THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN ACADEMIES 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.

Other costs

High 16 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £434 per pupil
2 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £321 per pupil
3 Bathampton Primary School £283 per pupil
4 St Nicholas Church School £275 per pupil
5 St Vigor & St John Church School £253 per pupil
6 Staplegrove Church School £240 per pupil
7 Freshford Church School £235 per pupil
8 Kingshill Church School £234 per pupil
9 Churchfield Church School £225 per pupil
10 Bishops Lydeard Church School £205 per pupil
11 Bathford Church School £194 per pupil
12 Wembdon St George's Church School £191 per pupil
13 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £183 per pupil
14 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £178 per pupil
15 Bathwick St Mary Church School £163 per pupil
16 Holy Trinity Church School £131 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 15 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £1,424 per pupil
2 Kingshill Church School £1,373 per pupil
3 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £1,257 per pupil
4 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £1,236 per pupil
5 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £1,182 per pupil
6 Swainswick Church School £1,163 per pupil
7 Batheaston Church School £1,072 per pupil
8 St Andrew's Church School £1,066 per pupil
9 Bathford Church School £1,027 per pupil
10 Oakhill Church School £992 per pupil
11 All Saints Church School £967 per pupil
12 Bathwick St Mary Church School £944 per pupil
13 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £892 per pupil
14 St Vigor & St John Church School £874 per pupil
15 St John the Evangelist Church School £791 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 10 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £10,812 per pupil
2 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £9,904 per pupil
3 Kingshill Church School £6,764 per pupil
4 St Vigor & St John Church School £5,700 per pupil
5 Churchfield Church School £5,531 per pupil
6 St Andrew's Church School £5,406 per pupil
7 Oakhill Church School £5,361 per pupil
8 All Saints Church School £5,135 per pupil
9 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £4,704 per pupil
10 Batheaston Church School £4,300 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 9 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 West Chinnock Church School £208 per pupil
2 Bathwick St Mary Church School £191 per pupil
3 Staplegrove Church School £175 per pupil
4 Churchfield Church School £168 per pupil
5 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £135 per pupil
6 St James Church School £134 per pupil
7 Holy Trinity Church School £113 per pupil
8 St John and St Francis Church School £81 per pupil
9 St Andrew's Church School £75 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 7 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Georges Church School £116 per square metre
2 All Saints Church School £85 per square metre
3 Oakhill Church School £81 per square metre
4 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £80 per square metre
5 Churchfield Church School £75 per square metre
6 St James Church School £71 per square metre
7 St John the Evangelist Church School £67 per square metre

Utilities

High 6 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St John the Evangelist Church School £32 per square metre
2 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £26 per square metre
3 Court-De-Wyck Church School £24 per square metre
4 Swainswick Church School £23 per square metre
5 Freshford Church School £22 per square metre
6 Kingshill Church School £21 per square metre

Educational supplies

High 6 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £703 per pupil
2 St Andrew's Church School £148 per pupil
3 St Vigor & St John Church School £131 per pupil
4 St John the Evangelist Church School £124 per pupil
5 St James Church School £113 per pupil
6 Court-De-Wyck Church School £78 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 5 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St James Church School £683 per pupil
2 Bathwick St Mary Church School £452 per pupil
3 St Aldhelms Church School £395 per pupil
4 St Andrew's Church School £391 per pupil
5 St Stephens Church School £389 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 1 out of 45 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Vigor & St John Church School £259 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 28 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Saviours Junior Church School £171 per pupil
2 Bathampton Primary School £126 per pupil
3 St Saviours Infant Church School £117 per pupil
4 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £104 per pupil
5 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £99 per pupil
6 Bishops Lydeard Church School £95 per pupil
7 Swainswick Church School £89 per pupil
8 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £88 per pupil
9 All Saints Church School £87 per pupil
10 St Aldhelms Church School £86 per pupil
11 Oakhill Church School £85 per pupil
12 Horsington Church School £84 per pupil
13 Bathford Church School £76 per pupil
14 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £75 per pupil
15 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £73 per pupil
16 Kingshill Church School £71 per pupil
17 St Stephens Church School £70 per pupil
18 Court-De-Wyck Church School £70 per pupil
19 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £70 per pupil
20 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £69 per pupil
21 Wembdon St George's Church School £68 per pupil
22 Freshford Church School £68 per pupil
23 St Nicholas Church School £67 per pupil
24 St John the Evangelist Church School £66 per pupil
25 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £62 per pupil
26 St Vigor & St John Church School £62 per pupil
27 St Michaels Junior Church School £62 per pupil
28 St Georges Church School £57 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 27 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £1,468 per pupil
2 Christ Church First School £1,123 per pupil
3 St Michaels Junior Church School £1,120 per pupil
4 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £1,066 per pupil
5 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £1,023 per pupil
6 West Chinnock Church School £989 per pupil
7 Court-De-Wyck Church School £913 per pupil
8 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £821 per pupil
9 St Aldhelms Church School £814 per pupil
10 St Stephens Church School £809 per pupil
11 St Saviours Junior Church School £808 per pupil
12 Bishops Lydeard Church School £806 per pupil
13 Horsington Church School £795 per pupil
14 St John and St Francis Church School £792 per pupil
15 Freshford Church School £782 per pupil
16 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £777 per pupil
17 St Nicholas Church School £776 per pupil
18 Bathampton Primary School £737 per pupil
19 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £706 per pupil
20 Wembdon St George's Church School £701 per pupil
21 Churchfield Church School £695 per pupil
22 St Saviours Infant Church School £679 per pupil
23 St Georges Church School £679 per pupil
24 Holy Trinity Church School £669 per pupil
25 Staplegrove Church School £654 per pupil
26 St James Church School £644 per pupil
27 St Andrew's Church School £575 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 26 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 West Chinnock Church School £78 per square metre
2 Swainswick Church School £76 per square metre
3 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £73 per square metre
4 Bishops Lydeard Church School £71 per square metre
5 Bathwick St Mary Church School £68 per square metre
6 Court-De-Wyck Church School £63 per square metre
7 St Saviours Junior Church School £62 per square metre
8 Batheaston Church School £62 per square metre
9 Bathampton Primary School £62 per square metre
10 Staplegrove Church School £61 per square metre
11 St John and St Francis Church School £60 per square metre
12 St Michaels Junior Church School £58 per square metre
13 St Andrew's Church School £57 per square metre
14 St Andrew's Church School £54 per square metre
15 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £53 per square metre
16 St Vigor & St John Church School £53 per square metre
17 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £52 per square metre
18 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £52 per square metre
19 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £52 per square metre
20 Kingshill Church School £49 per square metre
21 Freshford Church School £47 per square metre
22 St Saviours Infant Church School £46 per square metre
23 Holy Trinity Church School £45 per square metre
24 Christ Church First School £45 per square metre
25 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £42 per square metre
26 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £42 per square metre

Other costs

Medium 26 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £397 per pupil
2 West Chinnock Church School £322 per pupil
3 Christ Church First School £253 per pupil
4 Swainswick Church School £232 per pupil
5 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £229 per pupil
6 St Michaels Junior Church School £210 per pupil
7 Oakhill Church School £209 per pupil
8 St Andrew's Church School £185 per pupil
9 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £180 per pupil
10 St Georges Church School £179 per pupil
11 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £173 per pupil
12 St John the Evangelist Church School £168 per pupil
13 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £163 per pupil
14 Batheaston Church School £153 per pupil
15 St James Church School £150 per pupil
16 Court-De-Wyck Church School £146 per pupil
17 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £146 per pupil
18 St Andrew's Church School £143 per pupil
19 St Saviours Infant Church School £140 per pupil
20 All Saints Church School £137 per pupil
21 Horsington Church School £136 per pupil
22 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £127 per pupil
23 St John and St Francis Church School £126 per pupil
24 St Saviours Junior Church School £124 per pupil
25 St Aldhelms Church School £119 per pupil
26 St Stephens Church School £108 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 22 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £670 per pupil
2 Kingshill Church School £366 per pupil
3 Staplegrove Church School £343 per pupil
4 Bathwick St Mary Church School £327 per pupil
5 Freshford Church School £325 per pupil
6 St Nicholas Church School £321 per pupil
7 West Chinnock Church School £293 per pupil
8 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £256 per pupil
9 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £246 per pupil
10 Horsington Church School £237 per pupil
11 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £230 per pupil
12 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £216 per pupil
13 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £213 per pupil
14 Bathampton Primary School £191 per pupil
15 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £183 per pupil
16 St Aldhelms Church School £168 per pupil
17 Oakhill Church School £164 per pupil
18 St Stephens Church School £152 per pupil
19 Wembdon St George's Church School £130 per pupil
20 Holy Trinity Church School £129 per pupil
21 All Saints Church School £123 per pupil
22 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £104 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 22 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Christ Church First School £9,198 per pupil
2 West Chinnock Church School £8,643 per pupil
3 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £7,886 per pupil
4 St Nicholas Church School £7,298 per pupil
5 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £6,441 per pupil
6 Swainswick Church School £5,944 per pupil
7 Bathford Church School £5,595 per pupil
8 Horsington Church School £5,400 per pupil
9 St Georges Church School £4,886 per pupil
10 Bishops Lydeard Church School £4,771 per pupil
11 St Andrew's Church School £4,754 per pupil
12 Court-De-Wyck Church School £4,666 per pupil
13 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £4,639 per pupil
14 Staplegrove Church School £4,606 per pupil
15 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £4,425 per pupil
16 St Aldhelms Church School £4,354 per pupil
17 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £4,320 per pupil
18 Bathwick St Mary Church School £4,228 per pupil
19 St Stephens Church School £4,228 per pupil
20 St John the Evangelist Church School £4,097 per pupil
21 Holy Trinity Church School £4,071 per pupil
22 Freshford Church School £3,853 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 20 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 West Chinnock Church School £21 per square metre
2 Oakhill Church School £21 per square metre
3 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £20 per square metre
4 Batheaston Church School £20 per square metre
5 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £20 per square metre
6 St Michaels Junior Church School £19 per square metre
7 Christ Church First School £19 per square metre
8 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £19 per square metre
9 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £18 per square metre
10 St Aldhelms Church School £18 per square metre
11 St Georges Church School £18 per square metre
12 Staplegrove Church School £18 per square metre
13 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £17 per square metre
14 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £17 per square metre
15 St Vigor & St John Church School £16 per square metre
16 Wembdon St George's Church School £16 per square metre
17 St Nicholas Church School £16 per square metre
18 All Saints Church School £15 per square metre
19 St James Church School £14 per square metre
20 Bishops Lydeard Church School £14 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 19 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Nicholas Church School £422 per pupil
2 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £417 per pupil
3 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £395 per pupil
4 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £372 per pupil
5 Churchfield Church School £362 per pupil
6 Batheaston Church School £356 per pupil
7 Freshford Church School £344 per pupil
8 St John the Evangelist Church School £338 per pupil
9 St Saviours Infant Church School £318 per pupil
10 Bathford Church School £295 per pupil
11 St Georges Church School £295 per pupil
12 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £288 per pupil
13 Bathampton Primary School £283 per pupil
14 Court-De-Wyck Church School £281 per pupil
15 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £271 per pupil
16 St Vigor & St John Church School £266 per pupil
17 Wembdon St George's Church School £259 per pupil
18 Holy Trinity Church School £232 per pupil
19 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £226 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 12 out of 45 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £240 per pupil
2 All Saints Church School £163 per pupil
3 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £152 per pupil
4 Batheaston Church School £143 per pupil
5 Oakhill Church School £139 per pupil
6 Staplegrove Church School £138 per pupil
7 St Stephens Church School £134 per pupil
8 Churchfield Church School £128 per pupil
9 St Andrew's Church School £121 per pupil
10 St John the Evangelist Church School £120 per pupil
11 St Aldhelms Church School £114 per pupil
12 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £113 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 29 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £280 per pupil
2 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £219 per pupil
3 Christ Church First School £179 per pupil
4 St Michaels Junior Church School £167 per pupil
5 West Chinnock Church School £152 per pupil
6 St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge £136 per pupil
7 Swainswick Church School £124 per pupil
8 St Saviours Junior Church School £118 per pupil
9 Kingshill Church School £110 per pupil
10 Bathwick St Mary Church School £108 per pupil
11 St Saviours Infant Church School £106 per pupil
12 Bathampton Primary School £105 per pupil
13 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £105 per pupil
14 St John and St Francis Church School £102 per pupil
15 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £97 per pupil
16 St Georges Church School £93 per pupil
17 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £93 per pupil
18 Bishops Lydeard Church School £89 per pupil
19 Bathford Church School £87 per pupil
20 St James Church School £85 per pupil
21 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £84 per pupil
22 Holy Trinity Church School £78 per pupil
23 St Nicholas Church School £78 per pupil
24 Court-De-Wyck Church School £77 per pupil
25 St Andrew's Church School £76 per pupil
26 Wembdon St George's Church School £75 per pupil
27 Freshford Church School £73 per pupil
28 Horsington Church School £73 per pupil
29 Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School £72 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 18 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Christ Church First School £343 per pupil
2 Kingshill Church School £330 per pupil
3 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £288 per pupil
4 Horsington Church School £269 per pupil
5 St John and St Francis Church School £228 per pupil
6 St Michaels Junior Church School £225 per pupil
7 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £218 per pupil
8 Swainswick Church School £203 per pupil
9 West Chinnock Church School £195 per pupil
10 Oakhill Church School £188 per pupil
11 St Saviours Junior Church School £184 per pupil
12 All Saints Church School £177 per pupil
13 Bishops Lydeard Church School £39 per pupil
14 Cheddon Fitzpaine Church School £28 per pupil
15 St Andrew's Church School £25 per pupil
16 Norton Fitzwarren Church School £23 per pupil
17 Staplegrove Church School £15 per pupil
18 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £0 per pupil

Utilities

Low 16 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Saviours Junior Church School £16 per square metre
2 St Andrew's Church School £15 per square metre
3 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £14 per square metre
4 Holy Trinity Church School £13 per square metre
5 St Saviours Infant Church School £13 per square metre
6 St Andrew's Church School £13 per square metre
7 Horsington Church School £12 per square metre
8 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £12 per square metre
9 Bathwick St Mary Church School £12 per square metre
10 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £11 per square metre
11 St Stephens Church School £11 per square metre
12 Bathford Church School £11 per square metre
13 St John and St Francis Church School £10 per square metre
14 Bathampton Primary School £10 per square metre
15 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £7 per square metre
16 Churchfield Church School £3 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 14 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Christ Church First School £388 per pupil
2 Swainswick Church School £311 per pupil
3 St Mary's & St Peter's Church School £263 per pupil
4 Shepton Beauchamp Church School £250 per pupil
5 St Georges Church School £250 per pupil
6 St Michaels Junior Church School £239 per pupil
7 St Andrew's Church School £238 per pupil
8 Bishops Lydeard Church School £236 per pupil
9 Bathford Church School £216 per pupil
10 Batheaston Church School £206 per pupil
11 St John and St Francis Church School £204 per pupil
12 St Saviours Junior Church School £198 per pupil
13 Churchfield Church School £194 per pupil
14 St Saviours Infant Church School £159 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 10 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Michaels Junior Church School £6,482 per pupil
2 Norton Sub Hamdon Church School £5,116 per pupil
3 St Saviours Junior Church School £5,085 per pupil
4 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £5,012 per pupil
5 Wembdon St George's Church School £4,591 per pupil
6 St Saviours Infant Church School £4,553 per pupil
7 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £4,513 per pupil
8 St John and St Francis Church School £4,446 per pupil
9 Bathampton Primary School £4,425 per pupil
10 St James Church School £4,396 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 9 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Wembdon St George's Church School £49 per square metre
2 Horsington Church School £48 per square metre
3 St Stephens Church School £45 per square metre
4 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £41 per square metre
5 Worlebury St Pauls Church School £40 per square metre
6 St Mark's Ecumenical Anglican/Methodist Primary School £40 per square metre
7 St Nicholas Church School £37 per square metre
8 Bathford Church School £36 per square metre
9 St Aldhelms Church School £24 per square metre

Educational ICT

Low 5 out of 45 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Abbas and Templecombe Church School £80 per pupil
2 Batheaston Church School £77 per pupil
3 St Andrew's Church School £66 per pupil
4 Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School £62 per pupil
5 Christ Church First School £62 per pupil