THE GORSE 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.

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 7 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 John Smeaton Academy £7,396 per pupil
2 Little London Academy £6,742 per pupil
3 The Richmond Hill Academy £6,699 per pupil
4 Ryecroft Academy £5,903 per pupil
5 The Morley Academy £5,786 per pupil
6 Bruntcliffe Academy £4,930 per pupil
7 Bardsey Primary Academy £4,870 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 3 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 John Smeaton Academy £362 per pupil
2 Little London Academy £280 per pupil
3 The Morley Academy £267 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 3 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Morley Academy £985 per pupil
2 Little London Academy £940 per pupil
3 Ryecroft Academy £917 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 2 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Farnley Academy £10 per pupil
2 Boston Spa Academy £8 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 2 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Richmond Hill Academy £389 per pupil
2 Ryecroft Academy £371 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 1 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Richmond Hill Academy £69 per square metre

Other costs

High 1 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 John Smeaton Academy £3,289 per pupil

Utilities

High 1 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bardsey Primary Academy £29 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 12 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Morley Newlands Academy £20 per square metre
2 Little London Academy £19 per square metre
3 The Richmond Hill Academy £19 per square metre
4 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £18 per square metre
5 Elliott Hudson College £18 per square metre
6 Ryecroft Academy £17 per square metre
7 Bruntcliffe Academy £15 per square metre
8 Leeds Mathematics School £15 per square metre
9 The Ruth Gorse Academy £14 per square metre
10 Boston Spa Academy £14 per square metre
11 The Farnley Academy £14 per square metre
12 The Morley Academy £13 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 12 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £2,937 per pupil
2 John Smeaton Academy £967 per pupil
3 Leeds Mathematics School £893 per pupil
4 The Ruth Gorse Academy £867 per pupil
5 The Richmond Hill Academy £808 per pupil
6 The Farnley Academy £767 per pupil
7 Elliott Hudson College £694 per pupil
8 Bardsey Primary Academy £694 per pupil
9 Bruntcliffe Academy £668 per pupil
10 Morley Newlands Academy £663 per pupil
11 Boston Spa Academy £641 per pupil
12 Hillcrest Academy £640 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 10 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hillcrest Academy £61 per square metre
2 Ryecroft Academy £58 per square metre
3 Little London Academy £53 per square metre
4 Bardsey Primary Academy £53 per square metre
5 Morley Newlands Academy £52 per square metre
6 Elliott Hudson College £46 per square metre
7 Bruntcliffe Academy £41 per square metre
8 The Morley Academy £40 per square metre
9 The Ruth Gorse Academy £38 per square metre
10 The Farnley Academy £36 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Medium 10 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Leeds Mathematics School £364 per pupil
2 Ryecroft Academy £289 per pupil
3 The Ruth Gorse Academy £215 per pupil
4 The Richmond Hill Academy £191 per pupil
5 Boston Spa Academy £181 per pupil
6 The Farnley Academy £167 per pupil
7 Hillcrest Academy £161 per pupil
8 Bruntcliffe Academy £159 per pupil
9 Bardsey Primary Academy £151 per pupil
10 Morley Newlands Academy £130 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 9 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £228 per pupil
2 The Richmond Hill Academy £143 per pupil
3 Bardsey Primary Academy £136 per pupil
4 Bruntcliffe Academy £125 per pupil
5 Ryecroft Academy £118 per pupil
6 Little London Academy £115 per pupil
7 The Morley Academy £114 per pupil
8 Boston Spa Academy £97 per pupil
9 Hillcrest Academy £86 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 9 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Little London Academy £313 per pupil
2 Ryecroft Academy £305 per pupil
3 The Richmond Hill Academy £304 per pupil
4 The Ruth Gorse Academy £256 per pupil
5 Hillcrest Academy £248 per pupil
6 Morley Newlands Academy £209 per pupil
7 The Farnley Academy £134 per pupil
8 Leeds Mathematics School £132 per pupil
9 Elliott Hudson College £103 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 6 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £59 per pupil
2 John Smeaton Academy £28 per pupil
3 The Morley Academy £22 per pupil
4 The Richmond Hill Academy £19 per pupil
5 Elliott Hudson College £17 per pupil
6 Bardsey Primary Academy £16 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 4 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bruntcliffe Academy £366 per pupil
2 Bardsey Primary Academy £315 per pupil
3 Hillcrest Academy £254 per pupil
4 Little London Academy £167 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Leeds Mathematics School £6,880 per pupil
2 The Farnley Academy £5,137 per pupil
3 Hillcrest Academy £4,910 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 9 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £762 per pupil
2 Leeds Mathematics School £500 per pupil
3 John Smeaton Academy £468 per pupil
4 The Ruth Gorse Academy £434 per pupil
5 Boston Spa Academy £428 per pupil
6 The Morley Academy £421 per pupil
7 The Farnley Academy £371 per pupil
8 Elliott Hudson College £347 per pupil
9 Morley Newlands Academy £232 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 7 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ryecroft Academy £38 per pupil
2 The Ruth Gorse Academy £37 per pupil
3 Morley Newlands Academy £27 per pupil
4 Bruntcliffe Academy £27 per pupil
5 Hillcrest Academy £26 per pupil
6 Leeds Mathematics School £19 per pupil
7 Little London Academy £15 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 6 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £289 per pupil
2 Bardsey Primary Academy £194 per pupil
3 The Morley Academy £91 per pupil
4 Bruntcliffe Academy £83 per pupil
5 Boston Spa Academy £70 per pupil
6 John Smeaton Academy £34 per pupil

Other costs

Low 5 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ruth Gorse Academy £101 per pupil
2 The Farnley Academy £96 per pupil
3 Morley Newlands Academy £71 per pupil
4 Elliott Hudson College £61 per pupil
5 Leeds Mathematics School £43 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 5 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £17,723 per pupil
2 The Ruth Gorse Academy £5,718 per pupil
3 Boston Spa Academy £5,072 per pupil
4 Morley Newlands Academy £4,325 per pupil
5 Elliott Hudson College £4,141 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 4 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £44 per square metre
2 Leeds Mathematics School £34 per square metre
3 Boston Spa Academy £29 per square metre
4 John Smeaton Academy £3 per square metre

Utilities

Low 2 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hillcrest Academy £13 per square metre
2 John Smeaton Academy £0 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 2 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Stephen Longfellow Academy £483 per pupil
2 Elliott Hudson College £122 per pupil