SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST

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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.

  • In year balance

    £1,401,000

  • Revenue reserve

    -£451,000

  • Academies

    18

Spending focus for this trust

  • 23

    High

  • 79

    Medium

  • 42

    Low

High, medium and low refers to the RAG rating given to cost categories where spending is significantly more or less than similar trusts.

Cost categories
Category Sum of High/Medium/Low focus school cost categories
Administrative supplies 8 high, 9 medium and 1 low for Administrative supplies
Non-educational support staff and services 4 high, 13 medium and 1 low for Non-educational support staff and services
Premises staff and services 4 high, 13 medium and 1 low for Premises staff and services
Educational ICT 3 high, 14 medium and 1 low for Educational ICT
Educational supplies 3 high, 7 medium and 8 low for Educational supplies
Teaching and Teaching support staff 1 high, 12 medium and 5 low for Teaching and Teaching support staff
Utilities 0 high, 9 medium and 9 low for Utilities
Catering staff and supplies 0 high, 2 medium and 16 low for Catering staff and supplies

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Schools in this trust

Primary schools in this trust
Primary schools Status
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School 2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School 2 high, 5 medium and 1 low for Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School
Motcombe CofE Primary School 2 high, 4 medium and 2 low for Motcombe CofE Primary School
Sherborne Primary School 2 high, 4 medium and 2 low for Sherborne Primary School
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School 2 high, 4 medium and 2 low for St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School
Shillingstone Church of England Primary School 1 high, 5 medium and 2 low for Shillingstone Church of England Primary School
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 1 high, 4 medium and 3 low for St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Thornford CofE Primary School 1 high, 4 medium and 3 low for Thornford CofE Primary School
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford 1 high, 3 medium and 4 low for St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford
Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School 0 high, 6 medium and 2 low for Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 0 high, 5 medium and 3 low for St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas 0 high, 5 medium and 3 low for St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School 0 high, 4 medium and 4 low for Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School
Secondary schools in this trust
Secondary schools Status
The Gryphon School 3 high, 3 medium and 2 low for The Gryphon School
Sturminster Newton High School 1 high, 7 medium and 0 low for Sturminster Newton High School
Shaftesbury School 1 high, 6 medium and 1 low for Shaftesbury School
King Arthur's School 1 high, 5 medium and 2 low for King Arthur's School
Alternative provision in this trust
Alternative provision Status
Harbour Vale School 3 high, 0 medium and 5 low for Harbour Vale School

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