NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY 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.

Utilities

High 7 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Beech Academy £47 per square metre
2 Hilltop School £43 per square metre
3 Abbey School £32 per square metre
4 Coppice School £30 per square metre
5 Fountaindale School £27 per square metre
6 Kingfisher Academy £24 per square metre
7 Crags Community School £21 per square metre

Other costs

High 6 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Crags Community School £1,873 per pupil
2 Kelford School £1,610 per pupil
3 Kingfisher Academy £1,353 per pupil
4 Kenwood Academy £1,201 per pupil
5 The Beech Academy £686 per pupil
6 Pennine View School £615 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 5 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hilltop School £106 per square metre
2 Abbey School £94 per square metre
3 Fountaindale School £83 per square metre
4 Discovery Academy £82 per square metre
5 Coppice School £79 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

High 3 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kelford School £1,072 per pupil
2 Fountaindale School £684 per pupil
3 Abbey School £568 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 2 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kelford School £3,558 per pupil
2 Crags Community School £2,180 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 2 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kenwood Academy £866 per pupil
2 Crags Community School £326 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 2 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Coppice School £400 per pupil
2 Pennine View School £296 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hilltop School £26,592 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 1 out of 17 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Pennine View School £173 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 14 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lotus Academy £4,216 per pupil
2 Kingfisher Academy £3,534 per pupil
3 Heatherwood School £3,514 per pupil
4 Hilltop School £3,306 per pupil
5 Fountaindale School £3,259 per pupil
6 Discovery Academy £3,218 per pupil
7 The Beech Academy £3,204 per pupil
8 North Ridge Community School £3,040 per pupil
9 Kenwood Academy £2,899 per pupil
10 Pennine View School £2,893 per pupil
11 Coppice School £2,810 per pupil
12 Bader Academy £2,759 per pupil
13 The Willows School £2,634 per pupil
14 Abbey School £2,583 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 13 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kenwood Academy £345 per pupil
2 Lotus Academy £308 per pupil
3 Discovery Academy £217 per pupil
4 Kingfisher Academy £170 per pupil
5 Bader Academy £162 per pupil
6 Fountaindale School £156 per pupil
7 Abbey School £153 per pupil
8 North Ridge Community School £128 per pupil
9 Kelford School £118 per pupil
10 Heatherwood School £111 per pupil
11 The Willows School £109 per pupil
12 Hilltop School £42 per pupil
13 Coppice School £34 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 11 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Beech Academy £694 per pupil
2 Discovery Academy £614 per pupil
3 Kelford School £601 per pupil
4 Abbey School £572 per pupil
5 The Willows School £543 per pupil
6 Fountaindale School £524 per pupil
7 Bader Academy £516 per pupil
8 Heatherwood School £496 per pupil
9 Hilltop School £471 per pupil
10 Pennine View School £459 per pupil
11 Coppice School £325 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 11 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Fountaindale School £30,285 per pupil
2 Kelford School £24,157 per pupil
3 Bader Academy £21,424 per pupil
4 Kingfisher Academy £20,925 per pupil
5 Heatherwood School £20,569 per pupil
6 The Beech Academy £19,129 per pupil
7 North Ridge Community School £18,508 per pupil
8 Discovery Academy £17,681 per pupil
9 The Willows School £15,882 per pupil
10 Abbey School £14,849 per pupil
11 Crags Community School £5,413 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 9 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Discovery Academy £697 per pupil
2 North Ridge Community School £692 per pupil
3 Heatherwood School £684 per pupil
4 Coppice School £678 per pupil
5 Pennine View School £625 per pupil
6 The Beech Academy £609 per pupil
7 Bader Academy £605 per pupil
8 Hilltop School £557 per pupil
9 The Willows School £506 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 9 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lotus Academy £931 per pupil
2 Fountaindale School £648 per pupil
3 Heatherwood School £610 per pupil
4 Bader Academy £608 per pupil
5 Discovery Academy £532 per pupil
6 Abbey School £518 per pupil
7 North Ridge Community School £505 per pupil
8 Coppice School £469 per pupil
9 The Willows School £437 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 7 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Beech Academy £105 per square metre
2 Kelford School £83 per square metre
3 Pennine View School £69 per square metre
4 Lotus Academy £66 per square metre
5 The Willows School £62 per square metre
6 Heatherwood School £58 per square metre
7 North Ridge Community School £50 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 7 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Willows School £30 per square metre
2 Discovery Academy £24 per square metre
3 Pennine View School £23 per square metre
4 Heatherwood School £23 per square metre
5 Kelford School £22 per square metre
6 Bader Academy £20 per square metre
7 Lotus Academy £18 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 5 out of 17 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lotus Academy £1,800 per pupil
2 The Beech Academy £1,375 per pupil
3 Fountaindale School £996 per pupil
4 Bader Academy £950 per pupil
5 North Ridge Community School £659 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 9 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Discovery Academy £921 per pupil
2 Kenwood Academy £789 per pupil
3 Kingfisher Academy £702 per pupil
4 Abbey School £572 per pupil
5 The Willows School £561 per pupil
6 Kelford School £550 per pupil
7 Hilltop School £520 per pupil
8 Heatherwood School £446 per pupil
9 Crags Community School £223 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 4 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Crags Community School £274 per pupil
2 Lotus Academy £260 per pupil
3 Kenwood Academy £212 per pupil
4 Kingfisher Academy £105 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 4 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lotus Academy £21,850 per pupil
2 Kenwood Academy £19,631 per pupil
3 Coppice School £19,006 per pupil
4 Pennine View School £15,955 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 3 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Bader Academy £42 per square metre
2 Kingfisher Academy £34 per square metre
3 Crags Community School £8 per square metre

Administrative supplies

Low 3 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Lotus Academy £654 per pupil
2 Kingfisher Academy £488 per pupil
3 North Ridge Community School £356 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 2 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Beech Academy £65 per pupil
2 Crags Community School £25 per pupil

Other costs

Low 1 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Hilltop School £185 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 17 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 North Ridge Community School £13 per square metre