Skip to content
Level The Playing Field
  • About
  • FAQs
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Who We Are
  • Blog
  • Local Authorities
    • Blaenau Gwent
    • Bridgend
    • Caerphilly
    • Cardiff
    • Carmarthenshire
    • Ceredigion
    • Conwy
    • Denbighshire
    • Flintshire
    • Gwynedd
    • Isle of Anglesey
    • Merthyr Tydfil
    • Monmouthshire
    • Neath Port Talbot
    • Newport
    • Pembrokeshire
    • Powys
    • Rhondda Cynon Taf
    • Swansea
    • Torfaen
    • Vale of Glamorgan
    • Wrexham
  • All Wales Maps
    • School Populations
    • School Finance
    • School Support Categories
    • Welsh Language Provision
    • Free School Meal Rates
  1. Home
  2. Local Authorities
  3. Caerphilly
  4. School Finance in Caerphilly

School Finance in Caerphilly

Total schools budgeted expenditure per pupil % rate of delegation to schools Per pupil funding of schools in Caerphilly Changes in the average delegated school budget per pupil, 2012–20 School reserves in Caerphilly How have financial reserves in Caerphilly changed

Total schools budgeted expenditure per pupil

This amount includes the money retained by the local authority for central funding.

2020–21 = £6350 (2019–20 = £5942, 2018–19 = £5660)

Increase of 6.9% on previous year, compared to 5.0% on year before.

Ranked 6th for funding per pupil from Welsh Government for schools budget, up from 12th in 2019–20.

% rate of delegation to schools

"In 2012, local government committed to a target set them by the Welsh Government to delegate 85% of all school funding directly to schools by 2014–15." (School Funding in Wales: Research Briefing, August 2018)

Rate of delegation in Caerphilly in 2020–21 =  80.6% (2019–20 = 81.1%) 20th highest in Wales, down from 19th in 2019–20.

Rate excluding home to school transport in 2019-20 = 83.7% (2019–20 = 84.3%) Lowest in Wales, down from 20th in 2019–20.

How has this changed over time? How does Caerphilly compare to other local authorities?

 

Per pupil funding of schools in Caerphilly

We have mapped delegated per pupil funding for primary schools and secondary schools across Wales. The colours refer to Welsh averages. Purple indicates a school which receives funding in the top 25% per pupil, grey, the middle 50% and red, the bottom 25%.

Primary schools

 

Secondary schools

 

Changes in the average delegated school budget per pupil, 2012–20

Ranks 22nd in 2019–20 for average delegated school budget per pupil for all school types.

 

Ranks 21st in 2019–20 for average delegated school budget per pupil for primary schools.

 

Ranks 20th in 2019–20 for average delegated school budget per pupil for secondary schools.

 

 

School reserves in Caerphilly

The map shows which schools retain reserves within statutory limits (in black) and above statutory limits (in yellow). The statutory limits are £50,000 for a primary school and £100,000 for a secondary school. It also shows which schools are in deficit (in red). All figures are for the end of the financial year 2018–2019. Use the menu on the top left to choose type of school, and hover over a school marker to find out how much money is involved.

 

How have financial reserves in Caerphilly changed

Primary Schools

Caerphilly's primary school sector's reserves have remained relatively stable over the last few years. Their average per pupil reserves are £153.32 which ranks 18th in Wales. In 2018-19, 11 primary schools ended the year with deficits.

Secondary Schools

Caerphilly's secondary schools per pupil average has recently gone from a slight surplus to a slight deficit ending 2018-19 at -£19 per pupil (12th in Wales). Six out of 11 secondary schools are in deficit.

 

Through schools

Caerphilly's one through school has a surplus of £110 per pupil.

Special schools

Caerphilly's one special school has a surplus of £1258 per pupil.

FAQs

Who we are

Blog

Drop us a line

© Level The Playing Field. All Rights Reserved.

Back to Top