MERCIA 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 supplies

High 5 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Woodlands Primary School £435 per pupil
2 Nether Edge Primary School £434 per pupil
3 Totley Primary School £412 per pupil
4 Anns Grove Primary School £364 per pupil
5 Mercia School £344 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 4 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Woodlands Primary School £123 per square metre
2 Nether Edge Primary School £87 per square metre
3 Mercia School £71 per square metre
4 Totley Primary School £69 per square metre

Administrative supplies

High 3 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Mercia School £613 per pupil
2 Totley Primary School £351 per pupil
3 Nether Edge Primary School £259 per pupil

Other costs

High 2 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newfield Secondary School £1,711 per pupil
2 King Ecgbert School £1,092 per pupil

Utilities

High 2 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Nether Edge Primary School £24 per square metre
2 Totley Primary School £24 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 7 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Mercia School £4,832 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 4 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newfield Secondary School £224 per pupil
2 Anns Grove Primary School £219 per pupil
3 Woodlands Primary School £215 per pupil
4 King Ecgbert School £203 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 4 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Woodlands Primary School £5,678 per pupil
2 Newfield Secondary School £5,669 per pupil
3 Anns Grove Primary School £5,181 per pupil
4 Nether Edge Primary School £4,862 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 3 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Anns Grove Primary School £60 per square metre
2 King Ecgbert School £14 per square metre
3 Newfield Secondary School £9 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 3 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Totley Primary School £56 per pupil
2 Newfield Secondary School £47 per pupil
3 Woodlands Primary School £41 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 2 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newfield Secondary School £774 per pupil
2 Woodlands Primary School £654 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 2 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Anns Grove Primary School £107 per pupil
2 Woodlands Primary School £98 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 2 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Woodlands Primary School £19 per square metre
2 Anns Grove Primary School £17 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 1 out of 7 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 King Ecgbert School £331 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newfield Secondary School £2 per pupil
2 King Ecgbert School £2 per pupil
3 Totley Primary School £0 per pupil
4 Woodlands Primary School £0 per pupil
5 Nether Edge Primary School £0 per pupil
6 Mercia School £0 per pupil
7 Anns Grove Primary School £0 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 5 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 King Ecgbert School £528 per pupil
2 Mercia School £515 per pupil
3 Anns Grove Primary School £423 per pupil
4 Totley Primary School £416 per pupil
5 Nether Edge Primary School £397 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 4 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 King Ecgbert School £55 per pupil
2 Anns Grove Primary School £41 per pupil
3 Nether Edge Primary School £34 per pupil
4 Mercia School £30 per pupil

Utilities

Low 3 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Mercia School £11 per square metre
2 King Ecgbert School £1 per square metre
3 Newfield Secondary School £0 per square metre

Other costs

Low 3 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Mercia School £75 per pupil
2 Nether Edge Primary School £64 per pupil
3 Totley Primary School £54 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 2 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 King Ecgbert School £5,203 per pupil
2 Totley Primary School £4,200 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 1 out of 7 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Newfield Secondary School £398 per pupil