UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON 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.

Non-educational support staff and services

High 14 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Hastings Academy £2,614 per pupil
2 Holmbush Primary Academy £2,333 per pupil
3 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £2,310 per pupil
4 The St Leonards Academy £2,138 per pupil
5 Dudley Infant Academy £1,928 per pupil
6 The Baird Primary Academy £1,867 per pupil
7 West St Leonards Primary Academy £1,862 per pupil
8 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £1,845 per pupil
9 Churchwood Primary Academy £1,808 per pupil
10 The Burgess Hill Academy £1,778 per pupil
11 Pound Hill Infant Academy £1,659 per pupil
12 Lindfield Primary Academy £1,514 per pupil
13 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £1,488 per pupil
14 Silverdale Primary Academy £1,346 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 10 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 West St Leonards Primary Academy £160 per pupil
2 The St Leonards Academy £157 per pupil
3 Silverdale Primary Academy £147 per pupil
4 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £145 per pupil
5 Churchwood Primary Academy £137 per pupil
6 Lindfield Primary Academy £133 per pupil
7 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £129 per pupil
8 Pound Hill Infant Academy £128 per pupil
9 The Hastings Academy £127 per pupil
10 Dudley Infant Academy £124 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 9 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lindfield Primary Academy £71 per square metre
2 Churchwood Primary Academy £66 per square metre
3 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £66 per square metre
4 Holmbush Primary Academy £65 per square metre
5 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £65 per square metre
6 Dudley Infant Academy £61 per square metre
7 The Burgess Hill Academy £59 per square metre
8 The Hastings Academy £58 per square metre
9 The St Leonards Academy £46 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 6 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Hastings Academy £5,240 per pupil
2 The Burgess Hill Academy £4,203 per pupil
3 West St Leonards Primary Academy £4,177 per pupil
4 Dudley Infant Academy £4,171 per pupil
5 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £3,836 per pupil
6 Lindfield Primary Academy £3,259 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 2 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The St Leonards Academy £775 per pupil
2 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £419 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 1 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dudley Infant Academy £444 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 9 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Pound Hill Infant Academy £385 per pupil
2 The Baird Primary Academy £345 per pupil
3 West St Leonards Primary Academy £307 per pupil
4 Churchwood Primary Academy £286 per pupil
5 Silverdale Primary Academy £259 per pupil
6 The Hastings Academy £258 per pupil
7 The St Leonards Academy £224 per pupil
8 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £218 per pupil
9 The Burgess Hill Academy £85 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 9 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Hastings Academy £515 per pupil
2 Lindfield Primary Academy £384 per pupil
3 Holmbush Primary Academy £341 per pupil
4 Dudley Infant Academy £274 per pupil
5 West St Leonards Primary Academy £240 per pupil
6 The Baird Primary Academy £200 per pupil
7 Pound Hill Infant Academy £139 per pupil
8 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £129 per pupil
9 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £123 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 7 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £22 per square metre
2 Dudley Infant Academy £20 per square metre
3 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £19 per square metre
4 Churchwood Primary Academy £16 per square metre
5 Pound Hill Infant Academy £15 per square metre
6 The Baird Primary Academy £13 per square metre
7 Silverdale Primary Academy £10 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 6 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The St Leonards Academy £5,045 per pupil
2 Churchwood Primary Academy £4,875 per pupil
3 Silverdale Primary Academy £4,086 per pupil
4 Pound Hill Infant Academy £4,003 per pupil
5 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £3,917 per pupil
6 Holmbush Primary Academy £3,885 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 5 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £65 per square metre
2 The Baird Primary Academy £57 per square metre
3 Pound Hill Infant Academy £57 per square metre
4 West St Leonards Primary Academy £53 per square metre
5 Silverdale Primary Academy £41 per square metre

Other costs

Medium 4 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Hastings Academy £145 per pupil
2 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £113 per pupil
3 Lindfield Primary Academy £96 per pupil
4 Silverdale Primary Academy £82 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 4 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Burgess Hill Academy £129 per pupil
2 The Baird Primary Academy £124 per pupil
3 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £124 per pupil
4 Holmbush Primary Academy £124 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 14 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £77 per pupil
2 Silverdale Primary Academy £61 per pupil
3 The Hastings Academy £50 per pupil
4 Pound Hill Infant Academy £40 per pupil
5 West St Leonards Primary Academy £32 per pupil
6 The St Leonards Academy £26 per pupil
7 The Baird Primary Academy £20 per pupil
8 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £16 per pupil
9 Lindfield Primary Academy £4 per pupil
10 Holmbush Primary Academy £0 per pupil
11 The Burgess Hill Academy -£3 per pupil
12 Churchwood Primary Academy -£7 per pupil
13 Dudley Infant Academy -£9 per pupil
14 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy -£13 per pupil

Other costs

Low 10 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The St Leonards Academy £112 per pupil
2 West St Leonards Primary Academy £94 per pupil
3 The Burgess Hill Academy £91 per pupil
4 Pound Hill Infant Academy £90 per pupil
5 Holmbush Primary Academy £72 per pupil
6 The Baird Primary Academy £67 per pupil
7 Churchwood Primary Academy £66 per pupil
8 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £62 per pupil
9 Robsack Wood Primary Academy £55 per pupil
10 Dudley Infant Academy £53 per pupil

Utilities

Low 7 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £15 per square metre
2 The Hastings Academy £11 per square metre
3 Holmbush Primary Academy £11 per square metre
4 West St Leonards Primary Academy £10 per square metre
5 The Burgess Hill Academy £10 per square metre
6 Lindfield Primary Academy £8 per square metre
7 The St Leonards Academy £5 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 4 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holmbush Primary Academy £191 per pupil
2 Blackthorns Community Primary Academy £184 per pupil
3 Lindfield Primary Academy £182 per pupil
4 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £167 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 3 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Burgess Hill Academy £421 per pupil
2 Churchwood Primary Academy £216 per pupil
3 Silverdale Primary Academy £148 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 2 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Baird Primary Academy £5,510 per pupil
2 Desmond Anderson Primary Academy £4,581 per pupil