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Reading: school funding per pupil
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£142m for Reading in 2026-27, £772 per resident, +0.4% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £6,663 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
- £142m2026-27, cash +2.5% on a year earlier
- £772Per resident, 2026-27
- £6,663Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27 England: £6,771
- £6,532Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27 England: £6,638
- £6,847Mainstream 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 | £111.7m | £87.3m |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £118.9m | £97.8m |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £123.5m | £101.8m |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £125.3m | £110.6m |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £129.6m | £120.4m |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £136.8m | £132.2m |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £138.5m | £138.5m |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £139.1m | £141.9m |
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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 | £641 | £501 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £684 | £562 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £712 | £587 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £710 | £627 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £719 | £668 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £748 | £723 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £754 | £754 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £757 | £772 |
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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
- UK total
- Nation
- Department or service body
- Local body (this level)
- Spending category not published
- Line or transaction not published
Reading
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.
£142m in 2026-27 (cash); £139m in 2025-26 prices; £772 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.
| Measure | Reading | England | Period |
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Schools block funding per pupilDetails for Schools block funding per pupil | £6,663 | £6,771 | 2026-27 |
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Schools block funding per pupil, real termsDetails for Schools block funding per pupil, real terms | £6,532 | £6,638 | 2026-27 |
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Mainstream school funding per pupilDetails for Mainstream school funding per pupil | £6,847 | £6,996 | 2025-26 |
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Pupils per teacherDetails for Pupils per teacher | 17.6 pupils per teacher | 17.9 pupils per teacher | 2025/26 |
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Pupils in academiesDetails for Pupils in academies | 53.9% | 62.8% | 2025-26 |
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Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 peopleDetails for Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people | 822 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 | Reading | England |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £4,445 | £4,645 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £4,893 | £5,063 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £5,061 | £5,221 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £5,376 | £5,534 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £5,702 | £5,839 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £6,184 | £6,298 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £6,503 | £6,608 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £6,663 | £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 | Reading | England |
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2019-20Details for 2019-20 | £5,686 | £5,941 |
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2020-21Details for 2020-21 | £5,948 | £6,154 |
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2021-22Details for 2021-22 | £6,138 | £6,332 |
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2022-23Details for 2022-23 | £6,092 | £6,270 |
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2023-24Details for 2023-24 | £6,138 | £6,286 |
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2024-25Details for 2024-25 | £6,397 | £6,515 |
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2025-26Details for 2025-26 | £6,503 | £6,608 |
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2026-27Details for 2026-27 | £6,532 | £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 | Reading | England |
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2010/11Details for 2010/11 | 16.3 | 17.1 |
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2011/12Details for 2011/12 | 16.5 | 17.2 |
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2012/13Details for 2012/13 | 16.7 | 17.2 |
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2013/14Details for 2013/14 | 17.0 | 17.1 |
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2014/15Details for 2014/15 | 16.2 | 17.1 |
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2015/16Details for 2015/16 | 17.0 | 17.3 |
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2016/17Details for 2016/17 | 17.3 | 17.5 |
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2017/18Details for 2017/18 | 17.2 | 17.9 |
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2018/19Details for 2018/19 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
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2019/20Details for 2019/20 | 17.5 | 18.2 |
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2020/21Details for 2020/21 | 17.7 | 18.0 |
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2021/22Details for 2021/22 | 18.2 | 18.0 |
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2022/23Details for 2022/23 | 18.3 | 18.0 |
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2023/24Details for 2023/24 | 18.5 | 18.1 |
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2024/25Details for 2024/25 | 18.1 | 18.0 |
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2025/26Details for 2025/26 | 17.6 | 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 | Reading | England |
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2020/21Details for 2020/21 | 751 | 906 |
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2021/22Details for 2021/22 | 824 | 980 |
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2022/23Details for 2022/23 | 796 | 938 |
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2023/24Details for 2023/24 | 767 | 932 |
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2024/25Details for 2024/25 | 822 | 959 |
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Figure as of 16 July 2026. Source: Department for Education.
Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26
51 mainstream schools with 21,546 pupils were allocated £148m in 2025-26, £6,847 per pupil (England: £6,996). 53.9% 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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Alfred Sutton Primary SchoolDetails for Alfred Sutton Primary School | Primary | 624 | £5,635 | £3,516,273 | 109776 | No |
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All Saints Church of England Aided Infant SchoolDetails for All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School | Primary | 60 | £8,273 | £496,379 | 109945 | No |
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All Saints Junior SchoolDetails for All Saints Junior School | Primary | 94 | £6,719 | £631,613 | 137281 | Yes |
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Battle Primary AcademyDetails for Battle Primary Academy | Primary | 402 | £6,252 | £2,513,216 | 139066 | Yes |
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Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolDetails for Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School | Secondary | 929 | £7,725 | £7,176,331 | 110107 | No |
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Caversham Park Primary SchoolDetails for Caversham Park Primary School | Primary | 115 | £6,722 | £773,069 | 109925 | No |
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Caversham Primary SchoolDetails for Caversham Primary School | Primary | 405 | £5,409 | £2,190,793 | 109778 | No |
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Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for Christ The King Catholic Primary School | Primary | 285 | £7,134 | £2,033,059 | 110005 | No |
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Churchend Primary AcademyDetails for Churchend Primary Academy | Primary | 409 | £5,889 | £2,408,661 | 136457 | Yes |
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Civitas AcademyDetails for Civitas Academy | Primary | 390 | £6,122 | £2,387,700 | 140379 | Yes |
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Coley Primary SchoolDetails for Coley Primary School | Primary | 205 | £6,731 | £1,379,769 | 109779 | No |
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E P Collier Primary SchoolDetails for E P Collier Primary School | Primary | 379 | £6,320 | £2,395,116 | 109780 | No |
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Emmer Green Primary SchoolDetails for Emmer Green Primary School | Primary | 417 | £5,391 | £2,248,092 | 109794 | No |
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English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School | Primary | 389 | £5,908 | £2,298,129 | 110004 | No |
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Geoffrey Field Infant SchoolDetails for Geoffrey Field Infant School | Primary | 257 | £7,070 | £1,816,974 | 109782 | No |
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Geoffrey Field Junior SchoolDetails for Geoffrey Field Junior School | Primary | 352 | £6,650 | £2,340,883 | 109781 | No |
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Green Park Village Primary AcademyDetails for Green Park Village Primary Academy | Primary | 273 | £6,164 | £1,682,681 | 147868 | Yes |
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Highdown School and Sixth Form CentreDetails for Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 1,212 | £6,937 | £8,407,235 | 136307 | Yes |
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John Madejski AcademyDetails for John Madejski Academy | Secondary | 651 | £8,967 | £5,837,549 | 151631 | Yes |
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Katesgrove Primary SchoolDetails for Katesgrove Primary School | Primary | 605 | £5,930 | £3,587,735 | 109920 | No |
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Kendrick SchoolDetails for Kendrick School | Secondary | 641 | £6,709 | £4,300,632 | 136448 | Yes |
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King's Academy ProspectDetails for King's Academy Prospect | Secondary | 1,058 | £8,720 | £9,225,854 | 136876 | Yes |
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Maiden Erlegh School in ReadingDetails for Maiden Erlegh School in Reading | Secondary | 885 | £8,006 | £7,085,571 | 141886 | Yes |
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Manor Primary SchoolDetails for Manor Primary School | Primary | 287 | £6,959 | £1,997,168 | 109944 | No |
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Meadow Park AcademyDetails for Meadow Park Academy | Primary | 330 | £6,827 | £2,252,807 | 138372 | Yes |
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Micklands Primary SchoolDetails for Micklands Primary School | Primary | 319 | £6,296 | £2,008,523 | 109926 | No |
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Moorlands Primary SchoolDetails for Moorlands Primary School | Primary | 284 | £6,979 | £1,982,066 | 109799 | No |
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New Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolDetails for New Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Primary | 199 | £6,367 | £1,266,985 | 145660 | Yes |
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New Town Primary SchoolDetails for New Town Primary School | Primary | 385 | £6,157 | £2,370,500 | 142682 | Yes |
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Oxford Road Community SchoolDetails for Oxford Road Community School | Primary | 202 | £6,936 | £1,401,020 | 109786 | No |
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Park Lane Primary SchoolDetails for Park Lane Primary School | Primary | 385 | £5,934 | £2,284,700 | 109790 | No |
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Ranikhet AcademyDetails for Ranikhet Academy | Primary | 201 | £7,345 | £1,476,434 | 142072 | Yes |
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Reading Girls' SchoolDetails for Reading Girls' School | Secondary | 906 | £8,001 | £7,248,603 | 144610 | Yes |
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Reading SchoolDetails for Reading School | Secondary | 753 | £6,708 | £5,051,196 | 136449 | Yes |
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Redlands Primary SchoolDetails for Redlands Primary School | Primary | 193 | £6,557 | £1,265,432 | 109787 | No |
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River AcademyDetails for River Academy | Secondary | 374 | £7,633 | £2,854,559 | 150728 | Yes |
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Southcote Primary SchoolDetails for Southcote Primary School | Primary | 551 | £5,859 | £3,228,581 | 109795 | No |
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St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 146 | £6,850 | £1,000,103 | 110003 | No |
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St John's Church of England Primary SchoolDetails for St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 411 | £6,135 | £2,521,393 | 142735 | Yes |
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St Martin's Catholic Primary SchoolDetails for St Martin's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 136 | £6,439 | £875,698 | 110038 | No |
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St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolDetails for St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 326 | £6,853 | £2,234,150 | 146275 | Yes |
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St Michael's Primary SchoolDetails for St Michael's Primary School | Primary | 391 | £6,533 | £2,554,539 | 109796 | No |
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Thameside Primary SchoolDetails for Thameside Primary School | Primary | 344 | £6,119 | £2,104,789 | 109800 | No |
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The Heights Primary SchoolDetails for The Heights Primary School | Primary | 363 | £5,313 | £1,928,756 | 139972 | Yes |
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The Hill Primary SchoolDetails for The Hill Primary School | Primary | 393 | £5,433 | £2,135,245 | 109788 | No |
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The Palmer Primary AcademyDetails for The Palmer Primary Academy | Primary | 386 | £6,327 | £2,442,167 | 139653 | Yes |
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The Ridgeway Primary SchoolDetails for The Ridgeway Primary School | Primary | 385 | £6,976 | £2,685,672 | 109789 | No |
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The WREN SchoolDetails for The WREN School | Secondary | 834 | £8,004 | £6,675,747 | 142121 | Yes |
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UTC ReadingDetails for UTC Reading | Secondary | 140 | £8,946 | £1,252,457 | 139268 | Yes |
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Whitley Park Primary and Nursery SchoolDetails for Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 476 | £6,919 | £3,293,363 | 136512 | No |
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Wilson Primary SchoolDetails for Wilson Primary School | Primary | 409 | £5,841 | £2,388,786 | 109793 | 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 → Reading. 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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