Purpose of financial statements
The council must publish our Section 251 outturn statements.
The section 251 outturn statement is intended to:
- provide schools, parents and others interested in education and children's services with details about schools and LA funding and expenditure
- provide data for the Departmental Annual Report (DAR)
- inform policy-making
- inform the Treasury for monitoring purposes
- inform Parliament in its role of monitoring the Department’s accountability for public funds - MPs ask about school and authority expenditure via the mechanisms of Parliamentary Questions or through the Education Select Committee
Schools forums and others must have financial data available to them to inform the debate about differing levels of expenditure between LAs and between schools. Therefore, all statements are prepared in a common format.
The Section 251 outturn reports
2017 to 2018
Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):
Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:
2016 to 2017
Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):
Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:
2014 to 2015
Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):
Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:
2013 to 2014
Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):
Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:
2012 to 2013
Documents in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF):
Documents in Microsoft Excel Format:
More information on school spending
Section 251 budget statements.
Find out more about the Schools' Forum.