Section 106: Education

Education contributions fund new school places needed because of population growth from new housing developments. Many councils use per-pupil formulae to calculate contributions, covering primary, secondary, and early years provision.

CouncilReceivedSpentHeld
Buckinghamshire2024/25£21.8 million£5.2 million£23.2 million
Maidstone2025/26£20.8 million£20.8 million£0
Barnet2025/26£20.2 million£18.1 million£2.1 million
West Northamptonshire2020/21£13.3 million£5.3 million£10.7 million
Uttlesford2025/26£12.4 million£12.2 million£0
North Northamptonshire2024/25£9.2 million£0£0
Derbyshire Dales2023/24£7.8 million£1.6 million£48.7 million
Birmingham2023/24£6 million£0£6.7 million
Worcester2024/25£5.7 million£4.6 million£0
Sutton2025/26£5.5 million£5.5 million£15,220.2
Forest of Dean2024/25£5.2 million£0£0
Knowsley2021/22£4.3 million£0£0
Torbay2024/25£4 million£524,065.28£3 million
York2024/25£4 million£4.2 million£4.5 million
Southwark2025/26£3.4 million£2.1 million£0
Broxbourne2024/25£2.9 million£124,260£91,555
Sefton2024/25£2.7 million£0£0
Tunbridge Wells2020/21£2.7 million£0£0
Newcastle upon Tyne2023/24£2.6 million£693,944£0
Lichfield2023/24£2.4 million£0£2.4 million
Tonbridge and Malling2024/25£2.2 million£0£0
Barnsley2024/25£2.1 million£1.3 million£0
Medway2024/25£2.1 million£760,940.25£0
Sunderland2023/24£2 million£0£0
Derby2024/25£2 million£188,938.24£4.1 million
North Norfolk2020/21£2 million£0£0
Milton Keynes2024/25£1.8 million£0£0
Hartlepool2024/25£1.8 million£0£1.8 million
North Lincolnshire2024/25£1.7 million£142,921£0
West Berkshire2024/25£1.6 million£127,338.35£0
Kirklees2024/25£1.5 million£382,780.19£0
South Kesteven2024/25£1.4 million£0£2.7 million
Leicester2024/25£1.3 million£0£3.4 million
Arun2023/24£1.3 million£0£0
Hart2024/25£1.2 million£1.2 million£0
Doncaster2024/25£1.2 million£1.8 million£2.7 million
Bradford2023/24£1.2 million£0£1.3 million
Yorkshire Dales National Park2021/22£1.1 million£0£0
Bassetlaw2024/25£1.1 million£1.1 million£0
Ashford2024/25£1.1 million£715,929.41£0
Brighton and Hove2019/20£962,748£0£0
Darlington2023/24£900,000£161,411.94£738,588.06
Ealing2024/25£828,339.42£6.1 million£0
Solihull2023/24£779,735£1.4 million£0
North East Lincolnshire2022/23£700,445.27£0£0
Rochdale2024/25£619,533£417,976£0
Stratford-on-Avon2019/20£583,333£9,387.34£0
Amber Valley2024/25£510,856.9£690,965.88£0
Horsham2019/20£482,533£240,649.97£482,533
Nuneaton and Bedworth2024/25£463,245£0£0
Luton2024/25£462,212.3£85,782.56£3.8 million
North Somerset2024/25£458,960.53£117,268.46£0
North Yorkshire2024/25£439,461.33£981,497.59£1.7 million
North York Moors National Park2024/25£439,461.33£981,497.59£0
South Gloucestershire2023/24£294,595£0£0
Tameside2019/20£285,199£793,681-£508,482
Southend-on-Sea2023/24£273,431.94£0£0
Boston2024/25£252,800£216,438£36,362
North Tyneside2019/20£250,938.84£0£0
Hillingdon2024/25£234,745.08£0£0
Harlow2024/25£227,120£433,399.82£0
Blackburn with Darwen2024/25£220,000£22,500£2.3 million
Hyndburn2024/25£220,000£22,500£2.3 million
Newcastle-under-Lyme2024/25£199,364£0£0
Reading2025/26£198,629.46£0£198,629.46
Oldham2023/24£150,000£0£150,000
Salford2022/23£149,613.94£0£0
Guildford2023/24£140,907.81£363,626.32£0
Tendring2022/23£125,706.6£0£0
Dover2024/25£125,531.74£0£0
Tower Hamlets2023/24£122,607.66£0£0
Fenland2024/25£113,286.42£113,286.42£0
Lancaster2023/24£92,247£0£685,419.86
The Broads Authority2023/24£88,656.59£88,656.59£0
Broxtowe2024/25£86,187.35£0£86,187.35
Isle of Wight2017/18£80,000£0£0
Cumberland2017/18£77,657£0£0
Rushmoor2024/25£63,000£63,000£0
Folkestone and Hythe2023/24£52,731.9£0£525,890
Herefordshire, County of2024/25£47,190£0£0
St Albans2024/25£40,980.27£146,647£0
Warwick2024/25£40,869.58£0£678,598.94
Newark and Sherwood2024/25£40,092.5£0£0
Preston2024/25£38,850£0£0
Windsor and Maidenhead2024/25£33,720£189,623£0
South Derbyshire2023/24£32,827.76£111,195.39£1.8 million
Hertsmere2025/26£21,074.47£0£21,135.94
Havant2025/26£19,066.39£19,066.39£0
Erewash2024/25£16,264£0£0
North Hertfordshire2019/20£4,761£0£0
East Hertfordshire2024/25£2,014.77£11,699.23£0
Bolton2024/25£0£0£1.1 million
Ashfield2020/21£0£0£0
Coventry2024/25£0£1.7 million£0
Greenwich2024/25£0£0£0
East Hampshire2024/25£0£0£0
Cambridge2024/25£0£0£0
Westmorland and Furness2024/25£0£314,573.08£538,748.94
Stevenage2024/25£0£55,418.31£55,418.31
Bath and North East Somerset2024/25£0£2,466£83,278
Bexley2023/24£0£0£0
Blackpool2022/23£0£0£222,000
Bromsgrove2024/25£0£0£0
Cotswold2024/25£0£322,328.55£0
Eastleigh2024/25£0£0£0
Harrow2021/22£0£0£107,895
High Peak2024/25£0£0£0
Kensington and Chelsea2023/24£0£1.5 million£0
Lambeth2023/24£0£0£1.4 million
Redditch2024/25£0£0£0
Vale of White Horse2024/25£0£0£350,978
Barking and Dagenham2024/25£0£99,292£505,464.48
Brent2023/24£0£0£0
Cornwall2024/25£0£20,000£0
Adur2024/25£0£0£0
Basildon2024/25£0£0£0
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole2023/24£0£0£0
Cherwell2024/25£0£0£0
Cheshire East2024/25£0£0£7.8 million
Cheshire West and Chester2024/25£0£2.5 million£5 million
Colchester2024/25£0£0£119,385.18
Dacorum2024/25£0£0£1.4 million
Dorset2022/23£0£3,009.8£0
Dudley2024/25£0£497,433.26£1.2 million
East Cambridgeshire2024/25£0£810,227.73£0
East Suffolk2024/25£0£0£0
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation2022/23£0£0£171,470.68
Epping Forest2020/21£0£0£0
Exeter2023/24£0£0£0
Fareham2024/25£0£0£0
Fylde2023/24£0£218,206.74£0
Gateshead2021/22£0£105,600£0
Gedling2024/25£0£0£254,385
Harborough2022/23£0£0£0
Haringey2023/24£0£0£0
Hounslow2024/25£0£436,660£0
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk2024/25£0£175,318.74£0
Lincoln2024/25£0£0£0
Malvern Hills2024/25£0£0£0
North Devon2024/25£0£0£0
North Warwickshire2023/24£0£0£0
Northumberland2024/25£0£728,574.1£0
Norwich2024/25£0£0£0
Nottingham2023/24£0£0£0
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation2024/25£0£1.1 million£0
Peterborough2024/25£0£19,242.99£628,859.65
Plymouth2024/25£0£5.8 million£0
Ribble Valley2023/24£0£0£0
Rother2022/23£0£0£0
Rugby2024/25£0£0£0
Rutland2023/24£0£287,538.16£0
Sevenoaks2024/25£0£158,000£0
Shropshire2024/25£0£1,060.24£0
Slough2024/25£0£30,163£1.2 million
South Cambridgeshire2024/25£0£23.5 million£51.2 million
South Oxfordshire2024/25£0£0£909,986
South Ribble2024/25£0£0£0
South Staffordshire2024/25£0£0£0
Spelthorne2024/25£0£16,564.91£400,000
Surrey Heath2024/25£0£0£0
Telford and Wrekin2024/25£0£537,530.33£0
Wakefield2024/25£0£864,206.48£1.3 million
Walsall2024/25£0£0£0
Waltham Forest2024/25£0£224,256£0
Warrington2024/25£0£395,000£0
Westminster2024/25£0£123,814£0
Wigan2023/24£0£842,692.45£0
Wyre2024/25£0£0£0
Basingstoke and Deane2024/25£0£0£0
Canterbury2024/25£0£477.12£0
County Durham2024/25£0£2.9 million£2.5 million
East Devon2024/25£0£0£0
Enfield2024/25£0£0£0
Hammersmith and Fulham2024/25£0£295,155£0
Rossendale2024/25£0£56,860£43,819
Runnymede2021/22£0£0£0
Winchester2019/20£0£0£0
Huntingdonshire2024/25£0£0£0
Babergh2023/24£0£583,110£0
Chesterfield2024/25£0£0£0
City of London2024/25£0£564,592.5£0
Bracknell Forest2024/25£0£0£0
Kingston upon Hull, City of2024/25£0£0£0
Wandsworth2024/25£0£3.9 million£0
Reigate and Banstead2023/24£0£100,000£0
Bedford2023/24£0£10.6 million£4.1 million
Bolsover2024/25£0£0£0
Bromley2024/25£0£60,000£60,000
Chelmsford2024/25£0£0£138,781
Croydon2024/25£0£44,549.88£234,295.3
Elmbridge2024/25£0£0£1 million
Islington2024/25£0£226,650£0
Newham2024/25£0£880,569.58£0
Richmond upon Thames2024/25£0£84,040£528,433
Swindon2024/25£0£923,999.06£0
Sheffield2024/25£0£724,827£0
Gosport2023/24£0£0£0
Kingston upon Thames2024/25£0£333,792£0
Redbridge2024/25£0£233,000£0
Stafford2024/25£0£0£0
Castle Point2024/25£0£0£0
Charnwood2024/25£0£0£0
Broadland2024/25£0£0£0
Havering2019/20£0£0£0
Oxford2022/23£0£0£0
South Norfolk2023/24£0£0£0
Thurrock2025/26£0£327,917.75£0
West Lancashire2023/24£0£0£0
Tamworth2024/25£0£0£12,000

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