Schools finance

The Section 251 statement contains information about budget and outturn statements on the planned and expected expenditure of local authority education and children's social care functions, as required under section 251 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

The Section 251 statement is the means by which the local authority informs schools, the DfE and the general public about its spending plans for the year.

Prior to the Section 251 this information was provided under section 52 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998.

The form, content and publication requirements are set out by the Secretary of State under The Education (Budget Statements) (England) Regulations 2006. This means that all local authorities will be producing these statements to a common format using a proforma supplied by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).

If you require any of the documents below in another format, please contact the Schools Finance Team.

Section 251 Budget Statement 2011 to 2012 (school table) [149KB]

Section 251 Budget Statement 2011 to 2012 (LA table) [296KB]

Section 251 Budget Statement 2010 to 2011 [843KB]

Section 251 Outturn 2009 to 2010 [427KB]

Section 52 Budget Statement 2009 to 2010 [1.08MB]

Section 52 Education Budget Statement 2008 to 2009 [1.1MB]

Section 52 Outturn 2008 to 2009 [705KB]

Section 52 Education Budget Statement 2007 to 2008 [972KB]

Section 52 Outturn 2007 to 2008 [287KB]

Section 52 Outturn 2006 to 2007 [259KB]

Section 52 Outturn 2005 to 2006 [121KB]