MERIDIAN 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.

Educational ICT

High 10 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £19 per pupil
2 Lincroft Academy £19 per pupil
3 The Martin Bacon Academy £16 per pupil
4 North Cambridge Academy £13 per pupil
5 Trumpington Park Primary School £4 per pupil
6 The Ferrers School £4 per pupil
7 Stamford Welland Academy £2 per pupil
8 West Town Primary Academy £2 per pupil
9 The Bluecoat School £2 per pupil
10 NeneGate £2 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 9 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 North Cambridge Academy £1,381 per pupil
2 Greater Peterborough UTC £1,132 per pupil
3 Swavesey Village College £855 per pupil
4 Nene Park Academy £740 per pupil
5 Stratton School £720 per pupil
6 Stamford Welland Academy £704 per pupil
7 Northstowe Learning Community £663 per pupil
8 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £566 per pupil
9 Bar Hill Community Primary School £399 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 7 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Stamford Welland Academy £384 per pupil
2 Sawtry Village Academy £301 per pupil
3 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £263 per pupil
4 Oakley Primary Academy £263 per pupil
5 Lincroft Academy £251 per pupil
6 Bar Hill Community Primary School £222 per pupil
7 West Town Primary Academy £179 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 5 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Northstowe Learning Community £5,875 per pupil
2 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £5,644 per pupil
3 Somersham Primary School £5,236 per pupil
4 Oakley Primary Academy £5,050 per pupil
5 Sawtry Junior Academy £4,090 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 5 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sawtry Junior Academy £84 per square metre
2 Bar Hill Community Primary School £76 per square metre
3 Oakley Primary Academy £75 per square metre
4 North Cambridge Academy £73 per square metre
5 Greater Peterborough UTC £64 per square metre

Utilities

High 1 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sharnbrook Academy £21 per square metre

Other costs

High 1 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harrold Primary Academy £239 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 1 out of 30 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lantern Community Primary School £1,286 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 22 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 NeneGate £1,033 per pupil
2 The Martin Bacon Academy £359 per pupil
3 Greater Peterborough UTC £343 per pupil
4 North Cambridge Academy £315 per pupil
5 Weldon Village Academy £301 per pupil
6 Harrold Primary Academy £284 per pupil
7 Swavesey Village College £273 per pupil
8 Nene Park Academy £252 per pupil
9 Sharnbrook Academy £246 per pupil
10 Stratton School £239 per pupil
11 The Ferrers School £236 per pupil
12 Northstowe Learning Community £227 per pupil
13 Sawtry Junior Academy £216 per pupil
14 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £214 per pupil
15 The Bluecoat School £204 per pupil
16 Great Ouse Primary Academy £183 per pupil
17 Ely College £182 per pupil
18 Trumpington Park Primary School £173 per pupil
19 Somersham Primary School £169 per pupil
20 Lantern Community Primary School £167 per pupil
21 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £154 per pupil
22 Hatton Park Primary School £135 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 22 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 NeneGate £327 per pupil
2 Greater Peterborough UTC £204 per pupil
3 North Cambridge Academy £178 per pupil
4 The Ferrers School £149 per pupil
5 Lincroft Academy £147 per pupil
6 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £145 per pupil
7 Stratton School £140 per pupil
8 Stamford Welland Academy £137 per pupil
9 Northstowe Learning Community £135 per pupil
10 Weldon Village Academy £130 per pupil
11 Sharnbrook Academy £128 per pupil
12 Nene Park Academy £122 per pupil
13 Trumpington Park Primary School £122 per pupil
14 The Bluecoat School £121 per pupil
15 West Town Primary Academy £116 per pupil
16 Sawtry Village Academy £116 per pupil
17 Swavesey Village College £112 per pupil
18 Oakley Primary Academy £111 per pupil
19 Great Ouse Primary Academy £108 per pupil
20 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £103 per pupil
21 Lantern Community Primary School £87 per pupil
22 Hatton Park Primary School £84 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 21 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Harbour School £69 per square metre
2 Lincroft Academy £55 per square metre
3 Great Ouse Primary Academy £55 per square metre
4 NeneGate £55 per square metre
5 Stamford Welland Academy £54 per square metre
6 West Town Primary Academy £53 per square metre
7 Lantern Community Primary School £52 per square metre
8 Somersham Primary School £50 per square metre
9 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £48 per square metre
10 Hatton Park Primary School £47 per square metre
11 The Bluecoat School £43 per square metre
12 Sawtry Village Academy £43 per square metre
13 Nene Park Academy £43 per square metre
14 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £42 per square metre
15 Sharnbrook Academy £41 per square metre
16 Trumpington Park Primary School £40 per square metre
17 The Ferrers School £40 per square metre
18 Ely College £39 per square metre
19 Swavesey Village College £38 per square metre
20 Northstowe Learning Community £37 per square metre
21 Stratton School £32 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 17 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sawtry Junior Academy £20 per square metre
2 Somersham Primary School £19 per square metre
3 The Harbour School £18 per square metre
4 Nene Park Academy £18 per square metre
5 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £18 per square metre
6 Great Ouse Primary Academy £17 per square metre
7 NeneGate £17 per square metre
8 Lincroft Academy £16 per square metre
9 Lantern Community Primary School £16 per square metre
10 Greater Peterborough UTC £16 per square metre
11 North Cambridge Academy £15 per square metre
12 The Bluecoat School £15 per square metre
13 Sawtry Village Academy £15 per square metre
14 Northstowe Learning Community £13 per square metre
15 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £13 per square metre
16 Ely College £12 per square metre
17 The Martin Bacon Academy £5 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 16 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greater Peterborough UTC £40 per pupil
2 Harrold Primary Academy £22 per pupil
3 Bar Hill Community Primary School £22 per pupil
4 Great Ouse Primary Academy £18 per pupil
5 Swavesey Village College £17 per pupil
6 Oakley Primary Academy £15 per pupil
7 The Harbour School £12 per pupil
8 Nene Park Academy £10 per pupil
9 Sawtry Village Academy £9 per pupil
10 Sawtry Junior Academy £9 per pupil
11 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £8 per pupil
12 Somersham Primary School £8 per pupil
13 Northstowe Learning Community £7 per pupil
14 Lantern Community Primary School £7 per pupil
15 Hatton Park Primary School £6 per pupil
16 Weldon Village Academy £5 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 14 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 NeneGate £3,011 per pupil
2 The Martin Bacon Academy £901 per pupil
3 The Ferrers School £749 per pupil
4 Ely College £561 per pupil
5 Sharnbrook Academy £559 per pupil
6 Sawtry Village Academy £556 per pupil
7 Weldon Village Academy £538 per pupil
8 The Bluecoat School £406 per pupil
9 Sawtry Junior Academy £320 per pupil
10 Lantern Community Primary School £296 per pupil
11 Oakley Primary Academy £280 per pupil
12 Trumpington Park Primary School £244 per pupil
13 Great Ouse Primary Academy £235 per pupil
14 Hatton Park Primary School £233 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 11 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Bluecoat School £6,774 per pupil
2 Greater Peterborough UTC £6,375 per pupil
3 Lincroft Academy £5,732 per pupil
4 Stratton School £5,592 per pupil
5 Swavesey Village College £5,523 per pupil
6 Sharnbrook Academy £5,091 per pupil
7 West Town Primary Academy £5,047 per pupil
8 Trumpington Park Primary School £4,941 per pupil
9 Weldon Village Academy £4,568 per pupil
10 Lantern Community Primary School £4,412 per pupil
11 Harrold Primary Academy £4,189 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 10 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Swavesey Village College £1,037 per pupil
2 The Bluecoat School £932 per pupil
3 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £831 per pupil
4 Greater Peterborough UTC £782 per pupil
5 Great Ouse Primary Academy £717 per pupil
6 Sharnbrook Academy £706 per pupil
7 Lincroft Academy £650 per pupil
8 Oakley Primary Academy £578 per pupil
9 Sawtry Village Academy £578 per pupil
10 Nene Park Academy £480 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 3 out of 30 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bar Hill Community Primary School £311 per pupil
2 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £247 per pupil
3 Sharnbrook Academy £41 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 27 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 NeneGate £309 per pupil
2 West Town Primary Academy £259 per pupil
3 Harrold Primary Academy £236 per pupil
4 Trumpington Park Primary School £229 per pupil
5 Great Ouse Primary Academy £215 per pupil
6 The Martin Bacon Academy £200 per pupil
7 The Bluecoat School £191 per pupil
8 The Harbour School £191 per pupil
9 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £189 per pupil
10 Oakley Primary Academy £185 per pupil
11 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £182 per pupil
12 Somersham Primary School £173 per pupil
13 Hatton Park Primary School £170 per pupil
14 Lantern Community Primary School £157 per pupil
15 North Cambridge Academy £152 per pupil
16 Stamford Welland Academy £129 per pupil
17 Greater Peterborough UTC £106 per pupil
18 Sawtry Junior Academy £86 per pupil
19 Nene Park Academy £81 per pupil
20 Northstowe Learning Community £78 per pupil
21 Weldon Village Academy £77 per pupil
22 Sawtry Village Academy £59 per pupil
23 Stratton School £56 per pupil
24 The Ferrers School £54 per pupil
25 Swavesey Village College £48 per pupil
26 Ely College £36 per pupil
27 Lincroft Academy £35 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 19 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Harbour School £2,127 per pupil
2 NeneGate £2,035 per pupil
3 The Martin Bacon Academy £1,070 per pupil
4 North Cambridge Academy £654 per pupil
5 Harrold Primary Academy £587 per pupil
6 West Town Primary Academy £555 per pupil
7 Stratton School £518 per pupil
8 Stamford Welland Academy £513 per pupil
9 Weldon Village Academy £513 per pupil
10 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £507 per pupil
11 The Ferrers School £497 per pupil
12 Bar Hill Community Primary School £483 per pupil
13 Ely College £482 per pupil
14 Trumpington Park Primary School £479 per pupil
15 Sawtry Junior Academy £478 per pupil
16 Northstowe Learning Community £477 per pupil
17 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £476 per pupil
18 Somersham Primary School £422 per pupil
19 Hatton Park Primary School £411 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 14 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 NeneGate £23,322 per pupil
2 The Harbour School £21,901 per pupil
3 The Martin Bacon Academy £19,388 per pupil
4 Stamford Welland Academy £6,159 per pupil
5 North Cambridge Academy £5,963 per pupil
6 The Ferrers School £5,502 per pupil
7 Nene Park Academy £5,500 per pupil
8 Sawtry Village Academy £5,143 per pupil
9 Ely College £5,117 per pupil
10 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £4,785 per pupil
11 Hatton Park Primary School £4,411 per pupil
12 Bar Hill Community Primary School £4,409 per pupil
13 Great Ouse Primary Academy £4,345 per pupil
14 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £4,163 per pupil

Utilities

Low 12 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hatton Park Primary School £16 per square metre
2 Oakley Primary Academy £15 per square metre
3 Bar Hill Community Primary School £15 per square metre
4 Swavesey Village College £13 per square metre
5 Trumpington Park Primary School £13 per square metre
6 West Town Primary Academy £13 per square metre
7 Stratton School £11 per square metre
8 Stamford Welland Academy £11 per square metre
9 Harrold Primary Academy £11 per square metre
10 Weldon Village Academy £11 per square metre
11 The Ferrers School £10 per square metre
12 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £8 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 7 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Harbour School £1,173 per pupil
2 Lincroft Academy £522 per pupil
3 Harrold Primary Academy £332 per pupil
4 Somersham Primary School £250 per pupil
5 West Town Primary Academy £235 per pupil
6 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £222 per pupil
7 Downham Feoffees Primary Academy £207 per pupil

Other costs

Low 7 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Harbour School £309 per pupil
2 The Martin Bacon Academy £166 per pupil
3 Ely College £96 per pupil
4 Sawtry Junior Academy £85 per pupil
5 Bar Hill Community Primary School £84 per pupil
6 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £74 per pupil
7 Somersham Primary School £67 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 4 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Stratton School £29 per pupil
2 Sharnbrook Academy £29 per pupil
3 Histon and Impington Brook Primary School £18 per pupil
4 Ely College £7 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 4 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harrold Primary Academy £28 per square metre
2 Weldon Village Academy £25 per square metre
3 Histon and Impington Park Primary School £22 per square metre
4 The Martin Bacon Academy £15 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 1 out of 30 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Harbour School £501 per pupil