The following table shows local authorities ranked, where 1 is the highest, by the percentage of pupils achieving 5+A*-C at GCSE and equivalent (including English and mathematics) in academic year 2005/06 and by funding per pupil in financial year 2005-06.
A correlation of funding and attainment would not provide a meaningful measure of value for money. Those local authorities with higher levels of deprivation and other needs receive higher levels of funding per pupil to deliver the additional support required to raise standards and narrow the attainment gap between these groups of pupils and their peers. The factors which attract higher levels of funding are also those which are known to be associated with lower levels of attainment.
Local authority Percentage of pupils achieving level 2 threshold including English and mathematics in 2005/06 Rank of percentage achieving level 2 threshold including English and mathematics Funding per pupil in 2005-06 (£) Rank of funding per pupil 2005-06 Barking and Dagenham 37.7 112 4,979 22 Barnet 55.9 8 4,903 25 Barnsley 30.7 140 4,325 90 Bath and North East Somerset 52.0 19 4,051 134 Bedfordshire 44.1 67 4,263 99 Bexley 50.3 25 4,401 69 Birmingham 40.8 90 4,882 28 Blackburn with Darwen 38.6 105 4,742 34 Blackpool 34.2 129 4,350 82 Bolton 38.0 109 4,354 79 Bournemouth 43.6 72 4,076 129 Bracknell Forest 47.2 49 4,352 80 Bradford 34.0 130 4,668 39 Brent 48.9 35 5,603 15 Brighton and Hove 41.8 83 4,456 61 Bristol, City of 30.4 141 4,528 53 Bromley 54.2 12 4,478 59 Buckinghamshire 59.1 2 4,331 87 Bury 47.9 44 4,145 118 Calderdale 43.8 71 4,335 86 Cambridgeshire 50.2 27 4,121 121 Camden 45.7 57 6,462 6 Cheshire 50.6 23 4,035 138 Cornwall 43.9 70 4,175 113 Coventry 37.8 111 4,505 55 Croydon 42.7 79 4,752 33 Cumbria 45.3 60 4,272 96 Darlington 44.7 63 4,272 95 Derby 42.2 81 4,348 83 Derbyshire 45.5 58 4,050 135 Devon 46.2 54 4,121 122 Doncaster 34.8 125 4,443 63 Dorset 50.0 30 4,052 133 Dudley 43.0 75 4,107 124 Durham 40.4 95 4,365 77 Ealing 48.8 37 5,372 16 East Riding of Yorkshire 49.8 32 4,043 136 East Sussex 41.3 87 4,330 89 Enfield 43.0 75 4,928 23 Essex 45.2 61 4,277 93 Gateshead 45.0 62 4,483 58 Gloucestershire 53.8 13 4,066 130 Greenwich 31.4 139 6,032 11 Hackney 36.7 118 6,845 2 Halton 33.3 135 4,697 37 Hammersmith and Fulham 49.0 34 6,372 8 Hampshire 50.2 27 4,032 139 Haringey 34.3 128 5,743 13 Harrow 53.4 16 4,788 31 Hartlepool 37.5 113 4,553 51 Havering 54.6 10 4,370 76 Herefordshire 48.2 42 4,268 97 Hertfordshire 53.7 14 4,233 105 Hillingdon 43.5 73 4,791 30 Hounslow 50.9 22 5,219 18 Isle of Wight 36.8 117 4,433 66 Islington 32.8 137 6,603 4 Kensington and Chelsea 54.3 11 6,565 5 Kent 46.8 50 4,310 91 Kingston upon Hull, City of 25.9 148 4,581 46 Kingston upon Thames 58.6 4 4,602 44 Kirklees 40.8 90 4,377 73 Knowsley 26.1 147 4,897 27 Lambeth 41.7 85 6,607 3 Lancashire 45.9 55 4,202 111 Leeds 40.4 95 4,341 85 Leicester 33.5 133 4,736 35 Leicestershire 46.7 51 3,883 148 Lewisham 40.8 90 6,205 10 Lincolnshire 48.6 39 4,226 107 Liverpool 35.5 121 4,901 26 Luton 36.5 119 4,727 36 Manchester 29.0 145 5,122 20 Medway 44.0 68 4,215 109 Merton 39.5 100 4,865 29 Middlesbrough 30.3 142 4,925 24 Milton Keynes 38.7 103 4,484 57 Newcastle upon Tyne 33.5 133 4,672 38 Newham 41.1 89 5,631 14 Norfolk 44.5 64 4,214 110 North East Lincolnshire 35.4 122 4,343 84 North Lincolnshire 38.5 106 4,266 98 North Somerset 47.4 48 4,085 126 North Tyneside 47.9 44 4,276 94 North Yorkshire 53.5 15 4,147 117 Northamptonshire 42.1 82 4,125 120 Northumberland 48.9 35 4,291 92 Nottingham 28.5 146 4,996 21 Nottinghamshire 40.1 97 4,037 137 Oldham 35.4 122 4,555 50 Oxfordshire 47.5 47 4,259 100 Peterborough 39.4 102 4,556 49 Plymouth 42.5 80 4,223 108 Poole 52.0 19 3,991 142 Portsmouth 29.2 144 4,388 71 Reading 46.5 52 4,753 32 Redbridge 59.1 2 4,640 41 Redcar and Cleveland 40.1 97 4,464 60 Richmond upon Thames 49.7 33 4,355 78 Rochdale 37.1 115 4,627 42 Rotherham 37.5 113 4,350 81 Rutland 56.1 7 4,175 112 Salford 32.0 138 4,622 43 Sandwell 29.7 143 4,592 45 Sefton 44.0 68 4,330 88 Sheffield 37.1 115 4,374 75 Shropshire 50.3 25 4,158 115 Slough 55.2 9 5,147 19 Solihull 50.5 24 3,990 143 Somerset 44.5 64 4,065 131 South Gloucestershire 44.4 66 3,947 146 South Tyneside 39.5 100 4,578 47 Southampton 36.2 120 4,521 54 Southend-on-Sea 49.9 31 4,406 68 Southwark 34.4 127 6,378 7 St. Helens 38.0 109 4,386 72 Staffordshire 42.8 78 3,963 145 Stockport 50.1 29 3,967 144 Stockton-on-Tees 41.2 88 4,375 74 Stoke-on-Trent 33.3 135 4,549 52 Suffolk 45.9 55 4,057 132 Sunderland 33.9 132 4,456 62 Surrey 52.7 18 4,241 103 Sutton 63.1 1 4,557 48 Swindon 40.7 93 4,079 128 Tameside 38.5 106 4,249 101 Telford and Wrekin 39.6 99 4,240 104 Thurrock 38.5 106 4,491 56 Torbay 45.5 58 4,161 114 Tower Hamlets 34.0 130 6,937 1 Trafford 57.0 6 4,119 123 Wakefield 42.9 77 4,226 106 Walsall 34.9 124 4,398 70 Waltham Forest 38.7 103 5,272 17 Wandsworth 41.8 83 5,887 12 Warrington 48.6 39 3,928 147 Warwickshire 48.0 43 4,081 127 West Berkshire 51.6 21 4,423 67 West Sussex 47.7 46 4,144 119 Westminster 40.6 94 6,212 9 Wigan 41.7 85 4,149 116 Wiltshire 48.5 41 4,102 125 Windsor and Maidenhead 52.8 17 4,439 64 Wirral 46.3 53 4,434 65 Wokingham 57.7 5 4,245 102 Wolverhampton 34.7 126 4,653 40 Worcestershire 43.1 74 3,994 141 York 48.8 37 4,003 140 Notes: 1. Price Base: Real terms at 2006-07 prices, based on GDP deflators as at 26 September 2007. 2. Figures reflect relevant sub-blocks of education formula spending (EFS) settlements and include the pensions transfer to EFS and the Learning and Skills Council. 3. Total funding also includes all revenue grants in DfES departmental expenditure limits relevant to pupils aged three to 19 and exclude education maintenance allowances (EMAs) and grants not allocated at LEA level. 4. The pupil numbers used to convert £ million figures to £ per pupil are those underlying the EFS settlement calculations. 5. Isles of Scilly have been excluded due to small numbers. 6. Where underlying values are equal, authorities are given the same rank value.