THE CHALLENGE 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.

Administrative supplies

High 11 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £797 per pupil
2 Priestley College £594 per pupil
3 Beamont Collegiate Academy £573 per pupil
4 Penketh High School £544 per pupil
5 Padgate Academy £479 per pupil
6 Penketh South Community Primary School £420 per pupil
7 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £417 per pupil
8 The Sutton Academy £383 per pupil
9 Great Sankey Primary School £354 per pupil
10 Broomfields Junior School £331 per pupil
11 Appleton Thorn Primary School £269 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 9 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Great Sankey Primary School £85 per square metre
2 Appleton Thorn Primary School £73 per square metre
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £73 per square metre
4 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £71 per square metre
5 Padgate Academy £66 per square metre
6 Beamont Collegiate Academy £64 per square metre
7 Priestley College £59 per square metre
8 Bridgewater High School £55 per square metre
9 The Sutton Academy £48 per square metre

Utilities

High 5 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Broomfields Junior School £40 per square metre
2 Appleton Thorn Primary School £29 per square metre
3 Dallam Community Primary School £25 per square metre
4 Padgate Academy £24 per square metre
5 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £22 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

High 4 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beamont Collegiate Academy £1,370 per pupil
2 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £1,147 per pupil
3 Appleton Thorn Primary School £920 per pupil
4 Great Sankey Primary School £914 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 4 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £8,071 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £6,751 per pupil
3 Bridgewater High School £5,436 per pupil
4 Priestley College £4,692 per pupil

Educational supplies

High 3 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Penketh High School £296 per pupil
2 Bridgewater High School £200 per pupil
3 Dallam Community Primary School £175 per pupil

Educational ICT

High 3 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £184 per pupil
2 Broomfields Junior School £17 per pupil
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £7 per pupil

Other costs

High 1 out of 14 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Sutton Academy £243 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 9 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £185 per pupil
2 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £160 per pupil
3 Penketh High School £129 per pupil
4 Dallam Community Primary School £116 per pupil
5 Penketh South Community Primary School £106 per pupil
6 Appleton Thorn Primary School £105 per pupil
7 Bridgewater High School £101 per pupil
8 Great Sankey Primary School £94 per pupil
9 Broomfields Junior School £84 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 8 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Beamont Collegiate Academy £23 per square metre
2 Great Sankey Primary School £21 per square metre
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £19 per square metre
4 Priestley College £17 per square metre
5 Bridgewater High School £16 per square metre
6 The Sutton Academy £16 per square metre
7 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £14 per square metre
8 Penketh High School £14 per square metre

Educational supplies

Medium 7 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Sutton Academy £604 per pupil
2 Priestley College £568 per pupil
3 Padgate Academy £510 per pupil
4 Beamont Collegiate Academy £374 per pupil
5 Appleton Thorn Primary School £353 per pupil
6 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £329 per pupil
7 Great Sankey Primary School £128 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 5 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £844 per pupil
2 The Sutton Academy £821 per pupil
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £777 per pupil
4 Priestley College £653 per pupil
5 Broomfields Junior School £645 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 5 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £98 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £32 per pupil
3 Penketh High School £26 per pupil
4 Appleton Thorn Primary School £18 per pupil
5 Great Sankey Primary School £9 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 4 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Broomfields Junior School £61 per square metre
2 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £52 per square metre
3 Dallam Community Primary School £50 per square metre
4 Penketh High School £45 per square metre

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 3 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £5,945 per pupil
2 Penketh High School £5,789 per pupil
3 Broomfields Junior School £4,334 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 2 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £224 per pupil
2 Bridgewater High School £184 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

Low 13 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Sutton Academy £0 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £0 per pupil
3 Bridgewater High School £0 per pupil
4 Priestley College £0 per pupil
5 Great Sankey Primary School £0 per pupil
6 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £0 per pupil
7 Penketh High School £0 per pupil
8 Penketh South Community Primary School £0 per pupil
9 Padgate Academy £0 per pupil
10 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £0 per pupil
11 Broomfields Junior School £0 per pupil
12 Appleton Thorn Primary School £0 per pupil
13 Dallam Community Primary School £0 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 6 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £6,148 per pupil
2 Padgate Academy £6,106 per pupil
3 The Sutton Academy £6,005 per pupil
4 Appleton Thorn Primary School £4,452 per pupil
5 Penketh South Community Primary School £4,414 per pupil
6 Great Sankey Primary School £4,335 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 5 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Padgate Academy £57 per pupil
2 Bridgewater High School £36 per pupil
3 Dallam Community Primary School £35 per pupil
4 The Sutton Academy £33 per pupil
5 Priestley College £25 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 4 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Penketh High School £661 per pupil
2 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £650 per pupil
3 Padgate Academy £641 per pupil
4 Bridgewater High School £524 per pupil

Other costs

Low 3 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Padgate Academy £112 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £93 per pupil
3 Priestley College £92 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 3 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £473 per pupil
2 Penketh South Community Primary School £233 per pupil
3 Broomfields Junior School £218 per pupil