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The King's Church of England Primary Academy: school finances

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

Healthy

Holds £131k £542 per pupil in reserve, 7% of a year's income.

Status by year

  1. 2018-19 In deficit reserve below zero
  2. 2019-20 Tight reserve under 3% of a year's income
  3. 2020-21 Healthy reserve between 3% and 8% of a year's income
  4. 2021-22 Large reserves reserve 8% or more of a year's income
  5. 2022-23 Tight reserve under 3% of a year's income
  6. 2023-24 Tight same as the year before
  7. 2024-25 Healthy reserve between 3% and 8% of a year's income
Present and share

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Government funding vs spending per pupil

In 2024-25, government funding was £1.9m £7,892 per pupil and spending £1.8m £7,548 per pupil. Government funding was £83k £344 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 £6k, spending £6k; 2019-20: funding £6k, spending £5k; 2020-21: funding £7k, spending £6k; 2021-22: funding £7k, spending £6k; 2022-23: funding £6k, spending £7k; 2023-24: funding £8k, spending £7k; 2024-25: funding £8k, spending £8k£5,000£6,000£7,000£8,0002018-192020-212022-232024-25Gov. 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: -£150; 2019-20: £112; 2020-21: £503; 2021-22: £688; 2022-23: £0; 2023-24: £214; 2024-25: £427-£500£0£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
2024-25241.0£1.9m £8,091 per pupil£1.8m £7,548 per pupil+£131k +£544 per pupil£103k £427 per pupil
2023-24248.0£1.9m £7,738 per pupil£1.8m £7,173 per pupil+£140k +£565 per pupil£53k £214 per pupil
2022-23268.0£1.7m £6,407 per pupil£1.8m £6,750 per pupil-£92k -£343 per pupil£0 £0 per pupil
2021-22253.0£1.7m £6,763 per pupil£1.6m £6,269 per pupil+£125k +£494 per pupil£174k £688 per pupil
2020-21246.5£1.7m £6,714 per pupil£1.5m £6,004 per pupil+£175k +£710 per pupil£124k £503 per pupil
2019-20267.0£1.6m £5,936 per pupil£1.4m £5,423 per pupil+£137k +£513 per pupil£30k £112 per pupil
2018-19253.5£1.6m £6,146 per pupil£1.6m £6,189 per pupil-£11k -£43 per pupil-£38k -£150 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£1.9m £8,091 per pupil+32% +4% real£8k
Government funding£1.9m £7,892 per pupil+36% +7% real£8k
Special needs (SEN) funding£89k £369 per pupil+367% +269% real£318
Pupil premiumNot reported in academy accounts
Money the school raised itself£35k £145 per pupil-56% -66% real£230
Donations (day-to-day)£2k £8 per pupil-60% -69% real£4
Donations for buildings and equipmentNot reported in academy accounts
Facilities and services£15k £62 per pupil+13% -12% real£84
Catering income£16k £66 per pupil-33% -47% real£53
Other DfE grants£46k £191 per pupil-10% -29% real£217

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£1.8m £7,548 per pupil+22% -4% real£8k
Teachers£849k £3,523 per pupil+14% -11% real£3k
Supply staff£18k £75 per pupil-30% -45% real£57
Support staff£479k £1,988 per pupil+54% +21% real£2k
Office and admin staff£80k £332 per pupil+42% +12% real£340
Premises staff£72k £299 per pupil+62% +27% real£174
Catering staff£0 £0 per pupil£0
Other staff costs£28k £116 per pupil-5% -26% real£204
All staff costs£1.5m £6,066 per pupil+23% -3% real£6k
Premises£94k £390 per pupil+55% +22% real£405
Energy£40k £166 per pupil+55% +22% real£130
Rates, water and other building costs£161k £668 per pupil+38% +8% real£638
Catering£89k £369 per pupil+40% +10% real£341
Learning resources£56k £232 per pupil-27% -42% real£334
Supplies and services£102k £423 per pupil-23% -39% real£730
Bought-in services£10k £41 per pupil-72% -78% real£179

Staff costs were 80% 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 £1.9m £7,693 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. 2018-19 253.5
  2. 2019-20 267.0
  3. 2020-21 246.5
  4. 2021-22 253.0
  5. 2022-23 268.0
  6. 2023-24 248.0
  7. 2024-25 241.0

Trust central spending

What DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST spent centrally per pupil, on top of this school's own accounts:

  1. 2018-19 £206
  2. 2019-20 £225
  3. 2020-21 £211
  4. 2021-22 £260
  5. 2022-23 £294
  6. 2023-24 £310
  7. 2024-25 £287

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

Each school year's returns, newest first
School yearRaisedSpent
2025-26
year to September 2025		£4k£4k

Each return is placed in the school year that holds the end of the charity's financial year, and per-pupil figures use that year's pupils. A parents' association's money is its own and isn't in the school's accounts above. Money a parents' association gives the school can also appear in the school's own accounts as donations, so the two can overlap. They are shown separately here and never added together.

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

Intake and area

academy · Primary · Mixed · DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (multi-academy trust) · Church of England

Intake band 4 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. How much of The King's Church of England Primary Academy's funding does DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY 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)
  2. How much does the PTA (or friends' association) raise each year, and what does it pay for?
  3. Does the school's reserve figure include its share of the trust's central reserves?
  4. How does The King's Church of England Primary Academy'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)
  5. Can the trust move money between its schools, and has this school given or received any?
  6. Who sets the school's budget: the headteacher, local governors or the trust board?

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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