THE MERCIAN 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 8 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shire Oak Academy £8 per pupil
2 Queen Mary's Grammar School £1 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Langley £1 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Tipton £1 per pupil
5 Aldridge School - A Science College £1 per pupil
6 Q3 Academy Great Barr £0 per pupil
7 Walsall Studio School £0 per pupil
8 The Ladder School £0 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 7 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's High School £441 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Langley £438 per pupil
3 Shire Oak Academy £433 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Tipton £430 per pupil
5 Queen Mary's Grammar School £420 per pupil
6 Q3 Academy Great Barr £394 per pupil
7 Aldridge School - A Science College £322 per pupil

Utilities

High 4 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £103 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Great Barr £23 per square metre
3 Q3 Academy Langley £20 per square metre
4 Queen Mary's Grammar School £19 per square metre

Premises staff and services

High 4 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £276 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Tipton £139 per square metre
3 Queen Mary's High School £90 per square metre
4 Shire Oak Academy £66 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shire Oak Academy £6,499 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 1 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £4,894 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 6 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £645 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Langley £351 per pupil
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £219 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Great Barr £204 per pupil
5 Queen Mary's High School £188 per pupil
6 Queen Mary's Grammar School £183 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 6 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £2,146 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £1,089 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Tipton £792 per pupil
4 Shire Oak Academy £757 per pupil
5 Q3 Academy Langley £655 per pupil
6 Queen Mary's Grammar School £631 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 6 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £15,378 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £7,926 per pupil
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £5,785 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Tipton £5,277 per pupil
5 Queen Mary's Grammar School £4,949 per pupil
6 Queen Mary's High School £4,807 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £67 per square metre
2 Queen Mary's Grammar School £42 per square metre
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £42 per square metre
4 Q3 Academy Great Barr £40 per square metre
5 Q3 Academy Langley £37 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 5 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's High School £663 per pupil
2 Queen Mary's Grammar School £632 per pupil
3 Walsall Studio School £508 per pupil
4 Aldridge School - A Science College £499 per pupil
5 Q3 Academy Tipton £292 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 4 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £196 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Langley £149 per pupil
3 Queen Mary's Grammar School £138 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Great Barr £115 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 3 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £22 per square metre
2 Queen Mary's High School £15 per square metre
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £12 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Medium 2 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £773 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £528 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 1 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's High School £4 per pupil

Other costs

Low 5 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £229 per pupil
2 Shire Oak Academy £88 per pupil
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £87 per pupil
4 Queen Mary's High School £85 per pupil
5 Q3 Academy Tipton £75 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 3 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shire Oak Academy £455 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Great Barr £431 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Langley £375 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 3 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's High School £577 per pupil
2 Aldridge School - A Science College £527 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Great Barr £489 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 3 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shire Oak Academy £159 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £65 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Tipton £2 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 2 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Q3 Academy Great Barr £5,578 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Langley £5,541 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shire Oak Academy £10 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Tipton £0 per square metre