
Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School Details for Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School	Primary	209	£5,399	£1,128,362	108381	No
Phase Primary Pupils 209 Total £1,128,362 URN 108381 Academy No
Whickham School Details for Whickham School	Secondary	1,385	£7,101	£9,834,641	137360	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,385 Total £9,834,641 URN 137360 Academy Yes
White Mere Community Primary School Details for White Mere Community Primary School	Primary	127	£7,009	£890,111	108362	No
Phase Primary Pupils 127 Total £890,111 URN 108362 Academy No
Windy Nook Primary School Details for Windy Nook Primary School	Primary	312	£6,187	£1,930,199	108374	No
Phase Primary Pupils 312 Total £1,930,199 URN 108374 Academy No
XP Gateshead Details for XP Gateshead	Secondary	250	£8,253	£2,063,127	148617	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 250 Total £2,063,127 URN 148617 Academy Yes

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, 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 → Gateshead. Figures from data/services/education.json, generated 29 September 2026.

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Source	Publisher	Figures as of	Updated	Licence
National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: summary tables, 2020-21 to 2026-27	Department for Education	19 November 2025	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
School funding statistics, Financial year 2025-26: national time series and school-level allocations	Department for Education	29 January 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
School workforce in England, Reporting year 2025: size of the workforce and pupil to teacher ratios	Department for Education	4 June 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0
Apprenticeships, Academic year 2025/26	Department for Education	16 July 2026	annual	Open Government Licence v3.0

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Over time: cash, real terms and per resident

Where it sits, and what is below it

Gateshead

What is recorded alongside the money

Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

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