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.
We've chosen 2 sets of similar schools to benchmark this school's spending against.
Cost categories
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Educational ICT
- BAE210
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 88.9% of similar schools.
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Catering staff and supplies
- BAE060
- BAE250
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 73.3% of similar schools.
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Non-educational support staff
- BAE040
- BAE260
- BAE070
- BAE300
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 60% of similar schools.
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Utilities
- BAE150
- BAE140
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 65.5% of similar schools.
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Administrative supplies
- BAE280
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 40% of similar schools.
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Teaching and Teaching support staff
- BAE010
- BAE020
- BAE240
- BAE030
- BAE230
- % of central services
Medium Spending is less than 90% of similar schools.
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Educational supplies
- BAE220
- BAE200
- % of central services
Low Spending is higher than 50% of similar schools.
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Premises staff and services
- BAE130
- BAE120
- BAE180
- BAE050
- % of central services
Low Spending is higher than 6.7% of similar schools.
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