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Merton: school funding per pupil
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£174m for Merton in 2026-27, £797 per resident, +0.1% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £7,359 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
- £174m2026-27, cash +2.1% on a year earlier
- £797Per resident, 2026-27
- £7,359Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27 England: £6,771
- £7,214Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27 England: £6,638
- £7,605Mainstream school funding per pupil, 2025-26 England: £6,996
Source: Department for Education.
Over time: cash, real terms and per resident
Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Cash |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £155.3m | £121.4m |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £164.4m | £135.2m |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £167.6m | £138.2m |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £162.4m | £143.3m |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £165.5m | £153.7m |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £170.5m | £164.8m |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £170.8m | £170.8m |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £171.0m | £174.4m |
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Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.
Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Per resident, 2025-26 prices | Per resident, cash |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £715 | £559 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £757 | £623 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £778 | £642 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £752 | £663 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £757 | £703 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £775 | £749 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £780 | £780 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £781 | £797 |
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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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- Department or service body
- Local body (this level)
- Spending category not published
- Line or transaction not published
Merton
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.
£174m in 2026-27 (cash); £171m in 2025-26 prices; £797 per resident; +2.1% on a year earlier in cash, +0.1% 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 | Merton | England | Period |
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Schools block funding per pupilDetails for Schools block funding per pupil | £7,359 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
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Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails for Schools block funding per pupil, real terms | £7,214 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
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Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails for Mainstream school funding per pupil | £7,605 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
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Pupils per teacherDetails for Pupils per teacher | 16.9 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
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Pupils in academiesDetails for Pupils in academies | 28.2% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
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Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails for Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people | 616 per 100,000 | 959 per 100,000 | 2024/25 |
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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 | Merton | England |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £4,903 | £4,645 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £5,448 | £5,063 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £5,577 | £5,221 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £5,954 | £5,534 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £6,356 | £5,839 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £6,853 | £6,298 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £7,205 | £6,608 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £7,359 | £6,771 |
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Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.
The same, in the dataset’s price base using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Merton | England |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £6,272 | £5,941 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £6,623 | £6,154 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £6,764 | £6,332 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £6,747 | £6,270 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £6,842 | £6,286 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £7,089 | £6,515 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £7,205 | £6,608 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £7,214 | £6,638 |
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Figure as of 19 November 2025. Source: Department for Education.
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 | Merton | England |
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2010/11Details for 2010/11 | 18.1 | 17.1 |
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2011/12Details for 2011/12 | 18.4 | 17.2 |
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2012/13Details for 2012/13 | 18.0 | 17.2 |
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2013/14Details for 2013/14 | 17.2 | 17.1 |
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2014/15Details for 2014/15 | 16.7 | 17.1 |
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2015/16Details for 2015/16 | 16.9 | 17.3 |
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2016/17Details for 2016/17 | 18.3 | 17.5 |
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2017/18Details for 2017/18 | 17.4 | 17.9 |
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2018/19Details for 2018/19 | 17.9 | 18.0 |
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2019/20Details for 2019/20 | 18.1 | 18.2 |
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2020/21Details for 2020/21 | 17.4 | 18.0 |
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2021/22Details for 2021/22 | 17.0 | 18.0 |
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2022/23Details for 2022/23 | 17.1 | 18.0 |
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2023/24Details for 2023/24 | 17.2 | 18.1 |
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2024/25Details for 2024/25 | 17.1 | 18.0 |
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2025/26Details for 2025/26 | 16.9 | 17.9 |
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Figure as of 4 June 2026. Source: Department for Education.
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 | Merton | England |
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2020/21Details for 2020/21 | 519 | 906 |
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2021/22Details for 2021/22 | 569 | 980 |
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2022/23Details for 2022/23 | 544 | 938 |
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2023/24Details for 2023/24 | 596 | 932 |
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2024/25Details for 2024/25 | 616 | 959 |
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Figure as of 16 July 2026. Source: Department for Education.
Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26
52 mainstream schools with 23,781 pupils were allocated £181m in 2025-26, £7,605 per pupil (England: £6,996). 28.2% 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.
| School | Phase | Pupils | Per pupil | Total | URN | Academy |
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Abbotsbury Primary SchoolDetails for Abbotsbury Primary School | Primary | 343 | £7,786 | £2,670,654 | 102649 | No |
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All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolDetails for All Saints' CofE Primary School | Primary | 301 | £7,410 | £2,230,434 | 102663 | No |
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Aragon Primary SchoolDetails for Aragon Primary School | Primary | 555 | £6,421 | £3,563,567 | 144838 | Yes |
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Beecholme Primary SchoolDetails for Beecholme Primary School | Primary | 155 | £7,804 | £1,209,552 | 143133 | Yes |
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Benedict AcademyDetails for Benedict Academy | Primary | 166 | £9,093 | £1,509,428 | 147970 | Yes |
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Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary SchoolDetails for Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School | Primary | 416 | £5,815 | £2,418,955 | 102666 | No |
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Bond Primary SchoolDetails for Bond Primary School | Primary | 254 | £8,009 | £2,034,179 | 102626 | No |
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Cranmer Primary SchoolDetails for Cranmer Primary School | Primary | 419 | £7,558 | £3,166,816 | 102653 | No |
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Dundonald Primary SchoolDetails for Dundonald Primary School | Primary | 401 | £5,912 | £2,370,774 | 102628 | No |
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Garfield Primary SchoolDetails for Garfield Primary School | Primary | 262 | £7,536 | £1,974,348 | 102629 | No |
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Gorringe Park Primary SchoolDetails for Gorringe Park Primary School | Primary | 366 | £6,997 | £2,560,739 | 102654 | No |
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Harris Academy MertonDetails for Harris Academy Merton | Secondary | 1,139 | £8,860 | £10,091,003 | 131897 | Yes |
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Harris Academy MordenDetails for Harris Academy Morden | Secondary | 880 | £9,338 | £8,217,204 | 138495 | Yes |
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Harris Academy WimbledonDetails for Harris Academy Wimbledon | Secondary | 930 | £9,101 | £8,464,302 | 145860 | Yes |
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Harris Primary Academy MertonDetails for Harris Primary Academy Merton | Primary | 442 | £6,847 | £3,026,234 | 141143 | Yes |
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Haslemere Primary SchoolDetails for Haslemere Primary School | Primary | 296 | £8,021 | £2,374,299 | 102643 | No |
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Hatfeild Primary SchoolDetails for Hatfeild Primary School | Primary | 323 | £6,831 | £2,206,493 | 102632 | No |
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Hillcross Primary SchoolDetails for Hillcross Primary School | Primary | 380 | £6,370 | £2,420,567 | 102655 | No |
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Hollymount SchoolDetails for Hollymount School | Primary | 415 | £5,973 | £2,478,649 | 102633 | No |
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Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolDetails for Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | Primary | 404 | £5,971 | £2,412,433 | 102665 | No |
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Joseph Hood Primary SchoolDetails for Joseph Hood Primary School | Primary | 324 | £6,802 | £2,203,990 | 102634 | No |
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Liberty PrimaryDetails for Liberty Primary | Primary | 399 | £7,383 | £2,945,931 | 102656 | No |
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Links Primary SchoolDetails for Links Primary School | Primary | 286 | £7,646 | £2,186,863 | 102635 | No |
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Lonesome Primary SchoolDetails for Lonesome Primary School | Primary | 290 | £7,968 | £2,310,713 | 102636 | No |
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Malmesbury Primary SchoolDetails for Malmesbury Primary School | Primary | 350 | £7,706 | £2,697,234 | 132169 | No |
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Merton Abbey Primary SchoolDetails for Merton Abbey Primary School | Primary | 189 | £8,776 | £1,658,688 | 102638 | No |
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Merton Park Primary SchoolDetails for Merton Park Primary School | Primary | 201 | £6,568 | £1,320,222 | 102639 | No |
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Morden Primary SchoolDetails for Morden Primary School | Primary | 201 | £8,111 | £1,630,234 | 102640 | No |
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Park AcademyDetails for Park Academy | Primary | 115 | £8,179 | £940,582 | 141027 | Yes |
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Pelham Primary SchoolDetails for Pelham Primary School | Primary | 371 | £6,601 | £2,448,934 | 102642 | No |
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Poplar Primary SchoolDetails for Poplar Primary School | Primary | 584 | £6,559 | £3,830,483 | 102644 | No |
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Raynes Park High SchoolDetails for Raynes Park High School | Secondary | 1,009 | £9,388 | £9,472,076 | 102674 | No |
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Ricards Lodge High SchoolDetails for Ricards Lodge High School | Secondary | 1,174 | £8,419 | £9,884,100 | 102673 | No |
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Rutlish SchoolDetails for Rutlish School | Secondary | 1,192 | £8,457 | £10,080,489 | 102679 | No |
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Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Primary | 322 | £6,614 | £2,129,681 | 102668 | No |
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Singlegate Primary SchoolDetails for Singlegate Primary School | Primary | 613 | £6,387 | £3,915,395 | 102647 | No |
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St John Fisher RC Primary SchoolDetails for St John Fisher RC Primary School | Primary | 392 | £5,765 | £2,259,718 | 151349 | Yes |
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St Mark's Church of England AcademyDetails for St Mark's Church of England Academy | Secondary | 870 | £9,501 | £8,265,442 | 134003 | Yes |
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St Mark's Primary SchoolDetails for St Mark's Primary School | Primary | 200 | £8,135 | £1,626,980 | 102645 | No |
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St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 400 | £6,072 | £2,428,778 | 102670 | No |
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St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolDetails for St Matthew's CofE Primary School | Primary | 176 | £6,585 | £1,158,922 | 102664 | No |
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St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | Primary | 219 | £7,161 | £1,568,155 | 102667 | No |
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St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 418 | £6,426 | £2,686,127 | 102669 | No |
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St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | Primary | 378 | £7,251 | £2,740,953 | 133774 | No |
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The Priory CofE SchoolDetails for The Priory CofE School | Primary | 162 | £7,760 | £1,257,181 | 102672 | No |
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The Sherwood SchoolDetails for The Sherwood School | Primary | 293 | £7,548 | £2,211,595 | 102646 | No |
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Ursuline High School WimbledonDetails for Ursuline High School Wimbledon | Secondary | 1,062 | £7,723 | £8,201,356 | 151350 | Yes |
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West Wimbledon Primary SchoolDetails for West Wimbledon Primary School | Primary | 270 | £7,456 | £2,013,198 | 102652 | No |
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William Morris Primary SchoolDetails for William Morris Primary School | Primary | 267 | £7,814 | £2,086,375 | 102661 | No |
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Wimbledon Chase Primary SchoolDetails for Wimbledon Chase Primary School | Primary | 633 | £5,974 | £3,781,317 | 102662 | No |
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Wimbledon CollegeDetails for Wimbledon College | Secondary | 984 | £8,251 | £8,119,230 | 102681 | No |
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Wimbledon Park Primary SchoolDetails for Wimbledon Park Primary School | Primary | 590 | £5,765 | £3,401,256 | 102648 | No |
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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 → Merton. Figures from data/services/education.json, generated 29 September 2026.
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| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
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| 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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