UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

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 supplies

High 21 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £4,386 per pupil
2 Sir Peter Hall School £4,383 per pupil
3 Sir Bobby Robson School £3,743 per pupil
4 Colman Infant School £1,467 per pupil
5 Colman Junior School £1,029 per pupil
6 Langer Primary Academy £956 per pupil
7 Bury St Edmunds County High School £782 per pupil
8 Samuel Ward Academy £664 per pupil
9 Sybil Andrews Academy £653 per pupil
10 Castle Manor Academy £520 per pupil
11 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £485 per pupil
12 Kedington Primary Academy £482 per pupil
13 Woodhall Primary School £458 per pupil
14 Valley Primary Academy £444 per pupil
15 Lingwood Primary Academy £410 per pupil
16 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £400 per pupil
17 Coupals Primary Academy £371 per pupil
18 Robert Kett Primary School £368 per pupil
19 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £341 per pupil
20 Tollgate Primary School £331 per pupil
21 Westfield Primary Academy £315 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 15 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £352 per pupil
2 Langer Primary Academy £170 per pupil
3 Colman Infant School £158 per pupil
4 Colman Junior School £139 per pupil
5 Breckland School £116 per pupil
6 Lingwood Primary Academy £104 per pupil
7 Heartsease Primary Academy £92 per pupil
8 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £90 per pupil
9 Glemsford Primary Academy £88 per pupil
10 Tollgate Primary School £84 per pupil
11 Woodhall Primary School £83 per pupil
12 Place Farm Primary Academy £83 per pupil
13 Laureate Community Academy £78 per pupil
14 Abbots Green Primary Academy £77 per pupil
15 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £76 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 12 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Samuel Ward Academy £221 per square metre
2 Woodhall Primary School £96 per square metre
3 Coupals Primary Academy £84 per square metre
4 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £77 per square metre
5 Langer Primary Academy £75 per square metre
6 Breckland School £74 per square metre
7 Burton End Primary Academy £71 per square metre
8 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £70 per square metre
9 Glemsford Primary Academy £68 per square metre
10 Colman Junior School £67 per square metre
11 Henderson Green Primary Academy £67 per square metre
12 Abbots Green Primary Academy £60 per square metre

Administrative supplies

High 10 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £1,719 per pupil
2 Langer Primary Academy £440 per pupil
3 Colman Junior School £358 per pupil
4 Colman Infant School £329 per pupil
5 Valley Primary Academy £317 per pupil
6 Robert Kett Primary School £293 per pupil
7 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £292 per pupil
8 Tollgate Primary School £253 per pupil
9 Coupals Primary Academy £248 per pupil
10 Wells Hall Primary School £238 per pupil

Utilities

High 9 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Samuel Ward Academy £53 per square metre
2 Colman Junior School £31 per square metre
3 Sir Bobby Robson School £30 per square metre
4 Breckland School £27 per square metre
5 Laureate Community Academy £25 per square metre
6 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £23 per square metre
7 Sybil Andrews Academy £22 per square metre
8 Robert Kett Primary School £21 per square metre
9 Thomas Gainsborough School £19 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 7 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £41,058 per pupil
2 Langer Primary Academy £8,965 per pupil
3 Henderson Green Primary Academy £7,290 per pupil
4 Heartsease Primary Academy £6,075 per pupil
5 Sybil Andrews Academy £5,637 per pupil
6 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £5,226 per pupil
7 Laureate Community Academy £4,934 per pupil

Other costs

High 7 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £1,388 per pupil
2 The Compass School £959 per pupil
3 Heartsease Primary Academy £909 per pupil
4 The Bridge School £856 per pupil
5 Westfield Primary Academy £219 per pupil
6 Thomas Gainsborough School £211 per pupil
7 Colman Junior School £172 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 4 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colman Infant School £625 per pupil
2 Robert Kett Primary School £500 per pupil
3 Valley Primary Academy £481 per pupil
4 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £445 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 2 out of 39 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £4,403 per pupil
2 St Edward's Church of England Academy £974 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 30 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £975 per pupil
2 The Bridge School £481 per pupil
3 Henderson Green Primary Academy £419 per pupil
4 Langer Primary Academy £415 per pupil
5 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £361 per pupil
6 Lingwood Primary Academy £358 per pupil
7 Abbots Green Primary Academy £355 per pupil
8 Samuel Ward Academy £343 per pupil
9 St Edward's Church of England Academy £339 per pupil
10 Churchill Special Free School £338 per pupil
11 Colman Junior School £331 per pupil
12 Castle Manor Academy £329 per pupil
13 Newmarket Academy £319 per pupil
14 Ditton Lodge Primary School £307 per pupil
15 Felixstowe School £302 per pupil
16 Heartsease Primary Academy £298 per pupil
17 Westfield Primary Academy £278 per pupil
18 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £276 per pupil
19 Place Farm Primary Academy £273 per pupil
20 West Row Academy £271 per pupil
21 Wells Hall Primary School £263 per pupil
22 Thomas Gainsborough School £262 per pupil
23 Kedington Primary Academy £261 per pupil
24 Laureate Community Academy £259 per pupil
25 Clements Primary Academy £259 per pupil
26 Sybil Andrews Academy £258 per pupil
27 Coupals Primary Academy £251 per pupil
28 Bury St Edmunds County High School £247 per pupil
29 Breckland School £237 per pupil
30 Burton End Primary Academy £228 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 28 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £755 per pupil
2 Churchill Special Free School £644 per pupil
3 The Bridge School £488 per pupil
4 Felixstowe School £307 per pupil
5 St Edward's Church of England Academy £261 per pupil
6 Newmarket Academy £256 per pupil
7 Bury St Edmunds County High School £251 per pupil
8 Henderson Green Primary Academy £249 per pupil
9 Castle Manor Academy £246 per pupil
10 Clements Primary Academy £243 per pupil
11 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £241 per pupil
12 Breckland School £241 per pupil
13 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £240 per pupil
14 Abbots Green Primary Academy £230 per pupil
15 Sybil Andrews Academy £230 per pupil
16 Samuel Ward Academy £221 per pupil
17 West Row Academy £218 per pupil
18 Woodhall Primary School £216 per pupil
19 Laureate Community Academy £211 per pupil
20 Lingwood Primary Academy £211 per pupil
21 Place Farm Primary Academy £206 per pupil
22 Glemsford Primary Academy £205 per pupil
23 Ditton Lodge Primary School £200 per pupil
24 Thomas Gainsborough School £195 per pupil
25 Kedington Primary Academy £193 per pupil
26 Heartsease Primary Academy £182 per pupil
27 Burton End Primary Academy £180 per pupil
28 Westfield Primary Academy £172 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 27 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £3,621 per pupil
2 Bury St Edmunds County High School £903 per pupil
3 Sybil Andrews Academy £850 per pupil
4 Clements Primary Academy £799 per pupil
5 Laureate Community Academy £781 per pupil
6 Felixstowe School £770 per pupil
7 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £742 per pupil
8 Robert Kett Primary School £731 per pupil
9 Henderson Green Primary Academy £728 per pupil
10 Langer Primary Academy £724 per pupil
11 Castle Manor Academy £705 per pupil
12 Ditton Lodge Primary School £704 per pupil
13 West Row Academy £675 per pupil
14 Newmarket Academy £674 per pupil
15 Kedington Primary Academy £655 per pupil
16 Colman Junior School £641 per pupil
17 Coupals Primary Academy £641 per pupil
18 Glemsford Primary Academy £619 per pupil
19 Thomas Gainsborough School £613 per pupil
20 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £584 per pupil
21 Westfield Primary Academy £575 per pupil
22 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £561 per pupil
23 Wells Hall Primary School £559 per pupil
24 Abbots Green Primary Academy £551 per pupil
25 Burton End Primary Academy £547 per pupil
26 Tollgate Primary School £532 per pupil
27 Heartsease Primary Academy £514 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 23 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £321 per pupil
2 The Compass School £248 per pupil
3 The Bridge School £136 per pupil
4 Henderson Green Primary Academy £128 per pupil
5 Valley Primary Academy £116 per pupil
6 Newmarket Academy £102 per pupil
7 Coupals Primary Academy £93 per pupil
8 Sybil Andrews Academy £88 per pupil
9 Clements Primary Academy £86 per pupil
10 Bury St Edmunds County High School £86 per pupil
11 Kedington Primary Academy £86 per pupil
12 Thomas Gainsborough School £84 per pupil
13 Burton End Primary Academy £84 per pupil
14 Castle Manor Academy £84 per pupil
15 West Row Academy £79 per pupil
16 Robert Kett Primary School £79 per pupil
17 Wells Hall Primary School £78 per pupil
18 St Edward's Church of England Academy £76 per pupil
19 Felixstowe School £71 per pupil
20 Westfield Primary Academy £71 per pupil
21 Samuel Ward Academy £70 per pupil
22 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £59 per pupil
23 Ditton Lodge Primary School £53 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 20 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £78 per square metre
2 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £70 per square metre
3 Laureate Community Academy £67 per square metre
4 Kedington Primary Academy £67 per square metre
5 The Bridge School £67 per square metre
6 Place Farm Primary Academy £66 per square metre
7 Tollgate Primary School £63 per square metre
8 Sir Peter Hall School £62 per square metre
9 Westfield Primary Academy £61 per square metre
10 The Compass School £58 per square metre
11 West Row Academy £57 per square metre
12 Robert Kett Primary School £57 per square metre
13 Colman Infant School £50 per square metre
14 Ditton Lodge Primary School £48 per square metre
15 Castle Manor Academy £46 per square metre
16 Sybil Andrews Academy £42 per square metre
17 St Edward's Church of England Academy £41 per square metre
18 Felixstowe School £39 per square metre
19 Bury St Edmunds County High School £37 per square metre
20 Thomas Gainsborough School £36 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 20 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £26,208 per pupil
2 The Bridge School £19,361 per pupil
3 Churchill Special Free School £17,516 per pupil
4 Valley Primary Academy £6,814 per pupil
5 Colman Infant School £6,231 per pupil
6 Felixstowe School £6,045 per pupil
7 St Edward's Church of England Academy £5,937 per pupil
8 Clements Primary Academy £5,894 per pupil
9 Castle Manor Academy £5,839 per pupil
10 Bury St Edmunds County High School £5,756 per pupil
11 West Row Academy £5,574 per pupil
12 Breckland School £5,529 per pupil
13 Burton End Primary Academy £5,351 per pupil
14 Thomas Gainsborough School £5,265 per pupil
15 Lingwood Primary Academy £5,227 per pupil
16 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £5,033 per pupil
17 Glemsford Primary Academy £4,996 per pupil
18 Abbots Green Primary Academy £4,426 per pupil
19 Westfield Primary Academy £4,392 per pupil
20 Wells Hall Primary School £4,347 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 14 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Compass School £25 per square metre
2 Westfield Primary Academy £23 per square metre
3 The Bridge School £22 per square metre
4 Sir Peter Hall School £22 per square metre
5 Place Farm Primary Academy £21 per square metre
6 Colman Infant School £19 per square metre
7 Abbots Green Primary Academy £19 per square metre
8 West Row Academy £19 per square metre
9 St Edward's Church of England Academy £16 per square metre
10 Kedington Primary Academy £16 per square metre
11 Henderson Green Primary Academy £16 per square metre
12 Tollgate Primary School £15 per square metre
13 Bury St Edmunds County High School £15 per square metre
14 Wells Hall Primary School £13 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 13 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Churchill Special Free School £1,653 per pupil
2 Newmarket Academy £615 per pupil
3 Henderson Green Primary Academy £518 per pupil
4 Breckland School £494 per pupil
5 Thomas Gainsborough School £435 per pupil
6 Place Farm Primary Academy £389 per pupil
7 Abbots Green Primary Academy £372 per pupil
8 Heartsease Primary Academy £365 per pupil
9 Ditton Lodge Primary School £364 per pupil
10 Clements Primary Academy £317 per pupil
11 Wells Hall Primary School £280 per pupil
12 Burton End Primary Academy £276 per pupil
13 Laureate Community Academy £273 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 10 out of 39 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £920 per pupil
2 Colman Infant School £189 per pupil
3 Samuel Ward Academy £141 per pupil
4 Clements Primary Academy £131 per pupil
5 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £123 per pupil
6 Breckland School £108 per pupil
7 Robert Kett Primary School £107 per pupil
8 Wells Hall Primary School £104 per pupil
9 Ditton Lodge Primary School £100 per pupil
10 Felixstowe School £98 per pupil

Other costs

Low 22 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Churchill Special Free School £305 per pupil
2 Newmarket Academy £104 per pupil
3 West Row Academy £101 per pupil
4 St Edward's Church of England Academy £100 per pupil
5 Sybil Andrews Academy £98 per pupil
6 Bury St Edmunds County High School £94 per pupil
7 Kedington Primary Academy £93 per pupil
8 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £83 per pupil
9 Langer Primary Academy £73 per pupil
10 Coupals Primary Academy £65 per pupil
11 Woodhall Primary School £60 per pupil
12 Lingwood Primary Academy £59 per pupil
13 Place Farm Primary Academy £56 per pupil
14 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £54 per pupil
15 Castle Manor Academy £51 per pupil
16 Valley Primary Academy £46 per pupil
17 Glemsford Primary Academy £44 per pupil
18 Laureate Community Academy £43 per pupil
19 Henderson Green Primary Academy £40 per pupil
20 Abbots Green Primary Academy £37 per pupil
21 Burton End Primary Academy £36 per pupil
22 Tollgate Primary School £33 per pupil

Utilities

Low 16 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lingwood Primary Academy £16 per square metre
2 Langer Primary Academy £15 per square metre
3 Churchill Special Free School £15 per square metre
4 Clements Primary Academy £14 per square metre
5 Wickhambrook Primary Academy £14 per square metre
6 Burton End Primary Academy £14 per square metre
7 Woodhall Primary School £13 per square metre
8 Castle Manor Academy £12 per square metre
9 Valley Primary Academy £12 per square metre
10 Newmarket Academy £12 per square metre
11 Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy £10 per square metre
12 Ditton Lodge Primary School £9 per square metre
13 Felixstowe School £9 per square metre
14 Coupals Primary Academy £9 per square metre
15 Glemsford Primary Academy £7 per square metre
16 Heartsease Primary Academy £4 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 12 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £21,954 per pupil
2 Newmarket Academy £5,488 per pupil
3 Samuel Ward Academy £5,202 per pupil
4 Colman Junior School £5,065 per pupil
5 Coupals Primary Academy £4,887 per pupil
6 Place Farm Primary Academy £4,819 per pupil
7 Tollgate Primary School £4,790 per pupil
8 Woodhall Primary School £4,769 per pupil
9 Robert Kett Primary School £4,526 per pupil
10 Kedington Primary Academy £4,426 per pupil
11 Ditton Lodge Primary School £4,309 per pupil
12 Steeple Bumpstead Primary School £4,175 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 10 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £1,962 per pupil
2 Churchill Special Free School £1,549 per pupil
3 The Bridge School £1,509 per pupil
4 Colman Infant School £702 per pupil
5 Samuel Ward Academy £620 per pupil
6 Breckland School £593 per pupil
7 Valley Primary Academy £573 per pupil
8 Lingwood Primary Academy £533 per pupil
9 Woodhall Primary School £501 per pupil
10 Place Farm Primary Academy £489 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 7 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Clements Primary Academy £47 per square metre
2 Lingwood Primary Academy £44 per square metre
3 Valley Primary Academy £35 per square metre
4 Newmarket Academy £34 per square metre
5 Wells Hall Primary School £32 per square metre
6 Churchill Special Free School £31 per square metre
7 Heartsease Primary Academy £21 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 5 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Bridge School £557 per pupil
2 Felixstowe School £437 per pupil
3 St Edward's Church of England Academy £337 per pupil
4 Glemsford Primary Academy £251 per pupil
5 West Row Academy £225 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 5 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Peter Hall School £410 per pupil
2 Sir Bobby Robson School £378 per pupil
3 Woodhall Primary School £294 per pupil
4 Tollgate Primary School £269 per pupil
5 Glemsford Primary Academy £190 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 1 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Churchill Special Free School £203 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 1 out of 39 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Bobby Robson School £625 per pupil