Freedom of information response
LA-maintained schools in the local authority
1. A list of all LA-maintained schools in the local authority area and the following information for 2022/23:
a. the type of school (nursery, primary, secondary, PRU, special etc)
b. each school’s in-year financial outturn – i.e. the surplus or deficit the school recorded on its revenue budget in 2022/23
c. each school’s cumulative outturn balance at the end of 2022/23 (i.e. factoring in previous years)
2. The forecast in-year financial outturn (as defined in question 1b) in 2023/24 for each LA-maintained school in the local authority area (please state the type of school as per question 1a for any newly opened schools that don’t appear in question 1)
3. The total number and percentage of schools with a surplus revenue balance in 2022/23, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
4. The total number and percentage of schools with a negative revenue balance in 2022/23, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
5. The total number and percentage of schools with a forecast surplus revenue balance for 2023/24, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
6. The total number and percentage of schools with a forecast negative revenue balance for 2023/24, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
7. Please state how many children of compulsory school age with Education, Health and Care Plans have no school place for September and are not in Elective Home Education
If the council is on the Delivering Better Value in SEND programme, please also answer questions 8 and 9:
8. What is the council’s forecast unmitigated cumulative DSG deficit for 2027/28? Please provide a forecast figure for 2026/27 if no forecast is available for 2027/28
9. What is the council’s forecast mitigated cumulative DSG deficit for 2027/28 under implementation of DBV savings? Please include all forecasts that have been calculated (e.g. upper/lower bound, target and stretch forecasts etc). Please provide forecast figures for 2026/27 if no forecast is available for 2027/28
A list of all LA-maintained schools in the local authority area and the following information for 2022/23:
- Secondary: Grays Convent High School
- Surplus 2022/23 = £10,856
- Cumulative outturn surplus balance 2022/23 = £160,442
- The forecast in-year financial outturn in 2023/24 = Deficit £153,000
- The total number and percentage of schools with a surplus revenue balance in 2022/23
- 1 = 100%
- The total number and percentage of schools with a negative revenue balance in 2022/23, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
- 0 = 0%
- The total number and percentage of schools with a forecast surplus revenue balance for 2023/24, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
- 0 = 0%
- The total number and percentage of schools with a forecast negative revenue balance for 2023/24, broken down by type of school (as per question 1a)
- 1 = 100%
- Please state how many children of compulsory school age with Education, Health and Care Plans have no school place for September and are not in Elective Home Education
We have 36 children with an EHCP who are CME. Most of these children have tuition in place.
The Delivering Better Value in SEND programme.
Thurrock has recently just commenced Wave 8 of this programme. We are not at the stage in the programme where we have information to respond to Question 8 and 9.
- What is the council’s forecast unmitigated cumulative DSG deficit for 2027/28? Please provide a forecast figure for 2026/27 if no forecast is available for 2027/28
- Not at the stage where Information is available.
- What is the council’s forecast mitigated cumulative DSG deficit for 2027/28 under implementation of DBV savings? Please include all forecasts that have been calculated (e.g. upper/lower bound, target and stretch forecasts etc). Please provide forecast figures for 2026/27 if no forecast is available for 2027/28
- Not at the stage where Information is available.