LIFE 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 6 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £2 per pupil
2 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £2 per pupil
3 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £2 per pupil
4 Ford End Church of England Primary School £2 per pupil
5 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £2 per pupil
6 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £2 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 5 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £1,730 per pupil
2 Ford End Church of England Primary School £1,351 per pupil
3 Langenhoe Community Primary School £1,311 per pupil
4 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £1,269 per pupil
5 Benhurst Primary School £951 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Benhurst Primary School £149 per pupil
2 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £120 per pupil
3 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £114 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 2 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Benhurst Primary School £74 per square metre
2 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £49 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 2 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £6,000 per pupil
2 Benhurst Primary School £4,802 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 2 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Langenhoe Community Primary School £460 per pupil
2 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £449 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 1 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £394 per pupil

Other costs

High 1 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £218 per pupil

Utilities

High 1 out of 10 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £30 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Medium 7 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ford End Church of England Primary School £371 per pupil
2 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £292 per pupil
3 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £267 per pupil
4 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £266 per pupil
5 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £246 per pupil
6 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £202 per pupil
7 Benhurst Primary School £194 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 6 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £21 per square metre
2 Langenhoe Community Primary School £20 per square metre
3 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £18 per square metre
4 Benhurst Primary School £17 per square metre
5 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £16 per square metre
6 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £15 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £935 per pupil
2 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £913 per pupil
3 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £867 per pupil
4 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £821 per pupil
5 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £765 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £7,138 per pupil
2 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £6,859 per pupil
3 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £5,615 per pupil
4 Langenhoe Community Primary School £5,502 per pupil
5 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £5,273 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 5 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £298 per pupil
2 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £243 per pupil
3 Langenhoe Community Primary School £203 per pupil
4 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £154 per pupil
5 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £132 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 3 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £390 per pupil
2 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £294 per pupil
3 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £249 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 3 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School £69 per square metre
2 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £67 per square metre
3 Langenhoe Community Primary School £46 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 1 out of 10 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £2 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 5 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ford End Church of England Primary School £297 per pupil
2 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £292 per pupil
3 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £246 per pupil
4 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £223 per pupil
5 Benhurst Primary School £175 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 5 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £48 per square metre
2 Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School £46 per square metre
3 Ford End Church of England Primary School £44 per square metre
4 Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School £37 per square metre
5 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £30 per square metre

Educational ICT

Low 3 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £41 per pupil
2 Langenhoe Community Primary School £28 per pupil
3 Benhurst Primary School £23 per pupil

Utilities

Low 3 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School £17 per square metre
2 Ford End Church of England Primary School £13 per square metre
3 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £8 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 3 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ford End Church of England Primary School £6,320 per pupil
2 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham £5,315 per pupil
3 Roxwell Church of England Primary School £5,093 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 2 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls £431 per pupil
2 Ford End Church of England Primary School £242 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 2 out of 10 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School -£171 per pupil
2 Langenhoe Community Primary School -£335 per pupil