Guidance

Schools financial efficiency metric: methodology

How the Department for Education uses progress and spending data to calculate an efficiency metric for schools in England.

Applies to England

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Details

The schools efficiency metric tool is now part of of the schools financial benchmarking website.

This document explains how school efficiency metric data is compiled, it is for:

  • headteachers
  • school leaders
  • school business managers
  • governors

Using the data allows schools to gauge their efficiency based on:

  • pupil progress
  • school spending

Updates to this page

Published 12 January 2016

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