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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Catering staff and supplies
- BAE060
- BAE250
- % of central services
High Spending is higher than 89.3% of similar schools.
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- Buying better food and drink Opens in a new window
- Catering, vending machines & water cooler solutions Opens in a new window
- Food and drink - dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Opens in a new window
- Food and drink - framework Opens in a new window
- Food and drink vending solution Opens in a new window
- Sandwiches and food to go Opens in a new window
- Sandwiches, ready meals, meal concepts and food to go Opens in a new window
Premises staff and services
- BAE130
- BAE120
- BAE180
- BAE050
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 66.7% of similar schools.
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- Building cleaning Opens in a new window
- Building in use - support services DPS Opens in a new window
- Buildings internal fit-out and maintenance - dynamic purchasing system (DPS) Opens in a new window
- CCTV access solutions and security services Opens in a new window
- Cleaning services Opens in a new window
- Electrical Testing services Opens in a new window
- Estates and facilities professional services (DPS) Opens in a new window
- Exterior building services DPS Opens in a new window
- Facilities management and workplace services DPS Opens in a new window
- Fire safety products and services Opens in a new window
- Minor works DPS 2 Opens in a new window
- Pest control products & services Opens in a new window
- Property refurbishment, maintenance and management Opens in a new window
- Temporary and semi-permanent buildings Opens in a new window
- Total cleaning service solutions Opens in a new window
- Waste management services Opens in a new window
- Wheelie bin containers and kerbside recycling containers Opens in a new window
Utilities
- BAE150
- BAE140
- % of central services
Medium Spending is higher than 51.7% of similar schools.
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- DfE Energy for Schools Opens in a new window
- Education decarbonisation Opens in a new window
- Electricity (for supply during 2024-2028) Opens in a new window
- Energy cost recovery services for schools Opens in a new window
- Facilities supplies Opens in a new window
- Fixed and flexible electricity and gas frameworks Opens in a new window
- Flexible electricity Opens in a new window
- Flexible gas Opens in a new window
- LED Lighting Opens in a new window
- LED Lights Opens in a new window
- Low energy lighting DPS Opens in a new window
- Mains gas 2023 Opens in a new window
- Solar photovoltaic Opens in a new window
- Supply and installation of Solar PV Opens in a new window
- Supply of energy 2 Opens in a new window
- Supply of mains gas Opens in a new window
- Utilities supplies and services Opens in a new window
- Water, wastewater and ancillary services Opens in a new window
Lower focus cost categories
This shows where spending is close to similar schools.
Teaching and Teaching support staff
- BAE010
- BAE020
- BAE240
- BAE030
- BAE230
- % of central services
Low Spending is less than 60% of similar schools.
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Educational supplies
- BAE220
- BAE200
- % of central services
Low Spending is less than 66.7% of similar schools.
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Educational ICT
- BAE210
- % of central services
Low Spending is less than 68% of similar schools.
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Administrative supplies
- BAE280
- % of central services
Low Spending is higher than 10.3% of similar schools.
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Non-educational support staff
- BAE040
- BAE260
- BAE070
- BAE300
- % of central services
Low Spending is higher than 6.7% of similar schools.
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