AMBITION EDUCATION 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 10 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Albans Girls' School £922 per pupil
2 Sandringham School £911 per pupil
3 Verulam School £712 per pupil
4 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £673 per pupil
5 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £656 per pupil
6 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £629 per pupil
7 Ridgeway Academy £617 per pupil
8 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £493 per pupil
9 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £413 per pupil
10 The Adeyfield Academy £308 per pupil

Educational ICT

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sandringham School £0 per pupil
2 Verulam School £0 per pupil
3 St Albans Girls' School £0 per pupil
4 The Adeyfield Academy £0 per pupil
5 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £0 per pupil
6 Ridgeway Academy £0 per pupil
7 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £0 per pupil
8 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £0 per pupil
9 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £0 per pupil
10 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £0 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £3,597 per pupil
2 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £2,934 per pupil
3 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £2,467 per pupil
4 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £2,177 per pupil
5 Ridgeway Academy £2,117 per pupil
6 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £1,930 per pupil
7 Verulam School £1,900 per pupil
8 Sandringham School £1,868 per pupil
9 St Albans Girls' School £1,666 per pupil
10 The Adeyfield Academy £1,603 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 6 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Verulam School £299 per pupil
2 The Adeyfield Academy £263 per pupil
3 St Albans Girls' School £240 per pupil
4 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £113 per pupil
5 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £60 per pupil
6 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £56 per pupil

Other costs

High 5 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £297 per pupil
2 The Adeyfield Academy £237 per pupil
3 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £215 per pupil
4 St Albans Girls' School £165 per pupil
5 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £157 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 5 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £4,855 per pupil
2 The Adeyfield Academy £4,741 per pupil
3 St Albans Girls' School £4,502 per pupil
4 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £3,328 per pupil
5 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £3,284 per pupil

Utilities

High 3 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £23 per square metre
2 Ridgeway Academy £19 per square metre
3 Sandringham School £18 per square metre

Other costs

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ridgeway Academy £225 per pupil
2 Verulam School £224 per pupil
3 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £156 per pupil
4 Sandringham School £130 per pupil
5 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £123 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ridgeway Academy £4,976 per pupil
2 Verulam School £4,855 per pupil
3 Sandringham School £4,796 per pupil
4 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £3,498 per pupil
5 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £3,367 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £18 per square metre
2 The Adeyfield Academy £16 per square metre
3 Verulam School £15 per square metre
4 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £15 per square metre
5 St Albans Girls' School £13 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 2 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sandringham School £456 per pupil
2 Ridgeway Academy £330 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 1 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Albans Girls' School £53 per pupil

Premises staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £27 per square metre
2 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £25 per square metre
3 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £25 per square metre
4 Ridgeway Academy £23 per square metre
5 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £22 per square metre
6 St Albans Girls' School £19 per square metre
7 Verulam School £18 per square metre
8 The Adeyfield Academy £17 per square metre
9 Sandringham School £9 per square metre
10 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £4 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 9 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Adeyfield Academy £102 per pupil
2 Sandringham School £0 per pupil
3 Verulam School £0 per pupil
4 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £0 per pupil
5 Ridgeway Academy £0 per pupil
6 Wheatfields Junior Mixed School £0 per pupil
7 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £0 per pupil
8 Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School £0 per pupil
9 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £0 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery £14 per square metre
2 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £13 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 2 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Skyswood Primary & Nursery School £155 per pupil
2 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School £128 per pupil