PONTEFRACT 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.

Premises staff and services

High 4 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £87 per square metre
2 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £72 per square metre
3 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £65 per square metre
4 The King's School £52 per square metre

Utilities

High 3 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £29 per square metre
2 De Lacy Primary School £23 per square metre
3 Carleton High School £20 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 2 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton High School £4,897 per pupil
2 The King's School £4,764 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 2 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton High School £606 per pupil
2 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £462 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 9 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton High School £393 per pupil
2 The King's School £379 per pupil
3 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £356 per pupil
4 De Lacy Primary School £329 per pupil
5 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £320 per pupil
6 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £320 per pupil
7 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £308 per pupil
8 Northfield Primary School £261 per pupil
9 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £252 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 9 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton High School £130 per pupil
2 The King's School £123 per pupil
3 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £121 per pupil
4 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £120 per pupil
5 De Lacy Primary School £117 per pupil
6 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £116 per pupil
7 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £112 per pupil
8 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £112 per pupil
9 Northfield Primary School £102 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 7 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The King's School £494 per pupil
2 Northfield Primary School £322 per pupil
3 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £287 per pupil
4 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £256 per pupil
5 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £254 per pupil
6 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £247 per pupil
7 De Lacy Primary School £237 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 7 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £691 per pupil
2 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £674 per pupil
3 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £608 per pupil
4 Northfield Primary School £607 per pupil
5 De Lacy Primary School £604 per pupil
6 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £573 per pupil
7 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £560 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 6 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Northfield Primary School £128 per pupil
2 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £121 per pupil
3 De Lacy Primary School £116 per pupil
4 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £114 per pupil
5 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £111 per pupil
6 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £110 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 5 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £77 per square metre
2 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £66 per square metre
3 Northfield Primary School £57 per square metre
4 De Lacy Primary School £55 per square metre
5 Carleton High School £40 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £21 per square metre
2 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £18 per square metre
3 The King's School £16 per square metre
4 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £16 per square metre

Educational ICT

Medium 3 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £61 per pupil
2 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £57 per pupil
3 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £40 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 De Lacy Primary School £4,836 per pupil
2 Northfield Primary School £4,451 per pupil
3 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £4,275 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 6 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 De Lacy Primary School £38 per pupil
2 Carleton High School £34 per pupil
3 The King's School £32 per pupil
4 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £31 per pupil
5 Orchard Head Junior and Infant and Nursery School £30 per pupil
6 Northfield Primary School £28 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 4 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School £4,670 per pupil
2 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £4,419 per pupil
3 Halfpenny Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School £4,283 per pupil
4 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £4,123 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 3 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The King's School £135 per pupil
2 Carleton High School £129 per pupil
3 Carleton Park Junior and Infant School £114 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Larks Hill Junior and Infant School £14 per square metre
2 Northfield Primary School £7 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 2 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The King's School £579 per pupil
2 Carleton High School £553 per pupil