CONNECT 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.

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 8 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Cockington Primary School £163 per pupil
2 Manadon Vale Primary School £143 per pupil
3 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £106 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 2 out of 8 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Cockington Primary School £1,305 per pupil
2 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £1,169 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 1 out of 8 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £65 per square metre

Administrative supplies

High 1 out of 8 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Widey Court Primary School £216 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 1 out of 8 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £6,031 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 7 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £235 per pupil
2 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £196 per pupil
3 Manadon Vale Primary School £186 per pupil
4 Leigham Primary School £185 per pupil
5 Cockington Primary School £185 per pupil
6 Preston Primary School £173 per pupil
7 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £153 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 6 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £62 per pupil
2 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £57 per pupil
3 Preston Primary School £55 per pupil
4 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £52 per pupil
5 Leigham Primary School £48 per pupil
6 Widey Court Primary School £45 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 6 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manadon Vale Primary School £20 per square metre
2 Cockington Primary School £18 per square metre
3 Widey Court Primary School £18 per square metre
4 Leigham Primary School £17 per square metre
5 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £17 per square metre
6 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £16 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 5 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Leigham Primary School £242 per pupil
2 Preston Primary School £213 per pupil
3 Thornbury Primary School £213 per pupil
4 Widey Court Primary School £205 per pupil
5 Manadon Vale Primary School £205 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 5 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £842 per pupil
2 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £692 per pupil
3 Leigham Primary School £649 per pupil
4 Manadon Vale Primary School £581 per pupil
5 Widey Court Primary School £579 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 4 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Leigham Primary School £168 per pupil
2 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £160 per pupil
3 Preston Primary School £141 per pupil
4 Thornbury Primary School £111 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Preston Primary School £5,534 per pupil
2 Thornbury Primary School £5,127 per pupil
3 Manadon Vale Primary School £4,539 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 2 out of 8 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Manadon Vale Primary School £64 per square metre
2 Widey Court Primary School £50 per square metre

Other costs

Low 8 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £71 per pupil
2 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £65 per pupil
3 Leigham Primary School £62 per pupil
4 Manadon Vale Primary School £58 per pupil
5 Widey Court Primary School £58 per pupil
6 Preston Primary School £57 per pupil
7 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £56 per pupil
8 Cockington Primary School £51 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 5 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £36 per square metre
2 Leigham Primary School £35 per square metre
3 Preston Primary School £34 per square metre
4 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £31 per square metre
5 Cockington Primary School £26 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 4 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £4,937 per pupil
2 Leigham Primary School £4,884 per pupil
3 Cockington Primary School £4,877 per pupil
4 Widey Court Primary School £4,397 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 3 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Eden Park Primary & Nursery School £204 per pupil
2 Cockington Primary School £203 per pupil
3 Eggbuckland Vale Primary School £164 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Thornbury Primary School £13 per square metre
2 Preston Primary School £10 per square metre

Educational ICT

Low 2 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Cockington Primary School £53 per pupil
2 Manadon Vale Primary School £41 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 1 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Preston Primary School £632 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 1 out of 8 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Widey Court Primary School £193 per pupil