St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance

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

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Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

High priority Spending is higher than 100% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£891
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£228
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£663 (291.2%)
more per pupil

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Non-educational support staff

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

High priority Spending is higher than 93.1% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£1,344
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£779
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£565 (72.6%)
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).

Educational supplies

  • BAE220
  • BAE200
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is higher than 89.7% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£707
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£269
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£438 (163.2%)
more per pupil

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Utilities

  • BAE150
  • BAE140
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is higher than 30% of similar schools.

Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

Medium priority Spending is less than 77.3% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£30
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£62
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£32 (51.6%)
less per pupil

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Medium priority Spending is less than 82.8% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£4,236
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£5,689
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£1,453 (25.5%)
less per pupil

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Low priority cost categories

This shows where spending is close to similar schools.

Premises staff and services

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

Low priority Spending is higher than 6.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£25
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£49
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£24 (48.5%)
less per square metre

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Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 3.6% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£0
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£362
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£362 (100.0%)
less per pupil

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