NORTHERN STAR 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.

Catering staff and supplies

High 8 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greatwood Community Primary School £667 per pupil
2 Willow Tree Community Primary School £538 per pupil
3 Hookstone Chase Primary School £496 per pupil
4 Holycroft Primary School £491 per pupil
5 Eastwood Community School £470 per pupil
6 Harrogate High School £463 per pupil
7 New Park Primary Academy £457 per pupil
8 Skipton Girls' High School £446 per pupil

Utilities

High 8 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Willow Tree Community Primary School £29 per square metre
2 Byron Primary School £25 per square metre
3 Holycroft Primary School £24 per square metre
4 Eastwood Community School £24 per square metre
5 Denholme Primary School £23 per square metre
6 Starbeck Primary Academy £21 per square metre
7 Meadow Bank Community School £21 per square metre
8 Victoria Primary School £20 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 4 out of 15 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkwood Primary School £6,609 per pupil
2 Harrogate High School £6,177 per pupil
3 Denholme Primary School £5,640 per pupil
4 Holycroft Primary School £5,337 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Byron Primary School £934 per pupil
2 Skipton Girls' High School £842 per pupil
3 Hookstone Chase Primary School £789 per pupil

Administrative supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkwood Primary School £301 per pupil
2 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £261 per pupil
3 Willow Tree Community Primary School £228 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadow Bank Community School £180 per pupil
2 Byron Primary School £162 per pupil
3 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £128 per pupil

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greatwood Community Primary School £163 per pupil

Administrative supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Denholme Primary School £313 per pupil
2 Greatwood Community Primary School £235 per pupil
3 New Park Primary Academy £234 per pupil
4 Meadow Bank Community School £232 per pupil
5 Eastwood Community School £215 per pupil
6 Holycroft Primary School £206 per pupil
7 Victoria Primary School £202 per pupil
8 Skipton Girls' High School £196 per pupil
9 Byron Primary School £191 per pupil
10 Starbeck Primary Academy £175 per pupil
11 Hookstone Chase Primary School £166 per pupil
12 Harrogate High School £164 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 11 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greatwood Community Primary School £194 per pupil
2 New Park Primary Academy £179 per pupil
3 Harrogate High School £179 per pupil
4 Willow Tree Community Primary School £122 per pupil
5 Denholme Primary School £117 per pupil
6 Hookstone Chase Primary School £112 per pupil
7 Parkwood Primary School £110 per pupil
8 Victoria Primary School £92 per pupil
9 Skipton Girls' High School £91 per pupil
10 Eastwood Community School £82 per pupil
11 Holycroft Primary School £81 per pupil

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harrogate High School £456 per pupil
2 Victoria Primary School £319 per pupil
3 Meadow Bank Community School £307 per pupil
4 Willow Tree Community Primary School £244 per pupil
5 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £231 per pupil
6 Hookstone Chase Primary School £192 per pupil
7 Eastwood Community School £167 per pupil
8 New Park Primary Academy £161 per pupil
9 Starbeck Primary Academy £153 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 New Park Primary Academy £816 per pupil
2 Willow Tree Community Primary School £798 per pupil
3 Starbeck Primary Academy £771 per pupil
4 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £722 per pupil
5 Victoria Primary School £681 per pupil
6 Denholme Primary School £645 per pupil
7 Meadow Bank Community School £637 per pupil
8 Eastwood Community School £634 per pupil
9 Harrogate High School £633 per pupil

Utilities

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greatwood Community Primary School £23 per square metre
2 New Park Primary Academy £20 per square metre
3 Harrogate High School £18 per square metre
4 Skipton Girls' High School £16 per square metre
5 Hookstone Chase Primary School £14 per square metre
6 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £7 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadow Bank Community School £6,013 per pupil
2 New Park Primary Academy £5,512 per pupil
3 Eastwood Community School £5,164 per pupil
4 Victoria Primary School £5,090 per pupil
5 Willow Tree Community Primary School £4,458 per pupil
6 Hookstone Chase Primary School £4,105 per pupil

Premises staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Greatwood Community Primary School £59 per square metre
2 Harrogate High School £43 per square metre
3 Holycroft Primary School £42 per square metre

Educational ICT

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Victoria Primary School £48 per pupil
2 Meadow Bank Community School £28 per pupil
3 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £21 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 1 out of 15 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Starbeck Primary Academy £439 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 12 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Harrogate High School £59 per pupil
2 New Park Primary Academy £50 per pupil
3 Parkwood Primary School £49 per pupil
4 Willow Tree Community Primary School £43 per pupil
5 Denholme Primary School £42 per pupil
6 Skipton Girls' High School £41 per pupil
7 Hookstone Chase Primary School £36 per pupil
8 Starbeck Primary Academy £35 per pupil
9 Holycroft Primary School £32 per pupil
10 Greatwood Community Primary School £31 per pupil
11 Eastwood Community School £22 per pupil
12 Byron Primary School £22 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 12 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eastwood Community School £42 per square metre
2 Meadow Bank Community School £42 per square metre
3 Parkwood Primary School £41 per square metre
4 New Park Primary Academy £41 per square metre
5 Willow Tree Community Primary School £36 per square metre
6 Victoria Primary School £33 per square metre
7 Skipton Girls' High School £28 per square metre
8 Starbeck Primary Academy £23 per square metre
9 Denholme Primary School £20 per square metre
10 Hookstone Chase Primary School £15 per square metre
11 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £10 per square metre
12 Byron Primary School £8 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkwood Primary School £211 per pupil
2 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £174 per pupil
3 Meadow Bank Community School £174 per pupil
4 Byron Primary School £163 per pupil
5 Denholme Primary School £156 per pupil
6 Victoria Primary School £146 per pupil

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Skipton Girls' High School £556 per pupil
2 Parkwood Primary School £254 per pupil
3 Byron Primary School £209 per pupil
4 Denholme Primary School £198 per pupil
5 Holycroft Primary School £195 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Skipton Girls' High School £4,852 per pupil
2 Byron Primary School £4,769 per pupil
3 Greatwood Community Primary School £4,644 per pupil
4 Starbeck Primary Academy £4,555 per pupil
5 Lapage Primary School and Nursery £4,433 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 3 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holycroft Primary School £655 per pupil
2 Greatwood Community Primary School £609 per pupil
3 Parkwood Primary School £604 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkwood Primary School £13 per square metre

Other costs

Low 1 out of 15 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Starbeck Primary Academy £89 per pupil