questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of schools with in-year budget deficits.
answerText: The latest available figures show 96% of academy trusts and 85% of local authority-maintained schools are in cumulative surplus or breaking even, with an overall cumulative surplus of almost £6.5 billion, compared to a cumulative deficit of £330 million. ...
heading: Schools: Finance