Lower Meadow Primary School

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.

Cost categories

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Non-educational support staff

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

Medium Spending is higher than 73.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£1,020
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£733
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£287 (39.1%)
more per pupil

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Medium Spending is higher than 66.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£6,346
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£5,835
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£511 (8.8%)
more 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 supplies

  • BAE220
  • BAE200
  • % of central services

Medium Spending is higher than 63.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£330
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£240
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£90 (37.7%)
more per pupil

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Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

Medium Spending is higher than 48.3% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£153
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£178
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£25 (13.9%)
less per pupil

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Premises staff and services

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

Medium Spending is higher than 46.7% of similar schools.

Lower focus cost categories

This shows where spending is close to similar schools.

Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

Low Spending is less than 52% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£35
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£36
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£1 (3.0%)
less per pupil

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Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 20.7% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£322
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£425
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£103 (24.2%)
less per pupil

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Utilities

  • BAE150
  • BAE140
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 26.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£15
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£19
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£4 (19.7%)
less per square metre

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