THE PIONEER ACADEMY

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.

Premises staff and services

High 13 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Belvedere Infant School £112 per square metre
2 Belvedere Junior School £104 per square metre
3 Broadmead Primary School £101 per square metre
4 Woodcote Primary School £87 per square metre
5 Stewart Fleming Primary School £84 per square metre
6 Red Hill Primary School £84 per square metre
7 Burnt Oak Junior School £78 per square metre
8 Hollington Primary School £77 per square metre
9 Chatsworth Infant School £73 per square metre
10 Moulsecoomb Primary School £70 per square metre
11 Edenbridge Primary School £70 per square metre
12 The Crescent Primary School £70 per square metre
13 South Norwood Primary £66 per square metre

Educational ICT

High 6 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £5 per pupil
2 The Crescent Primary School £3 per pupil
3 Broadmead Primary School £0 per pupil
4 South Norwood Primary £0 per pupil
5 Moulsecoomb Primary School £0 per pupil
6 Belvedere Junior School -£3 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 6 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £11,311 per pupil
2 Broadmead Primary School £7,140 per pupil
3 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £7,079 per pupil
4 South Norwood Primary £6,879 per pupil
5 The Crescent Primary School £6,105 per pupil
6 Burnt Oak Junior School £3,477 per pupil

Utilities

High 5 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £34 per square metre
2 Chatsworth Infant School £28 per square metre
3 Belvedere Junior School £27 per square metre
4 Downe Primary School £25 per square metre
5 Broadmead Primary School £24 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

High 5 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £2,242 per pupil
2 Burnt Oak Junior School £1,448 per pupil
3 Belvedere Infant School £1,191 per pupil
4 Chatsworth Infant School £1,173 per pupil
5 Holland Junior School £1,105 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Crescent Primary School £156 per pupil
2 Belvedere Infant School £139 per pupil
3 Chatsworth Infant School £107 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 3 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £1,480 per pupil
2 Downe Primary School £704 per pupil
3 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £302 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 2 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 South Norwood Primary £527 per pupil
2 The Crescent Primary School £497 per pupil

Other costs

High 1 out of 20 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £422 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 11 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hollington Primary School £159 per pupil
2 Moulsecoomb Primary School £152 per pupil
3 The Crescent Primary School £145 per pupil
4 Belvedere Infant School £134 per pupil
5 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £129 per pupil
6 Stewart Fleming Primary School £109 per pupil
7 Holland Junior School £102 per pupil
8 Broadmead Primary School £99 per pupil
9 Burnt Oak Junior School £94 per pupil
10 Red Hill Primary School £90 per pupil
11 Chatsworth Infant School £89 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 10 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Broadmead Primary School £413 per pupil
2 Stewart Fleming Primary School £385 per pupil
3 Woodcote Primary School £373 per pupil
4 Downe Primary School £366 per pupil
5 Belvedere Junior School £356 per pupil
6 Chatsworth Infant School £354 per pupil
7 Red Hill Primary School £325 per pupil
8 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £313 per pupil
9 Belvedere Infant School £285 per pupil
10 Burnt Oak Junior School £272 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 8 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hollington Primary School £254 per pupil
2 South Norwood Primary £224 per pupil
3 Belvedere Infant School £198 per pupil
4 The Crescent Primary School £184 per pupil
5 Broadmead Primary School £156 per pupil
6 Burnt Oak Junior School £152 per pupil
7 Edenbridge Primary School £138 per pupil
8 Belvedere Junior School £130 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 7 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Downe Primary School £463 per pupil
2 Burnt Oak Junior School £409 per pupil
3 Halstead Community Primary School £306 per pupil
4 Red Hill Primary School £286 per pupil
5 Edenbridge Primary School £276 per pupil
6 Stewart Fleming Primary School £269 per pupil
7 Woodcote Primary School £142 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 7 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holland Junior School £21 per square metre
2 Belvedere Infant School £19 per square metre
3 The Crescent Primary School £19 per square metre
4 Burnt Oak Junior School £18 per square metre
5 Red Hill Primary School £17 per square metre
6 Woodcote Primary School £15 per square metre
7 Stewart Fleming Primary School £15 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 6 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Stewart Fleming Primary School £916 per pupil
2 Woodcote Primary School £882 per pupil
3 Hollington Primary School £737 per pupil
4 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £722 per pupil
5 Red Hill Primary School £714 per pupil
6 Edenbridge Primary School £651 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 6 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Belvedere Infant School £20 per pupil
2 Burnt Oak Junior School £17 per pupil
3 Downe Primary School £15 per pupil
4 Woodcote Primary School £13 per pupil
5 Red Hill Primary School £13 per pupil
6 Hollington Primary School £11 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 4 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Downe Primary School £76 per square metre
2 Holland Junior School £69 per square metre
3 Halstead Community Primary School £49 per square metre
4 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £47 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 20 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Downe Primary School £8,651 per pupil
2 Edenbridge Primary School £4,766 per pupil
3 Woodcote Primary School £4,282 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 8 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Moulsecoomb Primary School £6,031 per pupil
2 Hollington Primary School £5,457 per pupil
3 Holland Junior School £5,354 per pupil
4 Belvedere Junior School £5,076 per pupil
5 Belvedere Infant School £5,062 per pupil
6 Red Hill Primary School £4,767 per pupil
7 Stewart Fleming Primary School £4,355 per pupil
8 Chatsworth Infant School £4,135 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 7 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hollington Primary School £271 per pupil
2 Holland Junior School £268 per pupil
3 South Norwood Primary £230 per pupil
4 Broadmead Primary School £229 per pupil
5 Moulsecoomb Primary School £215 per pupil
6 Belvedere Junior School £214 per pupil
7 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £175 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 6 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Chatsworth Infant School £121 per pupil
2 Moulsecoomb Primary School £95 per pupil
3 Stewart Fleming Primary School £50 per pupil
4 Red Hill Primary School £18 per pupil
5 Holland Junior School £1 per pupil
6 Woodcote Primary School -£60 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 6 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Downe Primary School £740 per pupil
2 Moulsecoomb Primary School £641 per pupil
3 South Norwood Primary £551 per pupil
4 The Crescent Primary School £433 per pupil
5 Broadmead Primary School £407 per pupil
6 Belvedere Junior School £273 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 5 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halstead Community Primary School £108 per pupil
2 Holland Junior School £46 per pupil
3 Chatsworth Infant School £29 per pupil
4 Edenbridge Primary School £27 per pupil
5 Stewart Fleming Primary School £15 per pupil

Other costs

Low 5 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Downe Primary School £107 per pupil
2 Belvedere Junior School £93 per pupil
3 South Norwood Primary £84 per pupil
4 Woodcote Primary School £60 per pupil
5 Edenbridge Primary School £50 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 5 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holland Junior School £273 per pupil
2 Hollington Primary School £261 per pupil
3 Moulsecoomb Primary School £259 per pupil
4 Edenbridge Primary School £240 per pupil
5 Halstead Community Primary School £219 per pupil

Utilities

Low 5 out of 20 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 South Norwood Primary £15 per square metre
2 West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School £14 per square metre
3 Edenbridge Primary School £13 per square metre
4 Moulsecoomb Primary School £11 per square metre
5 Hollington Primary School £10 per square metre