THE MERCIAN TRUST

Spending priorities for this trust

This trust's data covers the financial year September 2023 to August 2024 academies accounts return (AAR).

Data for academies in a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) includes a share of MAT central finance.

High priority

Administrative supplies

High priority 7 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Q3 Academy Langley £376 per pupil
2 Queen Mary's High School £368 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Great Barr £356 per pupil
4 Queen Mary's Grammar School £350 per pupil
5 Shire Oak Academy £348 per pupil
6 Q3 Academy Tipton £323 per pupil
7 Aldridge School - A Science College £272 per pupil

Educational ICT

High priority 4 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Q3 Academy Tipton £4 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Great Barr £3 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Langley £1 per pupil
4 The Ladder School £1 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High priority 3 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £155 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Tipton £134 per square metre
3 Shire Oak Academy £48 per square metre

Utilities

High priority 2 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £90 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Great Barr £28 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

High priority 1 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £1,231 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High priority 1 out of 9 schools in the high priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Q3 Academy Langley £358 per pupil

Medium priority

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium priority 7 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £2,217 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Tipton £709 per pupil
3 Queen Mary's Grammar School £656 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Langley £610 per pupil
5 Shire Oak Academy £598 per pupil
6 Q3 Academy Great Barr £556 per pupil
7 Aldridge School - A Science College £441 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium priority 6 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £14,715 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £6,880 per pupil
3 Shire Oak Academy £5,571 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Tipton £4,792 per pupil
5 Queen Mary's Grammar School £4,470 per pupil
6 Queen Mary's High School £4,316 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium priority 5 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's Grammar School £191 per pupil
2 Aldridge School - A Science College £186 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Great Barr £185 per pupil
4 Queen Mary's High School £177 per pupil
5 Shire Oak Academy £158 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium priority 5 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £85 per square metre
2 Queen Mary's High School £40 per square metre
3 Queen Mary's Grammar School £40 per square metre
4 Q3 Academy Great Barr £37 per square metre
5 Q3 Academy Langley £34 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium priority 4 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's Grammar School £655 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £627 per pupil
3 Queen Mary's High School £621 per pupil
4 Q3 Academy Tipton £321 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium priority 3 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldridge School - A Science College £12 per pupil
2 Shire Oak Academy £6 per pupil
3 Queen Mary's High School £6 per pupil

Other costs

Medium priority 2 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Q3 Academy Langley £184 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Great Barr £146 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium priority 2 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £799 per pupil
2 Walsall Studio School £488 per pupil

Utilities

Medium priority 2 out of 9 schools in the medium priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £27 per square metre
2 Q3 Academy Langley £18 per square metre

Low priority

Other costs

Low priority 7 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £227 per pupil
2 Queen Mary's Grammar School £160 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Tipton £131 per pupil
4 Aldridge School - A Science College £114 per pupil
5 Walsall Studio School £112 per pupil
6 Queen Mary's High School £108 per pupil
7 Shire Oak Academy £104 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low priority 5 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Ladder School £914 per pupil
2 Shire Oak Academy £451 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Great Barr £398 per pupil
4 Aldridge School - A Science College £383 per pupil
5 Q3 Academy Langley £338 per pupil

Utilities

Low priority 5 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's Grammar School £15 per square metre
2 Queen Mary's High School £11 per square metre
3 Aldridge School - A Science College £9 per square metre
4 Shire Oak Academy £8 per square metre
5 Q3 Academy Tipton £0 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low priority 3 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldridge School - A Science College £5,211 per pupil
2 Q3 Academy Langley £5,178 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Great Barr £5,044 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low priority 3 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £162 per pupil
2 The Ladder School £125 per pupil
3 Q3 Academy Tipton -£8 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low priority 2 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Walsall Studio School £46 per pupil
2 Queen Mary's Grammar School £14 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low priority 1 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Queen Mary's High School £525 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low priority 1 out of 9 schools in the low priority range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldridge School - A Science College £30 per square metre