Lambs Lane Primary School: school finances
Healthy
Holds £76k in reserve, 5% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2024-25, as a council-run school (CFR return, April–March). Wokingham · Primary · Academy converter.
Earlier years come from this school's return before it became an academy (a different DfE number).
A 2025-26 return is published too, but it covers part of a year or leaves out the income or reserve figure, so the latest complete year is shown.
Reserve at the end of each year, 2018-19 to 2024-25
Income and spending, 2018-19 to 2024-25
Income Spending
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| Year | Income | Spending | Balance | Reserve | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | £1.2m | £1.2m | +£18k | £46k | 223 |
2019-20 | £1.3m | £1.3m | -£2k | £44k | 202 |
2020-21 | £1.2m | £1.2m | +£11k | £54k | 211 |
2021-22 | £1.3m | £1.3m | -£12k | £43k | 207 |
2022-23 | £1.5m | £1.4m | +£62k | £105k | 212 |
2023-24 | £1.5m | £1.5m | -£31k | £74k | 202 |
2024-25 | £1.6m | £1.6m | +£3k | £76k | 206 |
Compared with similar schools
Similar schools are the 30 primary schools outside London closest in size and in the share of pupils on free school meals. Its reserve, as a share of income, is higher than 40% of them. It spends £7,823 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £6,663.
This school Middle half of similar schools Similar schools’ median
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| Spending per pupil | This school | Similar schools (median) | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
Teachers | £3,323 | £3,248 | £3,099–£3,354 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £1,947 | £1,171 | £973–£1,467 |
Supply staff | £61 | £85 | £52–£198 |
Admin and clerical | £466 | £322 | £300–£419 |
Premises | £456 | £364 | £251–£411 |
Energy | £123 | £99 | £66–£117 |
Learning resources & ICT | £382 | £286 | £232–£358 |
Bought-in services | £259 | £204 | £161–£314 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy In deficit
- Willington Primary School In deficit
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple Healthy
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Healthy
- Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy Large reserves
- Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School Healthy
- The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) Healthy
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury In deficit
- Bartons Primary School, Bognor Regis Healthy
- South Bersted CofE Primary School Healthy
- Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Heading for deficit
- Fryern Junior School Large reserves
Where the money comes from, 2024-25
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £1.5m | £7,244 |
SEN funding (part of grants) | £147k | £712 |
Pupil premium (part of grants) | £79k | £384 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £122k | £592 |
Money raised by parents
LAMBS LANE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION (charity 1042439, Registered) raised £11k in its latest year.
| Year ending | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
2025-08 | £11k | £10k |
2024-08 | £4k | £3k |
2023-08 | £4k | £0 |
2022-08 | £4k | £2k |
2021-08 | £5k | £6k |
Matched to this school by name and postcode from the Charity Commission register. Parent associations' money isn't in the school's accounts above.
Questions to ask the school
Useful for parents, governors and PTA committees.
- Spending on support staff (e.g. tas) is £1,947 a pupil, against a typical £1,171 for similar schools. What's behind that?
- Spending on admin and clerical is £466 a pupil, against a typical £322 for similar schools. What's behind that?
- Spending on premises is £456 a pupil, against a typical £364 for similar schools. What's behind that?
- How does the school decide what the money the parents' association raises is spent on?
Check these figures
Every figure here comes from the school's published return to the DfE. Check it on the DfE benchmarking page for this school, and see how the status is worked out.
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