THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST

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

Educational supplies

High priority 10 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Maritime Academy £1,498 per pupil
2 Meon Junior School £465 per pupil
3 Cedar Children's Academy £450 per pupil
4 Penbridge Junior School £271 per pupil
5 All Faiths Children's Academy £19 per pupil
6 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £19 per pupil
7 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £19 per pupil
8 Moorings Way Infant School £19 per pupil
9 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £19 per pupil
10 Meon Infant School £19 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High priority 10 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Cedar Children's Academy £8,134 per pupil
2 Meon Junior School £7,315 per pupil
3 Penbridge Junior School £6,865 per pupil
4 Curledge Street Academy £5,735 per pupil
5 Maritime Academy £4,551 per pupil
6 All Faiths Children's Academy £412 per pupil
7 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £412 per pupil
8 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £412 per pupil
9 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £412 per pupil
10 Meon Infant School £412 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High priority 9 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meon Junior School £1,289 per pupil
2 Penbridge Junior School £1,100 per pupil
3 Cedar Children's Academy £1,093 per pupil
4 Paignton Academy £1,013 per pupil
5 Furzeham Primary School £966 per pupil
6 Colchester Royal Grammar School £955 per pupil
7 Plymouth High School for Girls £922 per pupil
8 New Horizons Primary School £888 per pupil
9 Curledge Street Academy £845 per pupil

Educational ICT

High priority 5 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Royal Grammar School £179 per pupil
2 Kings Ash Academy £131 per pupil
3 Curledge Street Academy £123 per pupil
4 New Horizons Primary School £100 per pupil
5 Penbridge Junior School £89 per pupil

Utilities

High priority 4 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Curledge Street Academy £36 per square metre
2 Paignton Academy £31 per square metre
3 Kings Ash Academy £29 per square metre
4 Colchester Royal Grammar School £28 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

High priority 4 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £1,224 per pupil
2 Colchester Royal Grammar School £523 per pupil
3 Cedar Children's Academy £500 per pupil
4 Meon Junior School £485 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High priority 3 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Royal Grammar School £65 per square metre
2 Kings Ash Academy £62 per square metre
3 Paignton Academy £53 per square metre

Other costs

High priority 2 out of 26 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Maritime Academy £740 per pupil
2 Colchester Royal Grammar School £472 per pupil

Medium priority

Educational ICT

Medium priority 20 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Maritime Academy £137 per pupil
2 The Portsmouth Academy £104 per pupil
3 Brixham College £102 per pupil
4 Holcombe Grammar School £102 per pupil
5 Paignton Academy £100 per pupil
6 Goodwin Academy £99 per pupil
7 The Victory Academy £98 per pupil
8 Plympton Academy £94 per pupil
9 Plymouth High School for Girls £93 per pupil
10 The Rochester Grammar School £92 per pupil
11 Cedar Children's Academy £91 per pupil
12 New Horizons Children's Academy £90 per pupil
13 Furzeham Primary School £86 per pupil
14 Meon Junior School £85 per pupil
15 All Faiths Children's Academy £82 per pupil
16 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £82 per pupil
17 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £82 per pupil
18 Moorings Way Infant School £82 per pupil
19 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £82 per pupil
20 Meon Infant School £82 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium priority 18 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Paignton Academy £244 per pupil
2 Plympton Academy £212 per pupil
3 Colchester Royal Grammar School £192 per pupil
4 Brixham College £167 per pupil
5 The Victory Academy £165 per pupil
6 Cedar Children's Academy £154 per pupil
7 Furzeham Primary School £150 per pupil
8 Curledge Street Academy £149 per pupil
9 Goodwin Academy £148 per pupil
10 Kings Ash Academy £146 per pupil
11 Maritime Academy £142 per pupil
12 New Horizons Children's Academy £138 per pupil
13 Meon Junior School £138 per pupil
14 Penbridge Junior School £133 per pupil
15 The Rochester Grammar School £129 per pupil
16 Holcombe Grammar School £128 per pupil
17 Moorings Way Infant School £113 per pupil
18 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £113 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium priority 13 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Penbridge Junior School £409 per pupil
2 Kings Ash Academy £332 per pupil
3 Curledge Street Academy £296 per pupil
4 New Horizons Primary School £261 per pupil
5 New Horizons Children's Academy £244 per pupil
6 The Portsmouth Academy £226 per pupil
7 The Victory Academy £204 per pupil
8 Goodwin Academy £181 per pupil
9 Paignton Academy £144 per pupil
10 Plympton Academy £128 per pupil
11 Holcombe Grammar School £73 per pupil
12 The Rochester Grammar School £66 per pupil
13 Plymouth High School for Girls £66 per pupil

Utilities

Medium priority 13 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £40 per square metre
2 The Victory Academy £16 per square metre
3 The Rochester Grammar School £16 per square metre
4 Brixham College £16 per square metre
5 The Portsmouth Academy £16 per square metre
6 New Horizons Children's Academy £16 per square metre
7 New Horizons Primary School £16 per square metre
8 Penbridge Junior School £16 per square metre
9 Cedar Children's Academy £16 per square metre
10 Meon Junior School £16 per square metre
11 Moorings Way Infant School £16 per square metre
12 Goodwin Academy £16 per square metre
13 Furzeham Primary School £16 per square metre

Premises staff and services

Medium priority 11 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £135 per square metre
2 Curledge Street Academy £60 per square metre
3 The Portsmouth Academy £59 per square metre
4 Meon Junior School £42 per square metre
5 Goodwin Academy £37 per square metre
6 New Horizons Primary School £36 per square metre
7 Holcombe Grammar School £35 per square metre
8 The Victory Academy £35 per square metre
9 Plympton Academy £35 per square metre
10 Plymouth High School for Girls £34 per square metre
11 The Rochester Grammar School £33 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium priority 10 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £3,861 per pupil
2 Goodwin Academy £983 per pupil
3 The Portsmouth Academy £827 per pupil
4 Kings Ash Academy £770 per pupil
5 The Victory Academy £731 per pupil
6 Brixham College £719 per pupil
7 Holcombe Grammar School £717 per pupil
8 New Horizons Children's Academy £641 per pupil
9 The Rochester Grammar School £631 per pupil
10 Plympton Academy £621 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium priority 9 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kings Ash Academy £6,542 per pupil
2 Paignton Academy £6,053 per pupil
3 Goodwin Academy £5,755 per pupil
4 Brixham College £5,656 per pupil
5 Colchester Royal Grammar School £4,921 per pupil
6 Holcombe Grammar School £4,803 per pupil
7 The Rochester Grammar School £4,788 per pupil
8 New Horizons Children's Academy £3,755 per pupil
9 Moorings Way Infant School £412 per pupil

Other costs

Medium priority 9 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Portsmouth Academy £256 per pupil
2 Paignton Academy £189 per pupil
3 Meon Junior School £162 per pupil
4 Penbridge Junior School £149 per pupil
5 Cedar Children's Academy £145 per pupil
6 Plympton Academy £123 per pupil
7 Furzeham Primary School £114 per pupil
8 New Horizons Children's Academy £111 per pupil
9 New Horizons Primary School £110 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium priority 8 out of 26 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £1,412 per pupil
2 Colchester Royal Grammar School £683 per pupil
3 Plymouth High School for Girls £608 per pupil
4 The Portsmouth Academy £367 per pupil
5 Brixham College £353 per pupil
6 Paignton Academy £282 per pupil
7 New Horizons Children's Academy £211 per pupil
8 Furzeham Primary School £181 per pupil

Low priority

Other costs

Low priority 15 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £390 per pupil
2 Holcombe Grammar School £149 per pupil
3 The Victory Academy £134 per pupil
4 Kings Ash Academy £131 per pupil
5 Plymouth High School for Girls £122 per pupil
6 Brixham College £121 per pupil
7 Goodwin Academy £120 per pupil
8 Curledge Street Academy £120 per pupil
9 The Rochester Grammar School £106 per pupil
10 All Faiths Children's Academy £77 per pupil
11 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £77 per pupil
12 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £77 per pupil
13 Moorings Way Infant School £77 per pupil
14 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £77 per pupil
15 Meon Infant School £77 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low priority 11 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Furzeham Primary School £35 per square metre
2 Penbridge Junior School £34 per square metre
3 Cedar Children's Academy £34 per square metre
4 New Horizons Children's Academy £34 per square metre
5 Brixham College £34 per square metre
6 All Faiths Children's Academy £33 per square metre
7 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £33 per square metre
8 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £33 per square metre
9 Moorings Way Infant School £33 per square metre
10 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £33 per square metre
11 Meon Infant School £33 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low priority 9 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Furzeham Primary School £240 per pupil
2 Maritime Academy £144 per pupil
3 Brixham College £117 per pupil
4 All Faiths Children's Academy £28 per pupil
5 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £28 per pupil
6 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £28 per pupil
7 Moorings Way Infant School £28 per pupil
8 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £28 per pupil
9 Meon Infant School £28 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low priority 8 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Rochester Grammar School £505 per pupil
2 The Victory Academy £423 per pupil
3 Holcombe Grammar School £410 per pupil
4 Plympton Academy £403 per pupil
5 Goodwin Academy £370 per pupil
6 Curledge Street Academy £251 per pupil
7 Kings Ash Academy £238 per pupil
8 New Horizons Primary School £190 per pupil

Utilities

Low priority 8 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Plympton Academy £16 per square metre
2 Holcombe Grammar School £16 per square metre
3 All Faiths Children's Academy £16 per square metre
4 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £16 per square metre
5 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £16 per square metre
6 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £16 per square metre
7 Meon Infant School £16 per square metre
8 Plymouth High School for Girls £16 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low priority 8 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £466 per pupil
2 The Portsmouth Academy £149 per pupil
3 Plymouth High School for Girls £124 per pupil
4 New Horizons Primary School £118 per pupil
5 All Faiths Children's Academy £113 per pupil
6 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £113 per pupil
7 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £113 per pupil
8 Meon Infant School £113 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low priority 7 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £18,275 per pupil
2 The Portsmouth Academy £5,721 per pupil
3 The Victory Academy £5,307 per pupil
4 Plympton Academy £5,000 per pupil
5 New Horizons Primary School £4,531 per pupil
6 Plymouth High School for Girls £4,494 per pupil
7 Furzeham Primary School £4,200 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low priority 7 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Maritime Academy £442 per pupil
2 All Faiths Children's Academy £331 per pupil
3 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior £331 per pupil
4 Gordons Children's Academy, Infant £331 per pupil
5 Moorings Way Infant School £331 per pupil
6 Penbridge Infant School & Nursery £331 per pupil
7 Meon Infant School £331 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low priority 1 out of 26 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Lodestar Academy £121 per pupil