EMBARK 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.

Other costs

High 19 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldercar High School £323 per pupil
2 Longford CofE Primary School £305 per pupil
3 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £303 per pupil
4 Buxton Community School £295 per pupil
5 Chaucer Infant School £294 per pupil
6 Kilburn Junior School £293 per pupil
7 Field House Infant School £290 per pupil
8 Anthony Gell School £277 per pupil
9 Aldercar Infant School £275 per pupil
10 Ladywood Primary School £251 per pupil
11 Heath Primary School £251 per pupil
12 St George's CofE Primary School £246 per pupil
13 Richardson Endowed Primary School £245 per pupil
14 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £242 per pupil
15 Howitt Primary Community School £241 per pupil
16 Pennine Way Junior Academy £239 per pupil
17 Chaucer Junior School £213 per pupil
18 Riddings Junior School £213 per pupil
19 Waingroves Primary School £211 per pupil

Catering staff and supplies

High 6 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Kilburn Junior School £1,305 per pupil
2 Draycott Community Primary School £552 per pupil
3 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £511 per pupil
4 Aldercar Infant School £477 per pupil
5 Richardson Endowed Primary School £458 per pupil
6 Buxton Community School £412 per pupil

Utilities

High 6 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Heath Primary School £27 per square metre
2 Field House Infant School £23 per square metre
3 Riddings Junior School £22 per square metre
4 Parkside Community School £22 per square metre
5 Kilburn Junior School £21 per square metre
6 Buxton Community School £19 per square metre

Educational supplies

High 5 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Buxton Community School £298 per pupil
2 Parkside Community School £223 per pupil
3 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £201 per pupil
4 Riddings Junior School £113 per pupil
5 Aldercar Infant School £97 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

High 5 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott Community Primary School £1,404 per pupil
2 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £1,206 per pupil
3 Riddings Junior School £1,182 per pupil
4 Richardson Endowed Primary School £1,067 per pupil
5 Anthony Gell School £1,020 per pupil

Administrative supplies

High 3 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £889 per pupil
2 Chaucer Infant School £327 per pupil
3 Richardson Endowed Primary School £308 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

High 3 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldercar Infant School £6,387 per pupil
2 Richardson Endowed Primary School £4,413 per pupil
3 Waingroves Primary School £4,273 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 3 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Chaucer Junior School £101 per square metre
2 Ladywood Primary School £71 per square metre
3 Anthony Gell School £69 per square metre

Educational ICT

High 1 out of 23 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Ladywood Primary School £88 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Medium 16 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Longford CofE Primary School £292 per pupil
2 Aldercar High School £272 per pupil
3 Anthony Gell School £247 per pupil
4 Pennine Way Junior Academy £239 per pupil
5 Kilburn Junior School £230 per pupil
6 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £226 per pupil
7 Draycott Community Primary School £198 per pupil
8 Field House Infant School £195 per pupil
9 Howitt Primary Community School £178 per pupil
10 Buxton Community School £172 per pupil
11 Heath Primary School £164 per pupil
12 Aldercar Infant School £154 per pupil
13 Waingroves Primary School £149 per pupil
14 Riddings Junior School £147 per pupil
15 St George's CofE Primary School £134 per pupil
16 Chaucer Junior School £126 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 14 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkside Community School £1,471 per pupil
2 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £989 per pupil
3 Aldercar Infant School £864 per pupil
4 Chaucer Junior School £846 per pupil
5 Field House Infant School £836 per pupil
6 Chaucer Infant School £797 per pupil
7 Ladywood Primary School £795 per pupil
8 Kilburn Junior School £783 per pupil
9 Pennine Way Junior Academy £782 per pupil
10 Aldercar High School £741 per pupil
11 Waingroves Primary School £695 per pupil
12 Heath Primary School £646 per pupil
13 St George's CofE Primary School £623 per pupil
14 Howitt Primary Community School £544 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Medium 14 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott Community Primary School £60 per square metre
2 Chaucer Infant School £60 per square metre
3 Riddings Junior School £57 per square metre
4 Pennine Way Junior Academy £57 per square metre
5 Richardson Endowed Primary School £56 per square metre
6 Longford CofE Primary School £55 per square metre
7 Field House Infant School £54 per square metre
8 Kilburn Junior School £53 per square metre
9 Aldercar Infant School £50 per square metre
10 Parkside Community School £44 per square metre
11 Heath Primary School £43 per square metre
12 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £41 per square metre
13 Aldercar High School £32 per square metre
14 Buxton Community School £31 per square metre

Utilities

Medium 13 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Richardson Endowed Primary School £23 per square metre
2 Chaucer Junior School £23 per square metre
3 Longford CofE Primary School £22 per square metre
4 Anthony Gell School £20 per square metre
5 Aldercar High School £20 per square metre
6 Aldercar Infant School £20 per square metre
7 Chaucer Infant School £19 per square metre
8 Waingroves Primary School £18 per square metre
9 St George's CofE Primary School £18 per square metre
10 Ladywood Primary School £18 per square metre
11 Howitt Primary Community School £17 per square metre
12 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £17 per square metre
13 Pennine Way Junior Academy £14 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 12 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Longford CofE Primary School £518 per pupil
2 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £459 per pupil
3 Chaucer Infant School £441 per pupil
4 St George's CofE Primary School £403 per pupil
5 Ladywood Primary School £389 per pupil
6 Field House Infant School £387 per pupil
7 Riddings Junior School £380 per pupil
8 Waingroves Primary School £375 per pupil
9 Chaucer Junior School £367 per pupil
10 Pennine Way Junior Academy £330 per pupil
11 Howitt Primary Community School £322 per pupil
12 Heath Primary School £289 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 10 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Chaucer Junior School £90 per pupil
2 Howitt Primary Community School £80 per pupil
3 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £78 per pupil
4 Kilburn Junior School £71 per pupil
5 Waingroves Primary School £69 per pupil
6 Parkside Community School £65 per pupil
7 Heath Primary School £51 per pupil
8 St George's CofE Primary School £26 per pupil
9 Longford CofE Primary School £21 per pupil
10 Draycott Community Primary School £21 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 10 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott Community Primary School £435 per pupil
2 Longford CofE Primary School £398 per pupil
3 Anthony Gell School £341 per pupil
4 Heath Primary School £223 per pupil
5 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £209 per pupil
6 St George's CofE Primary School £209 per pupil
7 Waingroves Primary School £203 per pupil
8 Field House Infant School £152 per pupil
9 Kilburn Junior School £147 per pupil
10 Howitt Primary Community School £123 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 6 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Longford CofE Primary School £6,943 per pupil
2 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £5,917 per pupil
3 Parkside Community School £5,895 per pupil
4 Ladywood Primary School £5,735 per pupil
5 Buxton Community School £5,649 per pupil
6 Heath Primary School £4,677 per pupil

Other costs

Medium 2 out of 23 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkside Community School £264 per pupil
2 Draycott Community Primary School £237 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 12 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldercar High School £5,937 per pupil
2 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £5,786 per pupil
3 Anthony Gell School £5,536 per pupil
4 Kilburn Junior School £5,452 per pupil
5 Draycott Community Primary School £5,341 per pupil
6 Chaucer Junior School £5,262 per pupil
7 Chaucer Infant School £5,237 per pupil
8 Howitt Primary Community School £5,156 per pupil
9 Riddings Junior School £5,051 per pupil
10 Field House Infant School £5,046 per pupil
11 St George's CofE Primary School £4,749 per pupil
12 Pennine Way Junior Academy £4,732 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 10 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldercar High School £57 per pupil
2 Horsley Woodhouse Primary School £54 per pupil
3 Chaucer Infant School £43 per pupil
4 Riddings Junior School £38 per pupil
5 Buxton Community School £36 per pupil
6 Anthony Gell School £29 per pupil
7 Pennine Way Junior Academy £24 per pupil
8 Aldercar Infant School £21 per pupil
9 Richardson Endowed Primary School £21 per pupil
10 Field House Infant School £21 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 6 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Aldercar High School £458 per pupil
2 Chaucer Infant School £253 per pupil
3 Ladywood Primary School £250 per pupil
4 Chaucer Junior School £212 per pupil
5 Richardson Endowed Primary School £197 per pupil
6 Pennine Way Junior Academy £168 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 4 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Waingroves Primary School £47 per square metre
2 St George's CofE Primary School £37 per square metre
3 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £27 per square metre
4 Howitt Primary Community School £27 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 3 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkside Community School £65 per pupil
2 Aldercar High School £23 per pupil
3 Anthony Gell School £20 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 2 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Buxton Community School £702 per pupil
2 Longford CofE Primary School £652 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 2 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Parkside Community School £134 per pupil
2 Ladywood Primary School £112 per pupil

Utilities

Low 2 out of 23 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Draycott Community Primary School £16 per square metre
2 William Rhodes Primary and Nursery School £10 per square metre