What the council itself still spends on education — mainly supporting the schools it still runs and services around them. Because most schools have converted to academies funded directly by government, this number mostly reflects how many schools stayed with the council, not how much the area invests in children. So a low figure usually means most schools left council control; watch the direction of travel rather than the size.
| name | education-total |
|---|---|
| dataset | 01-revenue-outturn |
| kind | extracted |
| type | numeric |
| unit | £000 per year |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | "data/Revenue_Outturn_time_series_data_v3.2.csv, column `RO1_edutot_net_cur_exp`" |
| period | "FY 2017-18 to 2024-25, annual (year_ending 201803-202503)" |
| missingness | "Rows with status other than "submitted" (i.e. "total" aggregates and "not submitted") must be filtered out; a non-submitted council-year is a genuine gap, not zero. 2024-25 covers 410/411 councils. Councils abolished/created in 2017-25 reorganisations appear only for the years they existed." |
| score_note | Levels mainly reflect academisation, not management quality; weak efficiency content even as a trend. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
LA-retained net current education spend. Because most schools have academised, levels mainly reflect how many schools remain LA-maintained, so trends matter more than levels when scoring. Compare within class and treat cross-council level differences with caution.