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Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery School: school finances

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

Large reserves

Holds £283k £1,227 per pupil in reserve, 14% 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 Heading for deficit spending more than it received, reserve running down
  4. 2021-22 Heading for deficit same as the year before
  5. 2022-23 Large reserves reserve 8% or more of a year's income
  6. 2023-24 Healthy reserve between 3% and 8% of a year's income
  7. 2024-25 Large reserves reserve 8% or more of a year's income
Present and share

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School Wrapped: Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery School's year in money · PTFA Wrapped

Government funding vs spending per pupil

In 2024-25, government funding was £1.8m £7,775 per pupil and spending £1.9m £8,087 per pupil. Spending was £72k £312 per pupil more than government funding; the difference came from other income, such as lettings, catering or donations, or from the school's reserve.

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 £7k; 2020-21: funding £7k, spending £7k; 2021-22: funding £7k, spending £7k; 2022-23: funding £7k, spending £7k; 2023-24: funding £7k, 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. CFR years run April to March and AAR years September to August.

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: £536; 2019-20: £918; 2020-21: £389; 2021-22: £504; 2022-23: £3k; 2023-24: £411; 2024-25: £1k-£1,000£0£1,000£2,000£3,0002018-192020-212022-232024-25ReserveSimilarReserve

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

Each year's figures, newest first
YearPupilsIncomeSpendingIn-year balanceReserve at year end
2024-25231.0£2.0m £8,762 per pupil£1.9m £8,087 per pupil+£156k +£675 per pupil£264k £1,143 per pupil
2023-24236.0£1.8m £7,576 per pupil£1.8m £7,466 per pupil+£26k +£110 per pupil£97k £411 per pupil
2022-23224.0£1.7m £7,433 per pupil£1.6m £7,205 per pupil+£51k +£228 per pupil£677k £3,022 per pupil
2021-22224.0£1.6m £7,080 per pupil£1.6m £7,312 per pupil-£52k -£232 per pupil£113k £504 per pupil
2020-21205.5£1.4m £6,579 per pupil£1.5m £7,158 per pupil-£119k -£579 per pupil£80k £389 per pupil
2019-20225.5£1.5m £6,701 per pupil£1.6m £6,896 per pupil-£44k -£195 per pupil£207k £918 per pupil
2018-19241.0£1.5m £6,190 per pupil£1.4m £5,953 per pupil+£57k +£237 per pupil£129k £536 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£2.0m £8,762 per pupil+42% +10% real£8k
Government funding£1.8m £7,775 per pupil+33% +3% real£8k
Special needs (SEN) funding£104k £450 per pupil+1700% +1291% real£450
Pupil premiumNot reported in academy accounts
Money the school raised itself£179k £775 per pupil+83% +42% real£753
Donations (day-to-day)£26k £113 per pupil+242% +167% real£54
Donations for buildings and equipmentNot reported in academy accounts
Facilities and services£0 £0 per pupil-100% -100% real£435
Catering income£15k £65 per pupil+829% +633% real£7
Other DfE grants£308k £1,333 per pupil+294% +207% real£332

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£1.9m £8,087 per pupil+36% +6% real£8k
Teachers£784k £3,394 per pupil+44% +12% real£4k
Supply staff£119k £515 per pupil+1331% +1017% real£194
Support staff£384k £1,662 per pupil+55% +21% real£2k
Office and admin staff£138k £597 per pupil+7% -16% real£377
Premises staff£33k £143 per pupil-16% -35% real£219
Catering staff£0 £0 per pupil£0
Other staff costs£25k £108 per pupil-31% -47% real£322
All staff costs£1.4m £6,277 per pupil+50% +17% real£6k
Premises£109k £472 per pupil-0% -22% real£400
Energy£17k £74 per pupil+95% +50% real£137
Rates, water and other building costs£134k £580 per pupil+30% +1% real£757
Catering£98k £424 per pupil+42% +11% real£430
Learning resources£97k £420 per pupil+34% +4% real£341
Supplies and services£174k £753 per pupil-11% -30% real£931
Bought-in services£61k £264 per pupil-38% -51% real£418

Staff costs were 78% 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 £8,243 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. 2018-19 241.0
  2. 2019-20 225.5
  3. 2020-21 205.5
  4. 2021-22 224.0
  5. 2022-23 224.0
  6. 2023-24 236.0
  7. 2024-25 231.0

Trust central spending

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

  1. 2019-20 £25
  2. 2020-21 £23
  3. 2021-22 £25
  4. 2022-23 £24
  5. 2023-24 £71
  6. 2024-25 £202

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 Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery 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 · ALL SAINTS' TRUST (multi-academy trust) · non-selective · Roman Catholic

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. What is Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery School's £283k £1,227 per pupil reserve being kept for, and is there a timetable to spend it?
  2. How much of Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery School's funding does ALL SAINTS' 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 Our Lady of Grace RC Infant and Nursery 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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