Will the Cabinet Minister provide up-to-date figures on the number of primary, secondary, special, nursery and middle schools with negative reserves and provide a total monetary figure for those schools?
Answered by Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language | Answered on 01/07/2026
The Welsh Government publishes annual analysis of financial reserves held by schools in Wales.
The latest figures show that at 31 March 2025, 296 primary, 71 secondary, 9 special, 2 nursery and 15 middle schools in Wales had negative reserves totalling £72 million.
The remaining 1,074 schools had positive reserves. The overall level of reserves held by schools in Wales was £66 million at 31 March 2025.