St Michael's Church of England 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.

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Priority cost categories

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Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Medium priority Spending is higher than 75.9% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£5,844
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£5,277
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£567 (10.8%)
more per pupil

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Low priority cost categories

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Educational ICT

  • BAE210
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 52.2% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£74
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£74
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£0 (0.0%)
more per pupil

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Educational supplies

  • BAE220
  • BAE200
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is less than 62.1% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£303
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£322
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£19 (5.9%)
less per pupil

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Administrative supplies

  • BAE280
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 21.4% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£139
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£235
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£95 (40.6%)
less per pupil

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Non-educational support staff

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

Low priority Spending is higher than 17.2% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£635
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£772
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£137 (17.8%)
less per pupil

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Catering staff and supplies

  • BAE060
  • BAE250
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 17.9% of similar schools.

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This school spends
£157
per pupil
Similar schools spend
£329
per pupil, on average
This school spends
£172 (52.2%)
less per pupil

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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
£24
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£53
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£29 (54.7%)
less per square metre

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Utilities

  • BAE150
  • BAE140
  • % of central services

Low priority Spending is higher than 3.3% of similar schools.

This school spends
£2
per square metre
Similar schools spend
£17
per square metre, on average
This school spends
£16 (89.8%)
less per square metre

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