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Wandsworth: school funding per pupil

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

£204m for Wandsworth in 2026-27, £599 per resident, +0.1% on a year earlier after inflation. That is £7,798 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

£204m2026-27, cash +2.2% on a year earlier As of 19 November 2025
£599Per resident, 2026-27 As of 19 November 2025
£7,798Schools block funding per pupil, 2026-27 England: £6,771 As of 19 November 2025
£7,644Schools block funding per pupil, real terms, 2026-27 England: £6,638 As of 19 November 2025
£8,132Mainstream 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

Wandsworth: 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

Wandsworth: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million (£ million)
Year	Real terms (2025-26 prices)	Cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£200.1m	£156.4m
Cash £156.4m
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£205.4m	£169.0m
Cash £169.0m
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£210.3m	£173.4m
Cash £173.4m
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£202.2m	£178.4m
Cash £178.4m
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£199.6m	£185.4m
Cash £185.4m
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£201.2m	£194.5m
Cash £194.5m
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£199.2m	£199.2m
Cash £199.2m
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£199.5m	£203.5m
Cash £203.5m

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

Wandsworth: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices

Per resident divides by ONS mid-year population estimates.

The numbers behind this chart

Wandsworth: spending per resident, 2025-26 prices (£ per resident)
Year	Per resident, 2025-26 prices	Per resident, cash
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£598	£467
Per resident, cash £467
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£616	£506
Per resident, cash £506
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£640	£528
Per resident, cash £528
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£609	£538
Per resident, cash £538
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£594	£552
Per resident, cash £552
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£592	£573
Per resident, cash £573
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£586	£586
Per resident, cash £586
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£587	£599
Per resident, cash £599

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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Wandsworth

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.

£204m in 2026-27 (cash); £200m in 2025-26 prices; £599 per resident; +2.2% 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.

Wandsworth against England: latest period of each measure
Measure	Wandsworth	England	Period
Schools block funding per pupil Details for Schools block funding per pupil	£7,798	£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	£7,644	£6,638	2026-27
England £6,638 Period 2026-27
Mainstream school funding per pupil Details for Mainstream school funding per pupil	£8,132	£6,996	2025-26
England £6,996 Period 2025-26
Pupils per teacher Details for Pupils per teacher	16.3 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	51.5%	62.8%	2025-26
England 62.8% Period 2025-26
Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people Details for Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people	550 per 100,000	959 per 100,000	2024/25
England 959 per 100,000 Period 2024/25

Schools block funding per pupil: Wandsworth 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: Wandsworth and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil)
Year	Wandsworth	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£5,571	£4,645
England £4,645
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£5,944	£5,063
England £5,063
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£6,073	£5,221
England £5,221
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£6,442	£5,534
England £5,534
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£6,777	£5,839
England £5,839
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£7,277	£6,298
England £6,298
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£7,633	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£7,798	£6,771
England £6,771

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

Schools block funding per pupil, real terms: Wandsworth 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: Wandsworth and comparisons (Schools block funding per pupil, real terms)
Year	Wandsworth	England
2019-20 Details for 2019-20	£7,127	£5,941
England £5,941
2020-21 Details for 2020-21	£7,226	£6,154
England £6,154
2021-22 Details for 2021-22	£7,365	£6,332
England £6,332
2022-23 Details for 2022-23	£7,299	£6,270
England £6,270
2023-24 Details for 2023-24	£7,295	£6,286
England £6,286
2024-25 Details for 2024-25	£7,528	£6,515
England £6,515
2025-26 Details for 2025-26	£7,633	£6,608
England £6,608
2026-27 Details for 2026-27	£7,644	£6,638
England £6,638

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

Pupils per teacher: Wandsworth 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: Wandsworth and comparisons (Pupils per teacher, pupils per teacher)
Year	Wandsworth	England
2010/11 Details for 2010/11	14.9	17.1
England 17.1
2011/12 Details for 2011/12	15.2	17.2
England 17.2
2012/13 Details for 2012/13	14.8	17.2
England 17.2
2013/14 Details for 2013/14	14.4	17.1
England 17.1
2014/15 Details for 2014/15	14.6	17.1
England 17.1
2015/16 Details for 2015/16	14.4	17.3
England 17.3
2016/17 Details for 2016/17	14.4	17.5
England 17.5
2017/18 Details for 2017/18	15.0	17.9
England 17.9
2018/19 Details for 2018/19	15.3	18.0
England 18.0
2019/20 Details for 2019/20	15.4	18.2
England 18.2
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	15.4	18.0
England 18.0
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	15.7	18.0
England 18.0
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	15.6	18.0
England 18.0
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	15.6	18.1
England 18.1
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	15.7	18.0
England 18.0
2025/26 Details for 2025/26	16.3	17.9
England 17.9

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

Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people: Wandsworth 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: Wandsworth and comparisons (Apprenticeship starts per 100,000 people, per 100,000)
Year	Wandsworth	England
2020/21 Details for 2020/21	498	906
England 906
2021/22 Details for 2021/22	525	980
England 980
2022/23 Details for 2022/23	509	938
England 938
2023/24 Details for 2023/24	501	932
England 932
2024/25 Details for 2024/25	550	959
England 959

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

Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

71 mainstream schools with 26,130 pupils were allocated £213m in 2025-26, £8,132 per pupil (England: £6,996). 51.5% 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.

Wandsworth: mainstream schools’ funding allocations, 2025-26
School	Phase	Pupils	Per pupil	Total	URN	Academy
Albemarle Primary School Details for Albemarle Primary School	Primary	337	£7,665	£2,583,067	101032	No
Phase Primary Pupils 337 Total £2,583,067 URN 101032 Academy No
Alderbrook Primary School Details for Alderbrook Primary School	Primary	199	£8,033	£1,598,607	100995	No
Phase Primary Pupils 199 Total £1,598,607 URN 100995 Academy No
All Saints' CofE Primary School, Putney Details for All Saints' CofE Primary School, Putney	Primary	159	£7,426	£1,180,793	101034	No
Phase Primary Pupils 159 Total £1,180,793 URN 101034 Academy No
Allfarthing Primary School Details for Allfarthing Primary School	Primary	332	£7,160	£2,377,200	100996	No
Phase Primary Pupils 332 Total £2,377,200 URN 100996 Academy No
Anglo Portuguese School of London Details for Anglo Portuguese School of London	Primary	164	£8,179	£1,341,281	143739	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 164 Total £1,341,281 URN 143739 Academy Yes
Ark Bolingbroke Academy Details for Ark Bolingbroke Academy	Secondary	615	£8,743	£5,376,803	138267	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 615 Total £5,376,803 URN 138267 Academy Yes
ARK John Archer Primary Academy Details for ARK John Archer Primary Academy	Primary	201	£9,389	£1,887,196	146214	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 201 Total £1,887,196 URN 146214 Academy Yes
Ark Putney Academy Details for Ark Putney Academy	Secondary	642	£10,068	£6,463,556	138681	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 642 Total £6,463,556 URN 138681 Academy Yes
Ashcroft Technology Academy Details for Ashcroft Technology Academy	Secondary	1,204	£8,852	£10,658,043	135316	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,204 Total £10,658,043 URN 135316 Academy Yes
Beatrix Potter Primary School Details for Beatrix Potter Primary School	Primary	316	£7,222	£2,282,296	100997	No
Phase Primary Pupils 316 Total £2,282,296 URN 100997 Academy No
Belleville Primary School Details for Belleville Primary School	Primary	950	£6,263	£5,949,735	137563	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 950 Total £5,949,735 URN 137563 Academy Yes
Belleville Wix Academy Details for Belleville Wix Academy	Primary	284	£7,135	£2,026,415	144621	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 284 Total £2,026,415 URN 144621 Academy Yes
Brandlehow Primary School Details for Brandlehow Primary School	Primary	335	£6,650	£2,227,775	101001	No
Phase Primary Pupils 335 Total £2,227,775 URN 101001 Academy No
Burntwood School Details for Burntwood School	Secondary	1,058	£8,948	£9,467,483	139842	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,058 Total £9,467,483 URN 139842 Academy Yes
Chesterton Primary School Details for Chesterton Primary School	Primary	396	£8,003	£3,169,086	145280	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 396 Total £3,169,086 URN 145280 Academy Yes
Chestnut Grove Academy Details for Chestnut Grove Academy	Secondary	1,024	£8,595	£8,801,225	136883	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,024 Total £8,801,225 URN 136883 Academy Yes
Earlsfield Primary School Details for Earlsfield Primary School	Primary	405	£6,506	£2,635,081	101005	No
Phase Primary Pupils 405 Total £2,635,081 URN 101005 Academy No
Ernest Bevin Academy Details for Ernest Bevin Academy	Secondary	474	£9,485	£4,495,987	149543	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 474 Total £4,495,987 URN 149543 Academy Yes
Falconbrook Primary School Details for Falconbrook Primary School	Primary	155	£10,107	£1,566,530	101006	No
Phase Primary Pupils 155 Total £1,566,530 URN 101006 Academy No
Fircroft Primary School Details for Fircroft Primary School	Primary	260	£7,335	£1,907,003	101007	No
Phase Primary Pupils 260 Total £1,907,003 URN 101007 Academy No
Floreat Wandsworth Primary School Details for Floreat Wandsworth Primary School	Primary	280	£7,240	£2,027,208	140423	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 280 Total £2,027,208 URN 140423 Academy Yes
Franciscan Primary School Details for Franciscan Primary School	Primary	198	£8,498	£1,682,507	146191	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 198 Total £1,682,507 URN 146191 Academy Yes
Furzedown Primary School Details for Furzedown Primary School	Primary	321	£6,806	£2,184,705	101009	No
Phase Primary Pupils 321 Total £2,184,705 URN 101009 Academy No
Gatton (VA) Primary School Details for Gatton (VA) Primary School	Primary	631	£7,089	£4,473,224	134041	No
Phase Primary Pupils 631 Total £4,473,224 URN 134041 Academy No
Goldfinch Primary School Details for Goldfinch Primary School	Primary	166	£8,173	£1,356,701	146549	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 166 Total £1,356,701 URN 146549 Academy Yes
Granard Primary School Details for Granard Primary School	Primary	314	£8,983	£2,820,749	101028	No
Phase Primary Pupils 314 Total £2,820,749 URN 101028 Academy No
Graveney School Details for Graveney School	Secondary	1,429	£8,025	£11,467,950	137005	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 1,429 Total £11,467,950 URN 137005 Academy Yes
Griffin Primary School Details for Griffin Primary School	Primary	163	£9,866	£1,608,118	145060	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 163 Total £1,608,118 URN 145060 Academy Yes
Harris Academy Battersea Details for Harris Academy Battersea	Secondary	732	£10,195	£7,462,654	140985	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 732 Total £7,462,654 URN 140985 Academy Yes
Heathmere Primary School Details for Heathmere Primary School	Primary	246	£9,410	£2,314,964	101029	No
Phase Primary Pupils 246 Total £2,314,964 URN 101029 Academy No
Hillbrook School Details for Hillbrook School	Primary	566	£7,576	£4,287,826	101057	No
Phase Primary Pupils 566 Total £4,287,826 URN 101057 Academy No
Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School Details for Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School	Primary	188	£6,748	£1,268,614	101036	No
Phase Primary Pupils 188 Total £1,268,614 URN 101036 Academy No
Honeywell Infant School Details for Honeywell Infant School	Primary	253	£6,765	£1,711,500	101012	No
Phase Primary Pupils 253 Total £1,711,500 URN 101012 Academy No
Honeywell Junior School Details for Honeywell Junior School	Primary	319	£6,363	£2,029,642	101011	No
Phase Primary Pupils 319 Total £2,029,642 URN 101011 Academy No
Hotham Primary School Details for Hotham Primary School	Primary	320	£7,190	£2,300,873	101013	No
Phase Primary Pupils 320 Total £2,300,873 URN 101013 Academy No
John Burns Primary School Details for John Burns Primary School	Primary	154	£9,369	£1,442,788	101014	No
Phase Primary Pupils 154 Total £1,442,788 URN 101014 Academy No
Mosaic Jewish Primary School Details for Mosaic Jewish Primary School	Primary	184	£7,641	£1,406,003	139687	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 184 Total £1,406,003 URN 139687 Academy Yes
Oasis Academy Putney Details for Oasis Academy Putney	Primary	122	£8,319	£1,014,907	140222	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 122 Total £1,014,907 URN 140222 Academy Yes
Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School Details for Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School	Primary	180	£6,599	£1,187,762	101037	No
Phase Primary Pupils 180 Total £1,187,762 URN 101037 Academy No
Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC School Details for Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC School	Primary	196	£7,560	£1,481,691	101051	No
Phase Primary Pupils 196 Total £1,481,691 URN 101051 Academy No
Penwortham Primary School Details for Penwortham Primary School	Primary	617	£6,838	£4,218,936	101016	No
Phase Primary Pupils 617 Total £4,218,936 URN 101016 Academy No
Ravenstone Primary School Details for Ravenstone Primary School	Primary	318	£7,018	£2,231,862	147327	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 318 Total £2,231,862 URN 147327 Academy Yes
Riversdale Primary School Details for Riversdale Primary School	Primary	339	£7,886	£2,673,387	101018	No
Phase Primary Pupils 339 Total £2,673,387 URN 101018 Academy No
Roehampton Church Forest Primary School Details for Roehampton Church Forest Primary School	Primary	112	£9,650	£1,080,766	101038	No
Phase Primary Pupils 112 Total £1,080,766 URN 101038 Academy No
Ronald Ross Primary School Details for Ronald Ross Primary School	Primary	208	£8,487	£1,765,239	101031	No
Phase Primary Pupils 208 Total £1,765,239 URN 101031 Academy No
Rutherford House School Details for Rutherford House School	Primary	369	£6,572	£2,425,023	139775	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 369 Total £2,425,023 URN 139775 Academy Yes
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea Details for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea	Primary	365	£8,047	£2,937,277	131520	No
Phase Primary Pupils 365 Total £2,937,277 URN 131520 Academy No
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Roehampton Details for Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Roehampton	Primary	362	£7,951	£2,878,378	101050	No
Phase Primary Pupils 362 Total £2,878,378 URN 101050 Academy No
Saint Cecilia's Church of England School Details for Saint Cecilia's Church of England School	Secondary	896	£8,530	£7,642,627	141808	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 896 Total £7,642,627 URN 141808 Academy Yes
Saint John Bosco College Details for Saint John Bosco College	Secondary	683	£9,945	£6,792,662	135762	No
Phase Secondary Pupils 683 Total £6,792,662 URN 135762 Academy No
Sellincourt Primary School Details for Sellincourt Primary School	Primary	340	£7,954	£2,704,433	101019	No
Phase Primary Pupils 340 Total £2,704,433 URN 101019 Academy No
Shaftesbury Park Primary School Details for Shaftesbury Park Primary School	Primary	294	£8,198	£2,410,300	101020	No
Phase Primary Pupils 294 Total £2,410,300 URN 101020 Academy No
Sheringdale Primary School Details for Sheringdale Primary School	Primary	395	£6,265	£2,474,693	101026	No
Phase Primary Pupils 395 Total £2,474,693 URN 101026 Academy No
Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit Details for Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit	Primary	216	£8,947	£1,932,489	101021	No
Phase Primary Pupils 216 Total £1,932,489 URN 101021 Academy No
Southfields Academy Details for Southfields Academy	Secondary	833	£9,897	£8,244,532	138682	Yes
Phase Secondary Pupils 833 Total £8,244,532 URN 138682 Academy Yes
Southmead Primary School Details for Southmead Primary School	Primary	245	£9,070	£2,222,202	101027	No
Phase Primary Pupils 245 Total £2,222,202 URN 101027 Academy No
St Anne's CofE Primary School Details for St Anne's CofE Primary School	Primary	91	£9,381	£853,690	101041	No
Phase Primary Pupils 91 Total £853,690 URN 101041 Academy No
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School Details for St Anselm's Catholic Primary School	Primary	204	£6,694	£1,365,564	101052	No
Phase Primary Pupils 204 Total £1,365,564 URN 101052 Academy No
St Boniface RC Primary School Details for St Boniface RC Primary School	Primary	256	£7,101	£1,817,943	101042	No
Phase Primary Pupils 256 Total £1,817,943 URN 101042 Academy No
St Faith's CofE Primary School Details for St Faith's CofE Primary School	Primary	150	£7,890	£1,183,493	101043	No
Phase Primary Pupils 150 Total £1,183,493 URN 101043 Academy No
St George's CofE Primary School Details for St George's CofE Primary School	Primary	205	£8,975	£1,839,973	101044	No
Phase Primary Pupils 205 Total £1,839,973 URN 101044 Academy No
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Details for St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School	Primary	139	£8,361	£1,162,193	101045	No
Phase Primary Pupils 139 Total £1,162,193 URN 101045 Academy No
St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School Details for St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School	Primary	172	£7,031	£1,209,331	101046	No
Phase Primary Pupils 172 Total £1,209,331 URN 101046 Academy No
St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School Details for St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School	Primary	174	£9,263	£1,611,713	101048	No
Phase Primary Pupils 174 Total £1,611,713 URN 101048 Academy No
St Michael's CofE Primary School Details for St Michael's CofE Primary School	Primary	409	£6,228	£2,547,415	101049	No
Phase Primary Pupils 409 Total £2,547,415 URN 101049 Academy No
Swaffield School Details for Swaffield School	Primary	268	£8,139	£2,181,302	101022	No
Phase Primary Pupils 268 Total £2,181,302 URN 101022 Academy No
The Alton School Details for The Alton School	Primary	200	£9,132	£1,826,430	145030	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 200 Total £1,826,430 URN 145030 Academy Yes
Tooting Primary School Details for Tooting Primary School	Primary	400	£7,112	£2,844,687	139592	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 400 Total £2,844,687 URN 139592 Academy Yes
Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School Details for Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School	Primary	108	£10,292	£1,111,539	101047	No
Phase Primary Pupils 108 Total £1,111,539 URN 101047 Academy No
West Hill Primary School Details for West Hill Primary School	Primary	143	£9,556	£1,366,551	101024	No
Phase Primary Pupils 143 Total £1,366,551 URN 101024 Academy No
Westbridge Academy Details for Westbridge Academy	Primary	147	£9,528	£1,400,606	140682	Yes
Phase Primary Pupils 147 Total £1,400,606 URN 140682 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 → Wandsworth. Figures from data/services/education.json, generated 29 September 2026.

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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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Every mainstream school: its allocation for 2025-26

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