St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth

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.

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Cost categories

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Educational supplies

  • BAE220
  • BAE200
  • % of central services

High Spending is higher than 100% of similar schools.

This school spends
£463
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£251
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£212 (84.6%)
more per pupil

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

High Spending is higher than 83.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£5,872
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£5,275
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£596 (11.3%)
more per pupil

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Premises staff and services

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

High Spending is higher than 80% of similar schools.

This school spends
£69
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£54
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£15 (27.5%)
more per square metre

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Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

High Spending is less than 95.7% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£0
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£47
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£47 (100.0%)
less per pupil

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Lower focus cost categories

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Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 23.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£282
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£354
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£72 (20.4%)
less per pupil

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Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 17.2% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£113
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£155
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£42 (27.0%)
less per pupil

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Non-educational support staff

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

Low Spending is higher than 3.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£368
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£701
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£333 (47.5%)
less per pupil

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Utilities

  • BAE150
  • BAE140
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 3.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£13
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£18
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£5 (28.0%)
less per square metre

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