ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC 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 7 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £614 per pupil
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £572 per pupil
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £567 per pupil
4 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £536 per pupil
5 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £514 per pupil
6 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £501 per pupil
7 St Cross Catholic Primary School £489 per pupil

Other costs

High 7 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Cross Catholic Primary School £461 per pupil
2 St Mary's Catholic School £306 per pupil
3 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £238 per pupil
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £183 per pupil
5 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £178 per pupil
6 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £177 per pupil
7 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £168 per pupil

Premises staff and services

High 1 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £46 per square metre

Educational ICT

High 1 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £9 per pupil

Utilities

High 1 out of 9 schools in the high RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Catholic School £27 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Medium 6 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Catholic School £369 per pupil
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £330 per pupil
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £300 per pupil
4 St Cross Catholic Primary School £292 per pupil
5 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £287 per pupil
6 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £266 per pupil

Educational ICT

Medium 6 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £52 per pupil
2 St Mary's Catholic School £23 per pupil
3 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £17 per pupil
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £10 per pupil
5 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £9 per pupil
6 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £5 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Medium 6 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £5,612 per pupil
2 St Mary's Catholic School £5,136 per pupil
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £5,099 per pupil
4 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £4,808 per pupil
5 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £4,684 per pupil
6 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £3,866 per pupil

Utilities

Medium 6 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £21 per square metre
2 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £20 per square metre
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £18 per square metre
4 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £15 per square metre
5 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £15 per square metre
6 St Cross Catholic Primary School £14 per square metre

Premises staff and services

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £62 per square metre
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £51 per square metre
3 St Cross Catholic Primary School £49 per square metre
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £46 per square metre

Non-educational support staff and services

Medium 4 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Catholic School £879 per pupil
2 St Cross Catholic Primary School £826 per pupil
3 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £708 per pupil
4 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £561 per pupil

Educational supplies

Medium 2 out of 9 schools in the medium RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £296 per pupil
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £279 per pupil

Educational supplies

Low 6 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Catholic School £612 per pupil
2 St Cross Catholic Primary School £273 per pupil
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £252 per pupil
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £246 per pupil
5 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £242 per pupil
6 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £223 per pupil

Non-educational support staff and services

Low 4 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £532 per pupil
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £443 per pupil
3 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) £380 per pupil
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School B/S £189 per pupil

Premises staff and services

Low 3 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £43 per square metre
2 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £39 per square metre
3 St Mary's Catholic School £29 per square metre

Catering staff and supplies

Low 2 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School £244 per pupil
2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £233 per pupil

Teaching and Teaching support staff

Low 2 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School £4,479 per pupil
2 St Cross Catholic Primary School £4,416 per pupil

Utilities

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Wx) £14 per square metre

Other costs

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School £56 per pupil

Educational ICT

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Cross Catholic Primary School £15 per pupil

Administrative supplies

Low 1 out of 9 schools in the low RAG rating range

Rank School Expenditure
1 St Mary's Catholic School -£118 per pupil