Financial benchmarking link
A link to the school's own page on the GOV.UK schools financial benchmarking service. Council-maintained schools must publish it. It does not apply to academies.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Maintained schools
- School stage
- All stages, from early years to sixth form
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When is it due?
- Renewal
- No fixed date
The official sources set no renewal date. Keep it accurate whenever it changes.
What's needed
Publish a working link to your school's page on the GOV.UK schools financial benchmarking service, on the statutory information or finance page.
What it must contain
No parts listedThe official sources name no separate parts for this requirement. We check that it is published and easy to find.
What the official sources say
Set out in 2 official sources:
What maintained schools must or should publish online
– a link to the dedicated webpage for their school on the schools financial benchmarking service
Must§ Financial information > What schools must publish
SI 2025/600 (amending School Information Regulations: Schedule 4 para 17, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool)
These Regulations amend the School Information (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3093) to require maintained schools to publish a link to the school's page on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool website which is maintained by the Department for Education.
Must§ Explanatory note; Schedule 4 paragraph 17 of SI 2008/3093 as amended by regulation 2(2)
Questions schools ask
Does every school have to publish the financial benchmarking link?
Maintained schools must publish it. The official sources we check set no requirement for academies.
When does the financial benchmarking link need to be published?
Renewal: No fixed date. The official sources set no renewal date. Keep it accurate whenever it changes.
Where does the requirement for the financial benchmarking link come from?
It is set out in What maintained schools must or should publish online and SI 2025/600 (amending School Information Regulations: Schedule 4 para 17, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool).
Changes to the official sources
Dated change notes published by the Department for Education on the sources above.
27 August 2020 · What maintained schools must or should publish online
Added 'Financial information' that schools must publish.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
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Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4