ARK SCHOOLS

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.

Educational ICT

High 35 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £510 per pupil
2 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £387 per pupil
3 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £378 per pupil
4 Ark All Saints Academy £372 per pupil
5 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £366 per pupil
6 Ark Greenwich Free School £355 per pupil
7 Ark Putney Academy £339 per pupil
8 Ark Kings Academy £332 per pupil
9 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £329 per pupil
10 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £324 per pupil
11 Ark St Alban's Academy £321 per pupil
12 Ark Acton Academy £319 per pupil
13 Ark Blake Academy £316 per pupil
14 Ark Conway Primary Academy £313 per pupil
15 Ark Globe Academy £310 per pupil
16 Ark Boulton Academy £303 per pupil
17 Ark Pioneer Academy £295 per pupil
18 Ark Walworth Academy £294 per pupil
19 Ark Charter Academy £294 per pupil
20 Ark Elvin Academy £279 per pupil
21 Ark King Solomon Academy £271 per pupil
22 Ark Academy £263 per pupil
23 Ark White City Primary Academy £261 per pupil
24 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £245 per pupil
25 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £244 per pupil
26 Ark Byron Primary Academy £236 per pupil
27 Ark Oval Primary Academy £228 per pupil
28 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £223 per pupil
29 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £223 per pupil
30 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £219 per pupil
31 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £215 per pupil
32 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £209 per pupil
33 Ark Priory Primary Academy £207 per pupil
34 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £203 per pupil
35 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £199 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 22 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £1,206 per pupil
2 Ark All Saints Academy £991 per pupil
3 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £879 per pupil
4 Ark Acton Academy £857 per pupil
5 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £830 per pupil
6 Ark Greenwich Free School £787 per pupil
7 Ark Walworth Academy £751 per pupil
8 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £742 per pupil
9 Ark Boulton Academy £721 per pupil
10 Ark Pioneer Academy £698 per pupil
11 Ark White City Primary Academy £676 per pupil
12 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £651 per pupil
13 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £630 per pupil
14 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £619 per pupil
15 Ark Conway Primary Academy £602 per pupil
16 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £502 per pupil
17 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £459 per pupil
18 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £458 per pupil
19 Ark Byron Primary Academy £442 per pupil
20 Ark Oval Primary Academy £386 per pupil
21 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £384 per pupil
22 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £378 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 12 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £9,055 per pupil
2 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £8,762 per pupil
3 Ark Putney Academy £8,588 per pupil
4 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £8,024 per pupil
5 Ark White City Primary Academy £7,703 per pupil
6 Ark Globe Academy £7,393 per pupil
7 Ark St Alban's Academy £7,138 per pupil
8 Ark Alexandra Academy £6,600 per pupil
9 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £6,278 per pupil
10 Ark Conway Primary Academy £5,760 per pupil
11 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £5,587 per pupil
12 Ark Byron Primary Academy £5,248 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 11 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £2,230 per pupil
2 Ark All Saints Academy £1,941 per pupil
3 Ark Kings Academy £1,578 per pupil
4 Ark Conway Primary Academy £1,474 per pupil
5 Ark Alexandra Academy £1,198 per pupil
6 Ark Pioneer Academy £1,188 per pupil
7 Ark Oval Primary Academy £1,167 per pupil
8 Ark Greenwich Free School £1,123 per pupil
9 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £1,118 per pupil
10 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £1,080 per pupil
11 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £684 per pupil

Other costs

High 6 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £615 per pupil
2 Ark Acton Academy £366 per pupil
3 Ark All Saints Academy £278 per pupil
4 Ark Greenwich Free School £263 per pupil
5 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £260 per pupil
6 Ark Soane Academy £252 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 5 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Acton Academy £129 per square metre
2 Ark Victoria Academy £79 per square metre
3 Ark Globe Academy £70 per square metre
4 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £64 per square metre
5 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £50 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

High 3 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £814 per pupil
2 Ark Soane Academy £711 per pupil
3 Ark King Solomon Academy £576 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 24 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £1,284 per pupil
2 Ark Walworth Academy £1,192 per pupil
3 Ark Charter Academy £1,181 per pupil
4 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £1,164 per pupil
5 Ark St Alban's Academy £1,142 per pupil
6 Ark Elvin Academy £1,138 per pupil
7 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £1,097 per pupil
8 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £1,087 per pupil
9 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £1,070 per pupil
10 Ark Boulton Academy £1,047 per pupil
11 Ark Putney Academy £1,039 per pupil
12 Ark White City Primary Academy £991 per pupil
13 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £952 per pupil
14 Ark Academy £923 per pupil
15 Ark Globe Academy £918 per pupil
16 Ark Victoria Academy £905 per pupil
17 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £840 per pupil
18 Ark Blake Academy £823 per pupil
19 Ark Byron Primary Academy £822 per pupil
20 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £772 per pupil
21 Ark Priory Primary Academy £760 per pupil
22 Ark John Keats Academy £749 per pupil
23 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £748 per pupil
24 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £729 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 21 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Byron Primary Academy £63 per square metre
2 Ark White City Primary Academy £56 per square metre
3 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £55 per square metre
4 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £55 per square metre
5 Ark Conway Primary Academy £54 per square metre
6 Ark Boulton Academy £53 per square metre
7 Ark King Solomon Academy £52 per square metre
8 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £51 per square metre
9 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £49 per square metre
10 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £48 per square metre
11 Ark Priory Primary Academy £47 per square metre
12 Ark Oval Primary Academy £47 per square metre
13 Ark Greenwich Free School £45 per square metre
14 Ark John Keats Academy £42 per square metre
15 Ark Walworth Academy £39 per square metre
16 Ark St Alban's Academy £39 per square metre
17 Ark Pioneer Academy £38 per square metre
18 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £38 per square metre
19 Ark Soane Academy £35 per square metre
20 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £33 per square metre
21 Ark Elvin Academy £31 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 21 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark All Saints Academy £8,091 per pupil
2 Ark Walworth Academy £7,714 per pupil
3 Ark King Solomon Academy £7,117 per pupil
4 Ark Charter Academy £6,883 per pupil
5 Ark Elvin Academy £6,872 per pupil
6 Ark Acton Academy £6,854 per pupil
7 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £6,836 per pupil
8 Ark Greenwich Free School £6,816 per pupil
9 Ark Boulton Academy £6,736 per pupil
10 Ark Academy £6,689 per pupil
11 Ark Kings Academy £6,680 per pupil
12 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £6,492 per pupil
13 Ark Blake Academy £6,445 per pupil
14 Ark John Keats Academy £6,379 per pupil
15 Ark Pioneer Academy £6,320 per pupil
16 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £5,842 per pupil
17 Ark Priory Primary Academy £5,376 per pupil
18 Ark Oval Primary Academy £5,089 per pupil
19 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £5,063 per pupil
20 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £4,875 per pupil
21 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £4,516 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 16 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Kings Academy £297 per pupil
2 Ark Walworth Academy £296 per pupil
3 Ark Putney Academy £230 per pupil
4 Ark Globe Academy £221 per pupil
5 Ark St Alban's Academy £195 per pupil
6 Ark King Solomon Academy £187 per pupil
7 Ark Blake Academy £182 per pupil
8 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £180 per pupil
9 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £180 per pupil
10 Ark Boulton Academy £179 per pupil
11 Ark Elvin Academy £169 per pupil
12 Ark Charter Academy £161 per pupil
13 Ark White City Primary Academy £135 per pupil
14 Ark Pioneer Academy £135 per pupil
15 Ark Academy £134 per pupil
16 Ark Alexandra Academy £128 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 14 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Victoria Academy £22 per square metre
2 Ark St Alban's Academy £22 per square metre
3 Ark White City Primary Academy £21 per square metre
4 Ark Charter Academy £18 per square metre
5 Ark Kings Academy £18 per square metre
6 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £18 per square metre
7 Ark Conway Primary Academy £17 per square metre
8 Ark Greenwich Free School £17 per square metre
9 Ark Globe Academy £15 per square metre
10 Ark Soane Academy £15 per square metre
11 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £14 per square metre
12 Ark Oval Primary Academy £14 per square metre
13 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £14 per square metre
14 Ark Alexandra Academy £12 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 12 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Blake Academy £831 per pupil
2 Ark Globe Academy £775 per pupil
3 Ark Charter Academy £750 per pupil
4 Ark Putney Academy £622 per pupil
5 Ark Elvin Academy £595 per pupil
6 Ark King Solomon Academy £541 per pupil
7 Ark John Keats Academy £474 per pupil
8 Ark Alexandra Academy £466 per pupil
9 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £337 per pupil
10 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £316 per pupil
11 Ark Priory Primary Academy £292 per pupil
12 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £287 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 7 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Pioneer Academy £305 per pupil
2 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £292 per pupil
3 Ark Blake Academy £282 per pupil
4 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £279 per pupil
5 Ark All Saints Academy £262 per pupil
6 Ark Greenwich Free School £213 per pupil
7 Ark Alexandra Academy £211 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 4 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Soane Academy £315 per pupil
2 Ark Victoria Academy £251 per pupil
3 Ark Alexandra Academy £121 per pupil
4 Ark John Keats Academy £93 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 1 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £323 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 38 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Soane Academy £100 per pupil
2 Ark All Saints Academy £61 per pupil
3 Ark Boulton Academy £54 per pupil
4 Ark Walworth Academy £38 per pupil
5 Ark Globe Academy £20 per pupil
6 Ark Greenwich Free School £4 per pupil
7 Ark St Alban's Academy -£6 per pupil
8 Ark Pioneer Academy -£17 per pupil
9 Ark Burlington Danes Academy -£30 per pupil
10 Ark Blake Academy -£32 per pupil
11 Ark White City Primary Academy -£39 per pupil
12 Ark Kings Academy -£44 per pupil
13 Ark King Solomon Academy -£50 per pupil
14 Ark Byron Primary Academy -£67 per pupil
15 Ark Isaac Newton Academy -£69 per pupil
16 Ark Elvin Academy -£70 per pupil
17 Ark Charter Academy -£73 per pupil
18 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy -£73 per pupil
19 Ark Conway Primary Academy -£79 per pupil
20 Ark Priory Primary Academy -£80 per pupil
21 Ark Brunel Primary Academy -£81 per pupil
22 Ark Tindal Primary Academy -£86 per pupil
23 Ark Victoria Academy -£90 per pupil
24 Ark Bolingbroke Academy -£93 per pupil
25 ARK John Archer Primary Academy -£100 per pupil
26 Ark Putney Academy -£100 per pupil
27 Ark Acton Academy -£102 per pupil
28 Ark Castledown Primary Academy -£105 per pupil
29 Ark Alexandra Academy -£110 per pupil
30 Ark Academy -£113 per pupil
31 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy -£116 per pupil
32 Ark Dickens Primary Academy -£120 per pupil
33 Ark Franklin Primary Academy -£130 per pupil
34 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy -£133 per pupil
35 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy -£151 per pupil
36 Ark Oval Primary Academy -£152 per pupil
37 Ark Atwood Primary Academy -£171 per pupil
38 Ark John Keats Academy -£195 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 29 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Conway Primary Academy £285 per pupil
2 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £273 per pupil
3 Ark Evelyn Grace Academy £259 per pupil
4 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £244 per pupil
5 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £237 per pupil
6 Ark White City Primary Academy £237 per pupil
7 Ark Globe Academy £235 per pupil
8 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £223 per pupil
9 Ark Putney Academy £220 per pupil
10 Ark Byron Primary Academy £220 per pupil
11 Ark St Alban's Academy £205 per pupil
12 Ark Priory Primary Academy £199 per pupil
13 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £198 per pupil
14 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £197 per pupil
15 Ark Walworth Academy £195 per pupil
16 Ark Boulton Academy £181 per pupil
17 Ark John Keats Academy £175 per pupil
18 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £175 per pupil
19 Ark Victoria Academy £174 per pupil
20 Ark Academy £171 per pupil
21 Ark Charter Academy £170 per pupil
22 Ark Acton Academy £165 per pupil
23 Ark Elvin Academy £163 per pupil
24 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £152 per pupil
25 Ark Oval Primary Academy £151 per pupil
26 Ark Kings Academy £149 per pupil
27 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £134 per pupil
28 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £128 per pupil
29 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £120 per pupil

Utilities

Low 25 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £16 per square metre
2 Ark Priory Primary Academy £15 per square metre
3 Ark King Solomon Academy £14 per square metre
4 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £14 per square metre
5 Ark Franklin Primary Academy £13 per square metre
6 Ark Academy £13 per square metre
7 Ark Boulton Academy £13 per square metre
8 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £13 per square metre
9 Ark Putney Academy £12 per square metre
10 Ark Byron Primary Academy £12 per square metre
11 Ark John Keats Academy £12 per square metre
12 Ark Brunel Primary Academy £12 per square metre
13 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £12 per square metre
14 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £12 per square metre
15 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £11 per square metre
16 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £11 per square metre
17 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £11 per square metre
18 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £11 per square metre
19 Ark Walworth Academy £11 per square metre
20 Ark Blake Academy £10 per square metre
21 Ark Elvin Academy £9 per square metre
22 Ark All Saints Academy £9 per square metre
23 Ark Pioneer Academy £9 per square metre
24 Ark Burlington Danes Academy £8 per square metre
25 Ark Acton Academy £7 per square metre

Other costs

Low 17 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 ARK John Archer Primary Academy £104 per pupil
2 Ark John Keats Academy £82 per pupil
3 Ark Bentworth Primary Academy £80 per pupil
4 Ark Victoria Academy £69 per pupil
5 Ark Conway Primary Academy £64 per pupil
6 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £42 per pupil
7 Ark Oval Primary Academy £29 per pupil
8 Ark Atwood Primary Academy £12 per pupil
9 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £7 per pupil
10 Ark Franklin Primary Academy -£3 per pupil
11 Ark Tindal Primary Academy -£4 per pupil
12 Ark Castledown Primary Academy -£9 per pupil
13 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy -£11 per pupil
14 Ark Byron Primary Academy -£13 per pupil
15 Ark Priory Primary Academy -£24 per pupil
16 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy -£31 per pupil
17 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy -£43 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 13 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Blacklands Primary Academy £38 per square metre
2 Ark Bolingbroke Academy £36 per square metre
3 Ark Dickens Primary Academy £36 per square metre
4 Ark Kings Academy £33 per square metre
5 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £31 per square metre
6 Ark Blake Academy £29 per square metre
7 Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy £28 per square metre
8 Ark Putney Academy £27 per square metre
9 Ark Academy £21 per square metre
10 Ark Charter Academy £21 per square metre
11 Ark Alexandra Academy £19 per square metre
12 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £16 per square metre
13 Ark All Saints Academy £14 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 6 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark Soane Academy £6,671 per pupil
2 Ark Victoria Academy £5,848 per pupil
3 Ark Isaac Newton Academy £5,554 per pupil
4 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £5,245 per pupil
5 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy £5,196 per pupil
6 Ark Tindal Primary Academy £5,029 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 5 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark St Alban's Academy £556 per pupil
2 Ark Soane Academy £415 per pupil
3 Ark Kings Academy £409 per pupil
4 Ark Academy £388 per pupil
5 Ark Victoria Academy £362 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 4 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ark King Solomon Academy £729 per pupil
2 Ark Acton Academy £728 per pupil
3 Ark Soane Academy £724 per pupil
4 Ark Castledown Primary Academy £513 per pupil