Cherry Garden School

Spending for this school

This school's data covers the financial year April 2025 to March 2026 consistent financial reporting return (CFR).

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Catering staff and supplies

  • E06
  • E25

High Spending is higher than 83.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£873
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£562
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£311 (55.4%)
more per pupil

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Administrative supplies

  • E22
  • E20D

High Spending is higher than 80% of similar schools.

This school spends
£372
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£203
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£170 (83.7%)
more per pupil

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

  • E01
  • E02
  • E26
  • E03
  • E27

Medium Spending is higher than 80% of similar schools.

This school spends
£32,526
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£25,403
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£7,123 (28.0%)
more per pupil

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Educational ICT

  • E20A
  • E20B
  • E20C
  • E20E
  • E20F
  • E20G

Medium Spending is higher than 86.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£540
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£239
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£301 (126.2%)
more per pupil

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Educational supplies

  • E21
  • E19

Medium Spending is higher than 70% of similar schools.

This school spends
£876
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£663
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£213 (32.2%)
more per pupil

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Premises staff and services

  • E14
  • E12
  • E18
  • E04

Medium Spending is higher than 76.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£88
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£66
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£22 (33.9%)
more per square metre

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Utilities

  • E16
  • E15

Medium Spending is higher than 75.9% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£24
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£19
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£5 (25.1%)
more per square metre

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Non-educational support staff

  • E05
  • E07
  • E28a

Medium Spending is higher than 60% of similar schools.

This school spends
£2,663
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£2,516
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£147 (5.8%)
more per pupil

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