Spending for this school
This school's data covers the financial year September 2024 to August 2025 academies accounts return (AAR).
Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.
We've chosen 2 sets of similar schools to benchmark this school's spending against.
Cost categories
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Educational ICT
- BAE210
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 85.2% of similar schools.
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Teaching and Teaching support staff
- BAE010
- BAE020
- BAE240
- BAE030
- BAE230
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 76.7% of similar schools.
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Catering staff and supplies
- BAE060
- BAE250
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 62.1% of similar schools.
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- Ambient, chilled, frozen foods and fresh fruit, vegetables and salad Opens in a new window
- Buying better food and drink Opens in a new window
- Catering, vending machines & water cooler solutions Opens in a new window
- Food and drink - dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Opens in a new window
- Food and drink - framework Opens in a new window
- Food and drink vending solution Opens in a new window
- Sandwiches and food to go Opens in a new window
- Sandwiches, ready meals, meal concepts and food to go Opens in a new window
Administrative supplies
- BAE280
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 51.7% of similar schools.
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- Cloud services, AI, data centre management and transformation solutions Opens in a new window
- Communications solutions Opens in a new window
- Cyber security services 3 DPS Opens in a new window
- Education management systems Opens in a new window
- Electronic catering management and payment solutions Opens in a new window
- Financial leasing solutions Opens in a new window
- G-Cloud 14 Opens in a new window
- ICT hardware and peripherals equipment Opens in a new window
- ICT Managed services & consultancy Opens in a new window
- ICT network, storage and service solutions Opens in a new window
- IT, hardware, ITAD & associated services Opens in a new window
- Multifunctional devices and associated products and services (including print and design) Opens in a new window
- Multifunctional Devices, GovPrint Hardware, Managed Print Provision and Digital Workflow Software Services Opens in a new window
- Network connectivity and telecommunication solutions Opens in a new window
- Print Marketplace 2 Opens in a new window
- Promotional merchandise Opens in a new window
- Records information management Opens in a new window
- Signs and associated services Opens in a new window
- Software application solutions - dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Opens in a new window
- Software products & associated services Opens in a new window
- Stationery, paper and education supplies Opens in a new window
- Sustainable hardware, asset recycling and data destruction Opens in a new window
- Technology products and associated services 2 Opens in a new window
Utilities
- BAE150
- BAE140
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 53.3% of similar schools.
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- DfE Energy for Schools Opens in a new window
- Education decarbonisation Opens in a new window
- Electricity (for supply during 2024-2028) Opens in a new window
- Energy cost recovery services for schools Opens in a new window
- Facilities supplies Opens in a new window
- Fixed and flexible electricity and gas frameworks Opens in a new window
- Flexible electricity Opens in a new window
- Flexible gas Opens in a new window
- LED Lighting Opens in a new window
- LED Lights Opens in a new window
- Low energy lighting DPS Opens in a new window
- Mains gas 2023 Opens in a new window
- Solar photovoltaic Opens in a new window
- Supply and installation of Solar PV Opens in a new window
- Supply of energy 2 Opens in a new window
- Supply of mains gas Opens in a new window
- Utilities supplies and services Opens in a new window
- Water, wastewater and ancillary services Opens in a new window
Premises staff and services
- BAE130
- BAE120
- BAE180
- BAE050
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 41.4% of similar schools.
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- Asbestos inspection & removal services Opens in a new window
- Building cleaning Opens in a new window
- Building in use - support services DPS Opens in a new window
- Buildings internal fit-out and maintenance - dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Opens in a new window
- CCTV access solutions and security services Opens in a new window
- Cleaning services Opens in a new window
- Electrical Testing services Opens in a new window
- Estates and facilities professional services (DPS) Opens in a new window
- Exterior building services DPS Opens in a new window
- Facilities management and workplace services DPS Opens in a new window
- Fire safety products and services Opens in a new window
- Minor works DPS 2 Opens in a new window
- Pest control products & services Opens in a new window
- Property refurbishment, maintenance and management Opens in a new window
- Temporary and semi-permanent buildings Opens in a new window
- Total cleaning service solutions Opens in a new window
- Waste management services Opens in a new window
- Wheelie bin containers and kerbside recycling containers Opens in a new window
Non-educational support staff
- BAE040
- BAE260
- BAE070
- BAE300
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 30% of similar schools.
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- Audit and financial services Opens in a new window
- Business support services Opens in a new window
- Debt resolution services Lot 1 only Opens in a new window
- Education Professional Services Opens in a new window
- Education services Opens in a new window
- HR support services Opens in a new window
- HR, payroll and employee screening services Opens in a new window
- Internal audit, assurance and counter fraud investigation services Opens in a new window
- Language services Opens in a new window
- Language translation services Opens in a new window
- Legal Services Opens in a new window
- Legal services – wider public sector Opens in a new window
- Occupational health services Opens in a new window
- Specialist professional services Opens in a new window
Lower focus cost categories
This shows where spending is close to similar schools.
Educational supplies
- BAE220
- BAE200
- % of central services
Low Spending is less than 56.7% of similar schools.
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