STAR ACADEMIES

Spending priorities for this trust

This trust's data covers the financial year September 2023 to August 2024 academies accounts return (AAR).

Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.

High priority

Non-educational support staff and services

High priority 27 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Star Salford Academy £1,849 per pupil
2 The Olive School, Hackney £1,495 per pupil
3 Highfield Leadership Academy £1,438 per pupil
4 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £1,427 per pupil
5 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £1,407 per pupil
6 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £1,388 per pupil
7 Bay Leadership Academy £1,335 per pupil
8 The Valley Leadership Academy £1,323 per pupil
9 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £1,310 per pupil
10 Starbank School £1,305 per pupil
11 The Olive School, Birmingham £1,280 per pupil
12 Tong Leadership Academy £1,230 per pupil
13 The Olive School, Small Heath £1,209 per pupil
14 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £1,208 per pupil
15 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £1,177 per pupil
16 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £1,175 per pupil
17 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £1,146 per pupil
18 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £1,143 per pupil
19 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £1,135 per pupil
20 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £1,116 per pupil
21 Eden Girls' School, Slough £1,101 per pupil
22 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £1,060 per pupil
23 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £1,048 per pupil
24 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £986 per pupil
25 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £958 per pupil
26 The Olive School, Bolton £875 per pupil
27 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £844 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High priority 11 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Highfield Leadership Academy £7,024 per pupil
2 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £5,214 per pupil
3 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £4,589 per pupil
4 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £4,351 per pupil
5 Eden Boys' School, Preston £4,229 per pupil
6 Small Heath Leadership Academy £4,214 per pupil
7 Starbank School £4,206 per pupil
8 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £4,050 per pupil
9 The Olive School, Small Heath £4,001 per pupil
10 The Olive School, Birmingham £3,891 per pupil
11 The Olive School, Preston £3,690 per pupil

Other costs

High priority 8 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Tong Leadership Academy £2,897 per pupil
2 Highfield Leadership Academy £2,253 per pupil
3 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £2,065 per pupil
4 The Olive School, Bolton £855 per pupil
5 Eden Boys' School, Preston £484 per pupil
6 Eden Girls' School, Slough £378 per pupil
7 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £330 per pupil
8 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £327 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High priority 7 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Hackney £92 per square metre
2 Small Heath Leadership Academy £83 per square metre
3 The Olive School, Blackburn £67 per square metre
4 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £63 per square metre
5 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £63 per square metre
6 The Olive School, Preston £60 per square metre
7 The Olive School, Birmingham £50 per square metre

Administrative supplies

High priority 6 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Valley Leadership Academy £543 per pupil
2 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £385 per pupil
3 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £372 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £353 per pupil
5 The Olive School, Blackburn £264 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Bolton £234 per pupil

Utilities

High priority 6 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £45 per square metre
2 The Olive School, Birmingham £40 per square metre
3 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £36 per square metre
4 The Olive School, Hackney £31 per square metre
5 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £26 per square metre
6 Eden Girls' School, Slough £23 per square metre

Educational supplies

High priority 4 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Preston £355 per pupil
2 The Valley Leadership Academy £342 per pupil
3 The Olive School, Small Heath £305 per pupil
4 Tong Leadership Academy £284 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High priority 3 out of 33 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Hackney £491 per pupil
2 Tong Leadership Academy £427 per pupil
3 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £397 per pupil

Medium priority

Administrative supplies

Medium priority 22 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Highfield Leadership Academy £442 per pupil
2 Eden Boys' School, Preston £344 per pupil
3 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £331 per pupil
4 Bay Leadership Academy £326 per pupil
5 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £293 per pupil
6 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £287 per pupil
7 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £286 per pupil
8 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £285 per pupil
9 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £264 per pupil
10 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £220 per pupil
11 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £214 per pupil
12 Small Heath Leadership Academy £210 per pupil
13 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £183 per pupil
14 The Olive School, Birmingham £183 per pupil
15 Tong Leadership Academy £171 per pupil
16 The Olive School, Hackney £154 per pupil
17 The Olive School, Preston £146 per pupil
18 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £121 per pupil
19 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £115 per pupil
20 The Olive School, Small Heath £103 per pupil
21 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £97 per pupil
22 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £78 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium priority 21 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Birmingham £357 per pupil
2 The Olive School, Small Heath £356 per pupil
3 Star Salford Academy £337 per pupil
4 Highfield Leadership Academy £322 per pupil
5 The Olive School, Blackburn £320 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Preston £318 per pupil
7 The Olive School, Bolton £313 per pupil
8 Starbank School £284 per pupil
9 Eden Girls' School, Slough £283 per pupil
10 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £246 per pupil
11 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £237 per pupil
12 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £235 per pupil
13 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £234 per pupil
14 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £212 per pupil
15 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £185 per pupil
16 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £178 per pupil
17 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £163 per pupil
18 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £162 per pupil
19 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £140 per pupil
20 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £119 per pupil
21 Eden Boys' School, Preston £103 per pupil

Other costs

Medium priority 19 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Small Heath Leadership Academy £531 per pupil
2 Star Salford Academy £425 per pupil
3 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £398 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £320 per pupil
5 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £299 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Small Heath £243 per pupil
7 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £231 per pupil
8 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £230 per pupil
9 The Valley Leadership Academy £222 per pupil
10 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £202 per pupil
11 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £200 per pupil
12 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £170 per pupil
13 The Olive School, Hackney £165 per pupil
14 The Olive School, Birmingham £160 per pupil
15 The Olive School, Preston £155 per pupil
16 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £153 per pupil
17 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £144 per pupil
18 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £133 per pupil
19 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £114 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium priority 19 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Small Heath £53 per square metre
2 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £51 per square metre
3 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £47 per square metre
4 Starbank School £47 per square metre
5 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £46 per square metre
6 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £44 per square metre
7 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £43 per square metre
8 Eden Boys' School, Preston £42 per square metre
9 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £40 per square metre
10 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £40 per square metre
11 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £39 per square metre
12 The Valley Leadership Academy £39 per square metre
13 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £39 per square metre
14 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £38 per square metre
15 Bay Leadership Academy £38 per square metre
16 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £36 per square metre
17 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £35 per square metre
18 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £30 per square metre
19 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £21 per square metre

Utilities

Medium priority 16 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Olive School, Blackburn £23 per square metre
2 Bay Leadership Academy £23 per square metre
3 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £22 per square metre
4 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £22 per square metre
5 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £21 per square metre
6 Starbank School £20 per square metre
7 The Olive School, Small Heath £20 per square metre
8 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £20 per square metre
9 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £20 per square metre
10 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £20 per square metre
11 The Olive School, Preston £19 per square metre
12 Eden Boys' School, Preston £17 per square metre
13 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £16 per square metre
14 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £14 per square metre
15 The Valley Leadership Academy £14 per square metre
16 Highfield Leadership Academy £10 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium priority 14 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Star Salford Academy £91 per pupil
2 Bay Leadership Academy £73 per pupil
3 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £66 per pupil
4 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £66 per pupil
5 Highfield Leadership Academy £58 per pupil
6 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £57 per pupil
7 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £56 per pupil
8 The Olive School, Small Heath £56 per pupil
9 Eden Girls' School, Slough £54 per pupil
10 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £53 per pupil
11 The Olive School, Preston £53 per pupil
12 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £52 per pupil
13 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £47 per pupil
14 The Olive School, Birmingham £45 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium priority 14 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bay Leadership Academy £5,556 per pupil
2 The Valley Leadership Academy £5,274 per pupil
3 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £5,046 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £4,894 per pupil
5 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £4,866 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Hackney £4,752 per pupil
7 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £4,707 per pupil
8 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £4,639 per pupil
9 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £4,589 per pupil
10 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £4,569 per pupil
11 Eden Girls' School, Slough £4,508 per pupil
12 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £3,934 per pupil
13 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £3,933 per pupil
14 The Olive School, Bolton £3,828 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium priority 9 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School £600 per pupil
2 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £543 per pupil
3 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £370 per pupil
4 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £327 per pupil
5 Bay Leadership Academy £317 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Blackburn £298 per pupil
7 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £252 per pupil
8 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £167 per pupil
9 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £164 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium priority 6 out of 33 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Small Heath Leadership Academy £1,242 per pupil
2 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £1,131 per pupil
3 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £1,069 per pupil
4 Eden Boys' School, Preston £955 per pupil
5 The Olive School, Preston £838 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Blackburn £812 per pupil

Low priority

Educational supplies

Low priority 20 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Star Salford Academy £608 per pupil
2 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £551 per pupil
3 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £459 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £457 per pupil
5 Small Heath Leadership Academy £449 per pupil
6 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £443 per pupil
7 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £440 per pupil
8 Highfield Leadership Academy £413 per pupil
9 Eden Girls' School, Slough £372 per pupil
10 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £368 per pupil
11 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £368 per pupil
12 Eden Boys' School, Preston £352 per pupil
13 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £350 per pupil
14 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £338 per pupil
15 Starbank School £271 per pupil
16 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £269 per pupil
17 The Olive School, Birmingham £208 per pupil
18 The Olive School, Hackney £184 per pupil
19 The Olive School, Bolton £176 per pupil
20 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £175 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low priority 19 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £64 per pupil
2 Tong Leadership Academy £56 per pupil
3 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £55 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' School, Coventry £53 per pupil
5 Eden Boys' School, Preston £53 per pupil
6 Laisterdyke Leadership Academy £52 per pupil
7 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £52 per pupil
8 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £52 per pupil
9 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £49 per pupil
10 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £47 per pupil
11 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £47 per pupil
12 The Olive School, Hackney £46 per pupil
13 The Olive School, Bolton £43 per pupil
14 The Valley Leadership Academy £41 per pupil
15 The Olive School, Blackburn £39 per pupil
16 Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School £37 per pupil
17 Small Heath Leadership Academy £36 per pupil
18 Starbank School £33 per pupil
19 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £31 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low priority 9 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £285 per pupil
2 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £260 per pupil
3 Rainbow Primary Leadership Academy £259 per pupil
4 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East £186 per pupil
5 Small Heath Leadership Academy £184 per pupil
6 The Valley Leadership Academy £176 per pupil
7 Bay Leadership Academy £169 per pupil
8 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £107 per pupil
9 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £35 per pupil

Utilities

Low priority 9 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £19 per square metre
2 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £15 per square metre
3 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford £14 per square metre
4 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham £12 per square metre
5 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £8 per square metre
6 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £8 per square metre
7 Tong Leadership Academy £1 per square metre
8 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £1 per square metre
9 Small Heath Leadership Academy -£6 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low priority 8 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Star Salford Academy £6,062 per pupil
2 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £5,548 per pupil
3 Tong Leadership Academy £5,433 per pupil
4 Eden Boys' School, Bolton £5,255 per pupil
5 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £5,001 per pupil
6 Eden Boys' School, Birmingham £4,948 per pupil
7 Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy £4,119 per pupil
8 The Olive School, Blackburn £3,825 per pupil

Other costs

Low priority 6 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest £247 per pupil
2 Bay Leadership Academy £238 per pupil
3 Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester £204 per pupil
4 Starbank School £163 per pupil
5 Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School £130 per pupil
6 The Olive School, Blackburn £97 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low priority 5 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Star Salford Academy £186 per pupil
2 High Crags Primary Leadership Academy £99 per pupil
3 Starbank School £93 per pupil
4 Eden Girls' School, Slough £92 per pupil
5 Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy £64 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low priority 5 out of 33 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Girls' School, Slough £33 per square metre
2 Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester £20 per square metre
3 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy £6 per square metre
4 Highfield Leadership Academy £3 per square metre
5 Tong Leadership Academy £2 per square metre