NOVA 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.

Educational ICT

High 15 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £0 per pupil
2 Toot Hill School £0 per pupil
3 Meden School £0 per pupil
4 Firbeck Academy £0 per pupil
5 Birklands Primary School £0 per pupil
6 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £0 per pupil
7 Nottingham Free School £0 per pupil
8 Robert Miles Infant School £0 per pupil
9 Westdale Junior School £0 per pupil
10 The Newark Academy £0 per pupil
11 The Garibaldi School £0 per pupil
12 The Suthers School £0 per pupil
13 Victoria Primary School £0 per pupil
14 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £0 per pupil
15 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £0 per pupil

Utilities

High 7 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Robert Miles Infant School £34 per square metre
2 Meden School £33 per square metre
3 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £25 per square metre
4 Westdale Junior School £23 per square metre
5 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £22 per square metre
6 The Garibaldi School £21 per square metre
7 Toot Hill School £18 per square metre

Other costs

High 4 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nottingham Free School £457 per pupil
2 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £228 per pupil
3 Toot Hill School £216 per pupil
4 Firbeck Academy £159 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 2 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £384 per pupil
2 Firbeck Academy £262 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 2 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Birklands Primary School £81 per square metre
2 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £60 per square metre

Educational supplies

High 1 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Firbeck Academy £536 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 1 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Robert Miles Infant School £1,131 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £7,187 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 12 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £314 per pupil
2 Meden School £311 per pupil
3 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £292 per pupil
4 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £249 per pupil
5 The Newark Academy £240 per pupil
6 Birklands Primary School £238 per pupil
7 Nottingham Free School £228 per pupil
8 Robert Miles Infant School £220 per pupil
9 Toot Hill School £193 per pupil
10 Victoria Primary School £181 per pupil
11 Westdale Junior School £176 per pupil
12 The Garibaldi School £158 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 8 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Robert Miles Infant School £62 per square metre
2 Victoria Primary School £52 per square metre
3 Firbeck Academy £47 per square metre
4 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £44 per square metre
5 The Newark Academy £43 per square metre
6 Toot Hill School £41 per square metre
7 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £40 per square metre
8 Meden School £38 per square metre

Other costs

Medium 8 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £196 per pupil
2 Robert Miles Infant School £173 per pupil
3 The Newark Academy £161 per pupil
4 The Garibaldi School £148 per pupil
5 Westdale Junior School £138 per pupil
6 Meden School £133 per pupil
7 The Suthers School £131 per pupil
8 Birklands Primary School £109 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 6 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £829 per pupil
2 Firbeck Academy £752 per pupil
3 Birklands Primary School £741 per pupil
4 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £615 per pupil
5 Victoria Primary School £605 per pupil
6 Toot Hill School £598 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 6 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Birklands Primary School £22 per square metre
2 Nottingham Free School £20 per square metre
3 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £17 per square metre
4 Victoria Primary School £17 per square metre
5 The Newark Academy £16 per square metre
6 Firbeck Academy £16 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 5 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Robert Miles Infant School £487 per pupil
2 Victoria Primary School £394 per pupil
3 Firbeck Academy £359 per pupil
4 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £265 per pupil
5 Nottingham Free School £114 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 5 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Suthers School £546 per pupil
2 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £535 per pupil
3 Robert Miles Infant School £365 per pupil
4 Westdale Junior School £362 per pupil
5 Birklands Primary School £278 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 5 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Robert Miles Infant School £5,821 per pupil
2 Nottingham Free School £5,800 per pupil
3 Victoria Primary School £5,700 per pupil
4 Birklands Primary School £4,402 per pupil
5 Westdale Junior School £3,890 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 10 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Birklands Primary School £196 per pupil
2 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £163 per pupil
3 Westdale Junior School £139 per pupil
4 Meden School £120 per pupil
5 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £115 per pupil
6 The Newark Academy £83 per pupil
7 The Garibaldi School £80 per pupil
8 Toot Hill School £59 per pupil
9 The Suthers School £58 per pupil
10 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £12 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 9 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £531 per pupil
2 Toot Hill School £514 per pupil
3 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £479 per pupil
4 The Newark Academy £447 per pupil
5 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £438 per pupil
6 Meden School £430 per pupil
7 The Garibaldi School £396 per pupil
8 Nottingham Free School £343 per pupil
9 Victoria Primary School £237 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 9 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £5,985 per pupil
2 Meden School £5,540 per pupil
3 The Newark Academy £5,376 per pupil
4 The Suthers School £5,360 per pupil
5 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £5,360 per pupil
6 The Garibaldi School £5,327 per pupil
7 Firbeck Academy £5,150 per pupil
8 Toot Hill School £4,991 per pupil
9 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £4,047 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 8 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Newark Academy £601 per pupil
2 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £600 per pupil
3 Nottingham Free School £582 per pupil
4 Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology £581 per pupil
5 The Garibaldi School £580 per pupil
6 Meden School £577 per pupil
7 The Suthers School £559 per pupil
8 Westdale Junior School £484 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 5 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Westdale Junior School £41 per square metre
2 Nottingham Free School £35 per square metre
3 The Garibaldi School £34 per square metre
4 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £23 per square metre
5 The Suthers School £22 per square metre

Other costs

Low 3 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Melton Vale Sixth Form College £130 per pupil
2 Victoria Primary School £106 per pupil
3 Nottingham University Samworth Academy £105 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kirk Hallam Community Academy £14 per square metre
2 The Suthers School £9 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 1 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Suthers School £196 per pupil