THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS 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.

Educational ICT

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Excelsior Academy £0 per pupil
2 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £0 per pupil
3 Oxclose Community Academy £0 per pupil
4 Oxclose Primary Academy £0 per pupil
5 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £0 per pupil
6 Beacon of Light School £0 per pupil
7 South Hylton Primary Academy £0 per pupil
8 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £0 per pupil
9 Academy 360 £0 per pupil
10 Sedgefield Community College £0 per pupil
11 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £0 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £666 per pupil
2 Excelsior Academy £634 per pupil
3 South Hylton Primary Academy £556 per pupil
4 Academy 360 £554 per pupil
5 Oxclose Community Academy £544 per pupil
6 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £538 per pupil
7 Oxclose Primary Academy £506 per pupil

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Excelsior Academy £896 per pupil
2 Academy 360 £815 per pupil
3 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £764 per pupil
4 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £569 per pupil
5 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £478 per pupil
6 South Hylton Primary Academy £425 per pupil
7 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £308 per pupil

Utilities

High 4 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Oxclose Primary Academy £24 per square metre
2 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £23 per square metre
3 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £20 per square metre
4 Excelsior Academy £19 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

High 2 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Oxclose Primary Academy £1,118 per pupil
2 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £883 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 2 out of 11 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Community College £460 per pupil
2 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £281 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Excelsior Academy £7,141 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Community College £1,625 per pupil

Premises staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £111 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Medium 9 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beacon of Light School £1,113 per pupil
2 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £287 per pupil
3 Academy 360 £279 per pupil
4 South Hylton Primary Academy £259 per pupil
5 Excelsior Academy £225 per pupil
6 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £213 per pupil
7 Oxclose Community Academy £213 per pupil
8 Oxclose Primary Academy £198 per pupil
9 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £152 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 9 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beacon of Light School £3,005 per pupil
2 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £1,072 per pupil
3 Sedgefield Community College £965 per pupil
4 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £948 per pupil
5 Academy 360 £942 per pupil
6 Oxclose Community Academy £879 per pupil
7 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £849 per pupil
8 Excelsior Academy £847 per pupil
9 South Hylton Primary Academy £815 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beacon of Light School £1,249 per pupil
2 Academy 360 £164 per pupil
3 Oxclose Community Academy £144 per pupil
4 Excelsior Academy £143 per pupil
5 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £133 per pupil
6 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £133 per pupil
7 South Hylton Primary Academy £119 per pupil
8 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £110 per pupil

Premises staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Oxclose Primary Academy £56 per square metre
2 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £56 per square metre
3 Excelsior Academy £50 per square metre
4 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £44 per square metre
5 Academy 360 £43 per square metre
6 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £43 per square metre
7 Sedgefield Community College £15 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 5 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Academy 360 £6,318 per pupil
2 Oxclose Primary Academy £6,150 per pupil
3 Oxclose Community Academy £6,078 per pupil
4 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £5,932 per pupil
5 South Hylton Primary Academy £4,968 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 5 out of 11 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £25 per square metre
2 Academy 360 £20 per square metre
3 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £20 per square metre
4 South Hylton Primary Academy £19 per square metre
5 Oxclose Community Academy £15 per square metre

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beacon of Light School £1,884 per pupil
2 Sedgefield Community College £655 per pupil
3 Oxclose Community Academy £592 per pupil
4 Oxclose Primary Academy £380 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £467 per pupil
2 Beacon of Light School £377 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 5 out of 11 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beacon of Light School £19,791 per pupil
2 Thomas Walling Primary Academy £5,614 per pupil
3 Sedgefield Community College £5,506 per pupil
4 Westgate Hill Primary Academy £5,016 per pupil
5 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £4,880 per pupil

Premises staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 South Hylton Primary Academy £40 per square metre
2 Oxclose Community Academy £24 per square metre
3 Beacon of Light School £8 per square metre

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Oxclose Primary Academy £107 per pupil
2 Atkinson Road Primary Academy £104 per pupil

Utilities

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Community College £1 per square metre
2 Beacon of Light School £0 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy £183 per pupil
2 Sedgefield Community College £86 per pupil