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Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School: school finances

Latest full year 2024-25, as an academy (accounts return, September to August). Leicestershire · Primary · Academy converter

Large reserves

Holds £144k £1,471 per pupil in reserve, 19% of a year's income.

Status by year

  1. 2018-19 Large reserves reserve 8% or more of a year's income
  2. 2019-20 Large reserves same as the year before
  3. 2020-21 Large reserves same as the year before
  4. 2021-22 Large reserves same as the year before
  5. 2022-23 Large reserves same as the year before
  6. 2023-24 Large reserves same as the year before
  7. 2024-25 Large reserves same as the year before
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Government funding vs spending per pupil

In 2024-25, government funding was £710k £7,245 per pupil and spending £614k £6,265 per pupil. Government funding was £96k £980 per pupil more than spending.

Government funding and spending per pupil, 2018-19 to 2024-25Government funding and spending per pupil each year, 2018-19 to 2024-25. 2018-19: funding £5k, spending £6k; 2019-20: funding £6k, spending £6k; 2020-21: funding £6k, spending £6k; 2021-22: funding £7k, spending £12k; 2022-23: funding £7k, spending £7k; 2023-24: funding £7k, spending £7k; 2024-25: funding £7k, spending £6k£5,000£7,500£10,000£12,5002018-192020-212022-232024-25Gov. fundingSpendingSimilarGov. fundingSpending

Funding is the money a school receives; spending is what it pays out. The two differ when a school adds to or draws on its savings, and because some money is spent on its pupils by someone else: the council (for example special needs top-ups and transport) or, for academies, the trust's central team. (IFS, pp. 7, 10, 46, 52, 54)

Government funding is the academy accounts line "grant funding from government" in academy (AAR) years and the CFR grant funding total in council-run years. The two are not strictly comparable: CFR line I07 can include some money that is not from government.

Real terms: in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026).

Reserve per pupil by year

Reserve per pupil, 2018-19 to 2024-25Reserve per pupil at the end of each year. 2018-19: £1k; 2019-20: £821; 2020-21: £978; 2021-22: £1k; 2022-23: £1k; 2023-24: £1k; 2024-25: £2k£0£500£1,000£1,5002018-192020-212022-232024-25ReserveSimilarReserve

Real terms: in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026).

Each year's figures, newest first
YearPupilsIncomeSpendingIn-year balanceReserve at year end
2024-2598.0£755k £7,704 per pupil£614k £6,265 per pupil+£141k +£1,439 per pupil£149k £1,520 per pupil
2023-2495.0£707k £7,442 per pupil£661k £6,958 per pupil+£46k +£484 per pupil£104k £1,095 per pupil
2022-2383.0£666k £8,024 per pupil£615k £7,410 per pupil+£51k +£614 per pupil£114k £1,373 per pupil
2021-2284.0£932k £11,095 per pupil£988k £11,762 per pupil-£56k -£667 per pupil£86k £1,024 per pupil
2020-2190.0£608k £6,756 per pupil£564k £6,267 per pupil+£44k +£489 per pupil£88k £978 per pupil
2019-2095.0£554k £5,832 per pupil£581k £6,116 per pupil-£27k -£284 per pupil£78k £821 per pupil
2018-1986.0£485k £5,640 per pupil£505k £5,872 per pupil-£20k -£233 per pupil£108k £1,256 per pupil

Where the money comes from

Income in 2024-25, with the trend per pupil since 2018-19
Line2024-25Trend per pupilChange per pupil since 2018-19Similar schools (median per pupil)
Total income£755k £7,704 per pupil+37% +7% real£7k
Government funding£710k £7,245 per pupil+33% +5% real£7k
Special needs (SEN) funding£22k £224 per pupil+874% +663% real£252
Pupil premiumNot reported in academy accounts
Money the school raised itself£45k £459 per pupil+556% +420% real£410
Donations (day-to-day)£9k £92 per pupil+667% +527% real£50
Donations for buildings and equipmentNot reported in academy accounts
Facilities and services£25k £255 per pupil£126
Catering income£8k £82 per pupil+74% +38% real£106
Other DfE grants£0 £0 per pupil£292

Other DfE grants is a container line. It includes the grants that cover higher employer pension and National Insurance costs, which cannot be separated out, so no figure is shown for them on their own. Not every rise in a school's income is extra spending power. When the government raised what schools pay as employers into staff pensions and National Insurance, it gave schools grants to cover the bill. The IFS describes this as extra money to pay for extra outgoings, with no change in real resources. About £2.3 billion of the growth in school funding between 2019–20 and 2025–26 was this kind of grant. So when a school's income jumps, check whether its staff costs jumped by the same amount: the money may simply have passed through. (IFS, p. 50)

Academy accounts don't report pupil premium as a separate line, so it is shown as not reported rather than as zero.

Where it goes

Spending in 2024-25, with the trend per pupil since 2018-19
Line2024-25Trend per pupilChange per pupil since 2018-19Similar schools (median per pupil)
Total spending£614k £6,265 per pupil+7% -16% real£7k
Teachers£317k £3,235 per pupil-25% -41% real£4k
Supply staff£0 £0 per pupil£60
Support staff£119k £1,214 per pupil+5178% +4027% real£1k
Office and admin staff£20k £204 per pupil-30% -45% real£364
Premises staff£14k £143 per pupil+2% -19% real£126
Catering staff£2k £20 per pupil-13% -30% real£0
Other staff costs£38k £388 per pupil+203% +138% real£167
All staff costs£500k £5,102 per pupil+8% -15% real£5k
Premises£23k £235 per pupil-28% -43% real£390
Energy£7k £71 per pupil+22% -3% real£137
Rates, water and other building costs£48k £490 per pupil+147% +95% real£646
Catering£38k £388 per pupil+317% +226% real£360
Learning resources£21k £214 per pupil+2% -20% real£312
Supplies and services£43k £439 per pupil-27% -43% real£757
Bought-in services£18k £184 per pupil-53% -64% real£237

Staff costs were 81% of this school's spending in 2024-25. Across England, over 80% of schools' costs are staff costs. (IFS, p. 63)

In 2025-26 prices, this school spent £626k £6,386 per pupil in 2024-25. Across England, primary schools are expected to spend about £7,000 per pupil in 2025–26. (IFS, p. 7)

Academy figures exclude the trust's central spending on its schools, so they can look lower than a council-run school's. See the trust's central spending below.

Pupils by year

  1. 2018-19 86.0
  2. 2019-20 95.0
  3. 2020-21 90.0
  4. 2021-22 84.0
  5. 2022-23 83.0
  6. 2023-24 95.0
  7. 2024-25 98.0

Trust central spending

What LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST spent centrally per pupil, on top of this school's own accounts:

  1. 2018-19 £191
  2. 2019-20 £188
  3. 2020-21 £273
  4. 2021-22 £249
  5. 2022-23 £276
  6. 2023-24 £310
  7. 2024-25 £518

These are cash figures. The IFS average below is in 2025-26 prices.

On average, academy trusts spent £510 per pupil centrally in 2023–24, money that is not counted in their individual schools' own spending. (IFS, p. 56)

Money raised by parents

No registered parents' association found for Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School. Charities with an income of £5,000 or less a year don't have to register with the Charity Commission, so many schools have an active PTA or friends' group that isn't on the register.

Across England, the typical registered parents' association raised £50 per pupil in 2025-26.

Intake and area

academy · Primary · Mixed · LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST (multi-academy trust) · Church of England

Intake band 1 of 5 nationally, combining free-school-meal eligibility and the deprivation of the school's neighbourhood (1 = least disadvantaged, 5 = most).

Context, not a judgement: schools with different intakes get different funding and face different costs.

How my school's money is split

For pupils: out of every pound the school spent in 2024-25, here is roughly where it went, with the amount for each pupil.

National context

Questions to ask the school

Useful for parents, governors and PTFA committees.

  1. What is Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School's £144k £1,471 per pupil reserve being kept for, and is there a timetable to spend it?
  2. How much of Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School's funding does LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST keep centrally each year, and what does the school get for it? Why ask: Academy trusts spent £510 per pupil centrally in 2023–24 on average. (IFS, p. 56)
  3. How much does the PTA (or friends' association) raise each year, and what does it pay for?
  4. Is any of it already committed, for example to building work or to cover a planned overspend?
  5. Does the school's reserve figure include its share of the trust's central reserves?
  6. How does Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School's spending per pupil compare with similar schools, and why? Why ask: Nationally, primaries spend about £7,000 and secondaries about £7,800 per pupil in 2025–26. (IFS, p. 7)
  7. Could some be spent on current pupils without putting future years at risk?
  8. Can the trust move money between its schools, and has this school given or received any?

Check at source

Every figure here comes from the school's published return. Check it on the DfE benchmarking page for this school, and see how the figures are worked out.

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