CHESTER 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.

Educational ICT

High 17 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £0 per pupil
2 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £0 per pupil
3 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
4 Brereton CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
5 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
6 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
7 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
8 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
9 St George's CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
10 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
11 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
12 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
13 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
14 Norley Church of England Primary School £0 per pupil
15 Dodleston CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
16 Huxley CofE Primary School £0 per pupil
17 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £0 per pupil

Utilities

High 11 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £30 per square metre
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £29 per square metre
3 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £27 per square metre
4 Norley Church of England Primary School £27 per square metre
5 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £27 per square metre
6 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £26 per square metre
7 St George's CofE Primary School £25 per square metre
8 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £24 per square metre
9 Brereton CofE Primary School £24 per square metre
10 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £24 per square metre
11 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £23 per square metre

Administrative supplies

High 6 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £533 per pupil
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £416 per pupil
3 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £327 per pupil
4 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £316 per pupil
5 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £273 per pupil
6 Brereton CofE Primary School £250 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 6 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £563 per pupil
2 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £477 per pupil
3 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £474 per pupil
4 Brereton CofE Primary School £441 per pupil
5 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £437 per pupil
6 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £403 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 4 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £6,889 per pupil
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £6,625 per pupil
3 Brereton CofE Primary School £4,997 per pupil
4 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £4,914 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £627 per pupil
2 Brereton CofE Primary School £461 per pupil
3 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £169 per pupil

Other costs

High 3 out of 24 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £209 per pupil
2 Norley Church of England Primary School £195 per pupil
3 Brereton CofE Primary School £173 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 14 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £1,054 per pupil
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £960 per pupil
3 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £915 per pupil
4 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £865 per pupil
5 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £856 per pupil
6 Norley Church of England Primary School £851 per pupil
7 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £831 per pupil
8 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £818 per pupil
9 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £761 per pupil
10 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £728 per pupil
11 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £701 per pupil
12 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £662 per pupil
13 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £661 per pupil
14 Brereton CofE Primary School £612 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 12 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £191 per pupil
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £189 per pupil
3 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £144 per pupil
4 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £144 per pupil
5 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £140 per pupil
6 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £140 per pupil
7 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £137 per pupil
8 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £134 per pupil
9 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £128 per pupil
10 St George's CofE Primary School £108 per pupil
11 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £103 per pupil
12 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £97 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 11 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £79 per square metre
2 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £66 per square metre
3 Dodleston CofE Primary School £64 per square metre
4 Brereton CofE Primary School £60 per square metre
5 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £59 per square metre
6 St George's CofE Primary School £53 per square metre
7 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £51 per square metre
8 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £49 per square metre
9 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £48 per square metre
10 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £48 per square metre
11 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £47 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Medium 10 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £362 per pupil
2 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £303 per pupil
3 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £289 per pupil
4 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £236 per pupil
5 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £222 per pupil
6 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £212 per pupil
7 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £203 per pupil
8 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £200 per pupil
9 St George's CofE Primary School £147 per pupil
10 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £133 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 9 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dodleston CofE Primary School £425 per pupil
2 Norley Church of England Primary School £390 per pupil
3 St George's CofE Primary School £388 per pupil
4 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £353 per pupil
5 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £330 per pupil
6 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £322 per pupil
7 Little Bollington CofE Primary School £305 per pupil
8 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £285 per pupil
9 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £237 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 9 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £464 per pupil
2 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £446 per pupil
3 Norley Church of England Primary School £445 per pupil
4 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £406 per pupil
5 St George's CofE Primary School £305 per pupil
6 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £260 per pupil
7 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £213 per pupil
8 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £188 per pupil
9 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £183 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 6 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £6,756 per pupil
2 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £6,250 per pupil
3 St George's CofE Primary School £5,797 per pupil
4 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £4,490 per pupil
5 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £4,375 per pupil
6 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School £3,909 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 5 out of 24 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £24 per square metre
2 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £22 per square metre
3 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £18 per square metre
4 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £18 per square metre
5 Wybunbury Delves CofE Primary School £17 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 7 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Huxley CofE Primary School £6,166 per pupil
2 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £5,712 per pupil
3 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £5,072 per pupil
4 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £4,899 per pupil
5 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £4,870 per pupil
6 Norley Church of England Primary School £4,805 per pupil
7 Moreton Christ Church CofE Primary School £4,663 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 6 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £40 per square metre
2 Norley Church of England Primary School £39 per square metre
3 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £39 per square metre
4 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £38 per square metre
5 St Matthew's Church of England Primary School £37 per square metre
6 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £33 per square metre

Educational supplies

Low 5 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Oswald's CofE Primary School £317 per pupil
2 Dodleston CofE Primary School £307 per pupil
3 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £226 per pupil
4 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £211 per pupil
5 Thurstaston Dawpool CofE Primary School £186 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 3 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Church of England Primary School £710 per pupil
2 St George's CofE Primary School £643 per pupil
3 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £610 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 2 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School £277 per pupil
2 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge £276 per pupil

Other costs

Low 2 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £109 per pupil
2 Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School £109 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bosley St Mary's CofE Primary School £14 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 1 out of 24 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Norley Church of England Primary School £113 per pupil