Academies Benchmark Report - 2019.

Welcome to our 2019 Academies Benchmark Report. This year the report includes over 350 Trusts representing nearly 1000 schools.

The financial position of the sector has been challenging, but 2018 could probably best be described as a steady financial year in uncertain economic times. We have seen a slight decrease in the number of in-year deficits, and this is encouraging. Reserves are still falling but with deficits being lower on average than last year, the sector can now survive for longer than the 2-3 years that we extrapolated last year.