NCEA Castle 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

This shows where spending is different to similar schools.

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Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

High Spending is less than 96.2% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£2
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£90
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£88 (98.0%)
less per pupil

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

Non-educational support staff

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

Medium Spending is higher than 60% of similar schools.

This school spends
£2,784
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£2,733
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£51 (1.8%)
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 Spending is higher than 60% of similar schools.

This school spends
£572
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£526
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£46 (8.8%)
more per pupil

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Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

Medium Spending is higher than 40% of similar schools.

This school spends
£418
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£478
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£60 (12.5%)
less per pupil

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Medium Spending is less than 76.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£19,208
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£21,365
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£2,158 (10.1%)
less per pupil

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Lower focus cost categories

This shows where spending is close to similar schools.

Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low Spending is higher than 16.7% of similar schools.

This school spends
£346
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£530
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£184 (34.8%)
less per pupil

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