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 £808 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £584 per pupil
3 Penketh High School £555 per pupil
4 Priestley College £547 per pupil
5 Padgate Academy £491 per pupil
6 Penketh South Community Primary School £432 per pupil
7 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £428 per pupil
8 The Sutton Academy £394 per pupil
9 Great Sankey Primary School £366 per pupil
10 Broomfields Junior School £343 per pupil
11 Appleton Thorn Primary School £281 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 £1,403 per pupil
2 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £1,180 per pupil
3 Appleton Thorn Primary School £953 per pupil
4 Great Sankey Primary School £947 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £8,090 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £6,769 per pupil
3 Bridgewater High School £5,455 per pupil

Educational supplies

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Penketh High School £299 per pupil
2 Bridgewater High School £203 per pupil
3 Dallam Community Primary School £178 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 £185 per pupil
2 Broomfields Junior School £18 per pupil
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £8 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 The Sutton Academy £253 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 £195 per pupil
2 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £170 per pupil
3 Penketh High School £139 per pupil
4 Dallam Community Primary School £126 per pupil
5 Penketh South Community Primary School £116 per pupil
6 Appleton Thorn Primary School £115 per pupil
7 Bridgewater High School £111 per pupil
8 Great Sankey Primary School £104 per pupil
9 Broomfields Junior School £94 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 £607 per pupil
2 Priestley College £557 per pupil
3 Padgate Academy £513 per pupil
4 Beamont Collegiate Academy £377 per pupil
5 Appleton Thorn Primary School £356 per pupil
6 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £332 per pupil
7 Great Sankey Primary School £131 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 6 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £877 per pupil
2 The Sutton Academy £854 per pupil
3 Penketh South Community Primary School £810 per pupil
4 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £683 per pupil
5 Broomfields Junior School £678 per pupil
6 Priestley College £519 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 6 out of 14 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £99 per pupil
2 Padgate Academy £58 per pupil
3 Bridgewater High School £36 per pupil
4 Beamont Collegiate Academy £33 per pupil
5 Penketh High School £27 per pupil
6 Appleton Thorn Primary School £18 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School £5,964 per pupil
2 Penketh High School £5,807 per pupil
3 Priestley College £4,617 per pupil
4 Appleton Thorn Primary School £4,470 per pupil
5 Broomfields Junior School £4,353 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

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 £236 per pupil
2 Bridgewater High School £196 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 5 out of 14 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School £6,166 per pupil
2 Padgate Academy £6,125 per pupil
3 The Sutton Academy £6,024 per pupil
4 Penketh South Community Primary School £4,433 per pupil
5 Great Sankey Primary School £4,354 per pupil

Educational ICT

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Dallam Community Primary School £36 per pupil
2 The Sutton Academy £33 per pupil
3 Priestley College £22 per pupil
4 Great Sankey Primary School £10 per pupil

Other costs

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Padgate Academy £122 per pupil
2 Beamont Collegiate Academy £103 per pupil
3 Priestley College £52 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

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

Rank School Expenditure
1 Penketh High School £694 per pupil
2 Padgate Academy £674 per pupil
3 Bridgewater High School £557 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 £475 per pupil
2 Penketh South Community Primary School £236 per pupil
3 Broomfields Junior School £221 per pupil