WESSEX LEARNING 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.

Administrative supplies

High 8 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £1,247 per pupil
2 Stoke St Michael Primary School £1,046 per pupil
3 The Kings of Wessex Academy £995 per pupil
4 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £515 per pupil
5 East Brent Church of England First School £396 per pupil
6 Weare Academy First School £357 per pupil
7 Shipham Church of England First School £357 per pupil
8 Fairlands Middle School £246 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 4 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Kings of Wessex Academy £1,707 per pupil
2 East Brent Church of England First School £1,276 per pupil
3 Nailsea School £908 per pupil
4 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £906 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Kings of Wessex Academy £1,030 per pupil
2 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £125 per pupil
3 Cheddar First School -£63 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 2 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £352 per pupil
2 Nailsea School £307 per pupil

Utilities

High 2 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 East Brent Church of England First School £38 per square metre
2 Nailsea School £18 per square metre

Educational ICT

High 2 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 East Brent Church of England First School £11 per pupil
2 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £11 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 2 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shipham Church of England First School £6,864 per pupil
2 Cheddar First School £5,200 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 1 out of 22 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 East Brent Church of England First School £93 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 14 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £1,213 per pupil
2 Stoke St Michael Primary School £1,053 per pupil
3 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £928 per pupil
4 Sandford Primary School £911 per pupil
5 Shipham Church of England First School £868 per pupil
6 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £819 per pupil
7 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £797 per pupil
8 Lympsham Church of England Academy £784 per pupil
9 Weare Academy First School £731 per pupil
10 Wedmore First School Academy £720 per pupil
11 Winscombe Primary School £714 per pupil
12 Crispin School Academy £683 per pupil
13 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £668 per pupil
14 Cheddar First School £574 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 12 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Weare Academy First School £416 per pupil
2 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £389 per pupil
3 Wedmore First School Academy £377 per pupil
4 Lympsham Church of England Academy £362 per pupil
5 East Brent Church of England First School £357 per pupil
6 Fairlands Middle School £339 per pupil
7 Cheddar First School £309 per pupil
8 Shipham Church of England First School £302 per pupil
9 The Kings of Wessex Academy £280 per pupil
10 Stoke St Michael Primary School £272 per pupil
11 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £258 per pupil
12 Crispin School Academy £234 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 12 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shipham Church of England First School £107 per pupil
2 Fairlands Middle School £72 per pupil
3 Cheddar First School £55 per pupil
4 Crispin School Academy £50 per pupil
5 Nailsea School £27 per pupil
6 Weare Academy First School £25 per pupil
7 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £25 per pupil
8 The Kings of Wessex Academy £17 per pupil
9 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £11 per pupil
10 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £11 per pupil
11 Lympsham Church of England Academy £11 per pupil
12 Winscombe Primary School £11 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 12 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £58 per square metre
2 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £56 per square metre
3 Shipham Church of England First School £55 per square metre
4 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £54 per square metre
5 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £51 per square metre
6 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £50 per square metre
7 Weare Academy First School £49 per square metre
8 Fairlands Middle School £44 per square metre
9 Crispin School Academy £43 per square metre
10 Sandford Primary School £40 per square metre
11 The Kings of Wessex Academy £39 per square metre
12 Nailsea School £38 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 12 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £23 per square metre
2 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £22 per square metre
3 Weare Academy First School £21 per square metre
4 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £21 per square metre
5 Shipham Church of England First School £19 per square metre
6 Stoke St Michael Primary School £19 per square metre
7 Wedmore First School Academy £18 per square metre
8 Winscombe Primary School £17 per square metre
9 Sandford Primary School £16 per square metre
10 Lympsham Church of England Academy £16 per square metre
11 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £14 per square metre
12 The Kings of Wessex Academy £13 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 11 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Stoke St Michael Primary School £8,107 per pupil
2 East Brent Church of England First School £6,708 per pupil
3 Nailsea School £5,405 per pupil
4 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £5,186 per pupil
5 The Kings of Wessex Academy £5,182 per pupil
6 Lympsham Church of England Academy £5,106 per pupil
7 Crispin School Academy £4,993 per pupil
8 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £4,589 per pupil
9 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £4,315 per pupil
10 Weare Academy First School £4,292 per pupil
11 Wedmore First School Academy £4,177 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 11 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Stoke St Michael Primary School £198 per pupil
2 East Brent Church of England First School £190 per pupil
3 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £154 per pupil
4 Shipham Church of England First School £141 per pupil
5 Sandford Primary School £125 per pupil
6 Crispin School Academy £123 per pupil
7 Wedmore First School Academy £116 per pupil
8 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £109 per pupil
9 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £98 per pupil
10 Winscombe Primary School £97 per pupil
11 The Kings of Wessex Academy £80 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 8 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nailsea School £392 per pupil
2 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £343 per pupil
3 Shipham Church of England First School £329 per pupil
4 Weare Academy First School £324 per pupil
5 Lympsham Church of England Academy £303 per pupil
6 Sandford Primary School £298 per pupil
7 Fairlands Middle School £256 per pupil
8 Stoke St Michael Primary School £233 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 6 out of 22 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £355 per pupil
2 Sandford Primary School £184 per pupil
3 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £174 per pupil
4 Wedmore First School Academy £128 per pupil
5 Winscombe Primary School £126 per pupil
6 Nailsea School £101 per pupil

Other costs

Low 8 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £98 per pupil
2 Weare Academy First School £96 per pupil
3 Fairlands Middle School £92 per pupil
4 Lympsham Church of England Academy £88 per pupil
5 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £76 per pupil
6 Cheddar First School £71 per pupil
7 Nailsea School £70 per pupil
8 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £59 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 8 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School £434 per pupil
2 Crispin School Academy £376 per pupil
3 East Brent Church of England First School £310 per pupil
4 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £302 per pupil
5 Winscombe Primary School £285 per pupil
6 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £225 per pupil
7 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £219 per pupil
8 Wedmore First School Academy £212 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 6 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lympsham Church of England Academy £42 per square metre
2 Wedmore First School Academy £40 per square metre
3 Cheddar First School £38 per square metre
4 Stoke St Michael Primary School £38 per square metre
5 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £37 per square metre
6 Winscombe Primary School £28 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 6 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £6,315 per pupil
2 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £5,532 per pupil
3 Fairlands Middle School £4,720 per pupil
4 Sandford Primary School £4,655 per pupil
5 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £4,636 per pupil
6 Winscombe Primary School £4,343 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 5 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School £68 per pupil
2 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £61 per pupil
3 Stoke St Michael Primary School £50 per pupil
4 Wedmore First School Academy £34 per pupil
5 Sandford Primary School £18 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 5 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lympsham Church of England Academy £150 per pupil
2 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £97 per pupil
3 Crispin School Academy £94 per pupil
4 Cheddar First School £67 per pupil
5 Brent Knoll Church of England Primary School £47 per pupil

Utilities

Low 5 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £17 per square metre
2 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £14 per square metre
3 Cheddar First School £11 per square metre
4 Fairlands Middle School £10 per square metre
5 Crispin School Academy £8 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 5 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Croscombe Church of England Primary School £276 per pupil
2 Mark First and Pre-School CE Academy £273 per pupil
3 Axbridge Church of England First School Academy £244 per pupil
4 Sandford Primary School £199 per pupil
5 Winscombe Primary School £183 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 1 out of 22 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Fairlands Middle School £556 per pupil