CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST

Spending focus for this trust

This trust'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.

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 7 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £8,985 per pupil
2 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £8,503 per pupil
3 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £8,353 per pupil
4 The City Academy, Hackney £7,966 per pupil
5 City of London Academy (Southwark) £7,726 per pupil
6 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £7,242 per pupil
7 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £6,099 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 6 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £122 per square metre
2 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £109 per square metre
3 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £97 per square metre
4 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £79 per square metre
5 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £60 per square metre
6 City of London Academy (Southwark) £58 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

High 5 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £657 per pupil
2 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £584 per pupil
3 City of London Academy (Southwark) £567 per pupil
4 The City Academy, Hackney £542 per pupil
5 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £533 per pupil

Utilities

High 5 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £45 per square metre
2 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £30 per square metre
3 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £29 per square metre
4 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £28 per square metre
5 The City Academy, Hackney £23 per square metre

Other costs

High 3 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £1,850 per pupil
2 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £514 per pupil
3 City of London Academy Islington £360 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 3 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £520 per pupil
2 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £423 per pupil
3 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £341 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 1 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £1,808 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 8 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Islington £1,213 per pupil
2 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £1,061 per pupil
3 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £1,002 per pupil
4 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £924 per pupil
5 City of London Academy (Southwark) £893 per pupil
6 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £822 per pupil
7 The City Academy, Hackney £764 per pupil
8 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £625 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 7 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £330 per pupil
2 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £326 per pupil
3 City of London Academy Islington £313 per pupil
4 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £269 per pupil
5 The City Academy, Hackney £224 per pupil
6 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £217 per pupil
7 City of London Academy (Southwark) £201 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 4 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy (Southwark) £32 per pupil
2 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £14 per pupil
3 City of London Academy Islington £14 per pupil
4 The City Academy, Hackney £10 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 4 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £202 per pupil
2 City of London Academy (Southwark) £196 per pupil
3 The City Academy, Hackney £180 per pupil
4 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £123 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 4 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £350 per pupil
2 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £309 per pupil
3 City of London Academy Islington £279 per pupil
4 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £114 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 3 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £362 per pupil
2 City of London Academy Islington £342 per pupil
3 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £319 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 3 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £60 per square metre
2 The City Academy, Hackney £50 per square metre
3 City of London Academy Islington £39 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 2 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £16 per square metre
2 City of London Academy (Southwark) £14 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 1 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £8,094 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 6 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The City Academy, Hackney £566 per pupil
2 City of London Academy (Southwark) £458 per pupil
3 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £396 per pupil
4 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £385 per pupil
5 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £235 per pupil
6 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £230 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 6 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £58 per pupil
2 Redriff Primary, City of London Academy £31 per pupil
3 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park £31 per pupil
4 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £25 per pupil
5 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £22 per pupil
6 City of London Primary Academy, Islington £19 per pupil

Utilities

Low 3 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Islington £11 per square metre
2 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £5 per square metre
3 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £2 per square metre

Other costs

Low 3 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £129 per pupil
2 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £103 per pupil
3 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £86 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 2 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Islington £6,933 per pupil
2 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £5,394 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 2 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy £35 per pupil
2 Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy £8 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 1 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy, Highgate Hill £920 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 1 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 City of London Academy Highbury Grove £3 per square metre