PENROSE LEARNING 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 5 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Elmstead Primary School £171 per pupil
2 Colchester Academy £153 per pupil
3 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £149 per pupil
4 Hadleigh High School £126 per pupil
5 Claydon High School £105 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 5 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £265 per square metre
2 Great Bentley Primary School £137 per square metre
3 Hadleigh High School £93 per square metre
4 Dale Hall Community Primary School £62 per square metre
5 East Bergholt High School £55 per square metre

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Academy £851 per pupil
2 Hadleigh High School £618 per pupil
3 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £134 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 1 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Academy £382 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hadleigh High School £777 per pupil
2 Claydon High School £743 per pupil
3 Colchester Academy £730 per pupil
4 Elmstead Primary School £653 per pupil
5 East Bergholt High School £647 per pupil
6 Claydon Primary School £639 per pupil
7 Great Bentley Primary School £606 per pupil
8 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £600 per pupil
9 Dale Hall Community Primary School £597 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Academy £163 per pupil
2 Great Bentley Primary School £136 per pupil
3 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £134 per pupil
4 East Bergholt High School £130 per pupil
5 Elmstead Primary School £123 per pupil
6 Claydon High School £123 per pupil
7 Hadleigh High School £121 per pupil
8 Claydon Primary School £108 per pupil
9 Dale Hall Community Primary School £106 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 8 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Elmstead Primary School £23 per square metre
2 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £20 per square metre
3 Hadleigh High School £17 per square metre
4 Colchester Academy £16 per square metre
5 Great Bentley Primary School £16 per square metre
6 Dale Hall Community Primary School £15 per square metre
7 East Bergholt High School £15 per square metre
8 Claydon High School £13 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 7 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £349 per pupil
2 Great Bentley Primary School £340 per pupil
3 Elmstead Primary School £299 per pupil
4 Dale Hall Community Primary School £295 per pupil
5 Hadleigh High School £287 per pupil
6 East Bergholt High School £279 per pupil
7 Claydon High School £245 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Elmstead Primary School £69 per square metre
2 Claydon Primary School £55 per square metre
3 Claydon High School £45 per square metre
4 Colchester Academy £40 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Colchester Academy £5,582 per pupil
2 Claydon High School £5,138 per pupil
3 East Bergholt High School £5,070 per pupil
4 Claydon Primary School £4,437 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Great Bentley Primary School £147 per pupil
2 East Bergholt High School £136 per pupil
3 Claydon Primary School £113 per pupil
4 Dale Hall Community Primary School £106 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 3 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Claydon High School £511 per pupil
2 Great Bentley Primary School £185 per pupil
3 Dale Hall Community Primary School £131 per pupil

Administrative supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hadleigh High School £117 per pupil
2 Colchester Academy £112 per pupil
3 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £97 per pupil
4 Claydon High School £93 per pupil
5 East Bergholt High School £93 per pupil
6 Great Bentley Primary School £85 per pupil
7 Elmstead Primary School £82 per pupil
8 Claydon Primary School £54 per pupil
9 Dale Hall Community Primary School £50 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 5 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hadleigh High School £5,448 per pupil
2 Great Bentley Primary School £4,583 per pupil
3 Elmstead Primary School £4,493 per pupil
4 Dale Hall Community Primary School £4,478 per pupil
5 Frinton-on-Sea Primary School £4,434 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 3 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 East Bergholt High School £453 per pupil
2 Elmstead Primary School £204 per pupil
3 Claydon Primary School £189 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Claydon Primary School £226 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Claydon Primary School £11 per square metre