School Revenue Balances from UK Local Authority Financial Statements

Annual financial data derived from education outturn statements submitted by UK Local Authorities under the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998. The dataset, published by the Department for Education, shows the total revenue balance for each school. It is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in school-level financial reserves based on annual revenue balance data.
• Compare funding and expenditure outcomes across different Local Authorities.
• Model the relationship between school funding allocations and resulting revenue balances.
• Audit compliance with statutory financial reporting requirements for schools.

Strengths

• Data is derived from statutory financial reports required by law, ensuring a consistent legal basis.
• Published by the Department for Education as Official Statistics, indicating a formal production process.
• The dataset has a specific update timestamp (2026-07-08 13:33:11.138020), providing a reference for freshness.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department for Education

Collection Method

Derived from statutory education outturn statements submitted by UK Local Authorities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:11.138020

Geography

United Kingdom (likely England, as per Department for Education remit)