The Shirestone Academy

Spending priorities for this school

This school's data covers the financial year September 2023 to August 2024 academies accounts return (AAR).

Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.

Priority cost categories

This shows where spending is different to similar schools.

View more details on cost categories (opens in new tab)

Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

High priority Spending is higher than 96.3% of similar schools.

Warning Only displaying schools with positive expenditure.
This school spends
£621
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£284
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£338 (118.9%)
more per pupil

View all administrative supplies costs. This includes administrative supplies (non-educational).

Non-educational support staff

  • BAE040
  • BAE260
  • BAE070
  • BAE300
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is higher than 76.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£937
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£727
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£210 (29.0%)
more per pupil

View all non-educational support staff and services costs. This includes administrative and clerical staff, auditor costs, other staff and professional services (non-curriculum).

Utilities

  • BAE150
  • BAE140
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is higher than 46.7% of similar schools.

Educational supplies

  • BAE220
  • BAE200
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is less than 80% of similar schools.

This school spends
£153
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£239
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£87 (36.2%)
less per pupil

View all educational supplies costs. This includes examination fees and learning resources (not ICT equipment).

Low priority cost categories

This shows where spending is close to similar schools.

Teaching and Teaching support staff

  • BAE010
  • BAE020
  • BAE240
  • BAE030
  • BAE230
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 50% of similar schools.

This school spends
£5,081
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£5,084
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£3 (0.1%)
less per pupil

View all teaching and teaching support staff costs. This includes teaching staff, supply teaching staff, agency supply teaching staff, education support staff and educational consultancy.

Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 54.6% of similar schools.

Warning Only displaying schools with positive expenditure.
This school spends
£67
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£64
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£3 (5.1%)
more per pupil

View all educational ICT costs. This includes ICT learning resources.

Premises staff and services

  • BAE130
  • BAE120
  • BAE180
  • BAE050
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 20% of similar schools.

This school spends
£41
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£52
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£11 (21.6%)
less per square metre

View all premises staff and services costs. This includes cleaning and caretaking, maintenance of premises, other occupation costs and premises staff.

Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 3.5% of similar schools.

Warning Only displaying schools with positive expenditure.
This school spends
£0
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£347
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£347 (100.0%)
less per pupil

View all catering staff and supplies costs. This includes catering staff and catering supplies.