BRIGHT FUTURES EDUCATIONAL 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 supplies

High 3 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £3,006 per pupil
2 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £545 per pupil
3 Rushbrook Primary Academy £492 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 3 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lime Tree Primary Academy £76 per square metre
2 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £68 per square metre
3 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £60 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 3 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £8,574 per pupil
2 Rushbrook Primary Academy £6,159 per pupil
3 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £5,607 per pupil

Utilities

High 2 out of 12 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lime Tree Primary Academy £22 per square metre
2 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £20 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £943 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 8 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Melland High School £538 per pupil
2 Rushbrook Primary Academy £456 per pupil
3 Cedar Mount Academy £407 per pupil
4 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £403 per pupil
5 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £385 per pupil
6 Elmridge Primary School £319 per pupil
7 Lime Tree Primary Academy £302 per pupil
8 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £43 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 8 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Acre Hall Primary School £61 per pupil
2 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £25 per pupil
3 Lime Tree Primary Academy £19 per pupil
4 Melland High School £18 per pupil
5 Rushbrook Primary Academy £18 per pupil
6 The Orchards £17 per pupil
7 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £12 per pupil
8 Cedar Mount Academy £9 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 8 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £938 per pupil
2 Melland High School £675 per pupil
3 Cedar Mount Academy £653 per pupil
4 Barton Clough Primary School £417 per pupil
5 Acre Hall Primary School £379 per pupil
6 Elmridge Primary School £321 per pupil
7 Lime Tree Primary Academy £306 per pupil
8 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £295 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 7 out of 12 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Rushbrook Primary Academy £57 per square metre
2 Elmridge Primary School £53 per square metre
3 Barton Clough Primary School £45 per square metre
4 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £45 per square metre
5 Acre Hall Primary School £39 per square metre
6 Cedar Mount Academy £32 per square metre
7 Melland High School £18 per square metre

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £379 per pupil
2 Cedar Mount Academy £223 per pupil
3 Rushbrook Primary Academy £139 per pupil
4 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £105 per pupil
5 Barton Clough Primary School £103 per pupil
6 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £98 per pupil

Utilities

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Barton Clough Primary School £21 per square metre
2 The Orchards £19 per square metre
3 Rushbrook Primary Academy £19 per square metre
4 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £18 per square metre
5 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £15 per square metre
6 Melland High School £7 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Melland High School £18,753 per pupil
2 Barton Clough Primary School £6,958 per pupil
3 Cedar Mount Academy £6,856 per pupil
4 Acre Hall Primary School £5,676 per pupil
5 Elmridge Primary School £4,538 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Barton Clough Primary School £784 per pupil
2 Elmridge Primary School £702 per pupil
3 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £588 per pupil
4 Lime Tree Primary Academy £548 per pupil
5 Acre Hall Primary School £547 per pupil

Administrative supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Barton Clough Primary School £196 per pupil
2 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £177 per pupil
3 Elmridge Primary School £175 per pupil
4 Rushbrook Primary Academy £100 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 7 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £168 per pupil
2 Melland High School £166 per pupil
3 Cedar Mount Academy £143 per pupil
4 Acre Hall Primary School £116 per pupil
5 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £113 per pupil
6 Lime Tree Primary Academy £85 per pupil
7 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £81 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £1,366 per pupil
2 Cedar Mount Academy £670 per pupil
3 Melland High School £655 per pupil
4 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £554 per pupil
5 Rushbrook Primary Academy £504 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Melland High School £157 per pupil
2 Marton Primary Academy and Nursery £96 per pupil
3 Elmridge Primary School £95 per pupil
4 Acre Hall Primary School £79 per pupil
5 Lime Tree Primary Academy £77 per pupil

Educational ICT

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Barton Clough Primary School £55 per pupil
2 Altrincham Grammar School for Girls £28 per pupil
3 Elmridge Primary School £25 per pupil

Utilities

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Elmridge Primary School £11 per square metre
2 Cedar Mount Academy £10 per square metre
3 Acre Hall Primary School £7 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £20,163 per pupil
2 Stanley Grove Primary Academy £5,130 per pupil
3 Lime Tree Primary Academy £4,968 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Barton Clough Primary School £339 per pupil
2 The Orchards £333 per pupil
3 Acre Hall Primary School £235 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 1 out of 12 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Orchards £51 per square metre