BELLEVUE PLACE EDUCATION TRUST: academy finances
12 academies with a full-year return, 6 of them in deficit at their latest return. A trust can move money between its academies, so an academy shown in deficit may be supported by the trust as a whole.
Most of a school's money pays for staff, so deficits usually build up when pay and other costs rise faster than funding, or when pupil numbers fall and the money that comes with each pupil goes too. What helps: a recovery plan agreed with the council or trust that brings the budget back into balance over a few years, regular forecasts that governors check, and early conversations about pupil numbers and special needs funding.
- 2018-19: 3 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2019-20: 3 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2020-21: 0 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2021-22: 0 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 1 of 9 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 0 of 10 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 6 of 12 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £631 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £667 in 2025–26 prices. The IFS average for all trusts in 2023-24 was £510 per pupil, in 2025–26 prices (IFS, p.56).
Figures are each school's latest full-year return, total with the per-pupil figure beside it. PTA income is the school's share of its registered parents' association's latest return, in the school year that return falls in. Where no registered parents' association was found, the school may still have one: charities with an income of £5,000 or less need not register.
| School | Status | Reserve | Government funding | Spending | PTA income | PTA per pupil | Donations | Reserve per pupil trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In deficit | -£323k -£899 per pupil | £2.0m £5,649 per pupil | £2.2m £6,123 per pupil | £41k £113 per pupil | £113 | £37k £103 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£180k -£792 per pupil | £2.1m £9,361 per pupil | £2.4m £10,463 per pupil | £5k £22 per pupil | £22 | £4k £18 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£102k -£263 per pupil | £2.4m £6,177 per pupil | £2.7m £7,026 per pupil | £55k £142 per pupil | £142 | £191k £491 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£51k -£124 per pupil | £2.3m £5,626 per pupil | £2.6m £6,192 per pupil | £56k £137 per pupil | £137 | £17k £41 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£15k -£73 per pupil | £2.1m £10,029 per pupil | £2.1m £10,054 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £10 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£14k -£35 per pupil | £3.1m £7,833 per pupil | £3.2m £8,056 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2013 | — | £4k £10 per pupil | ||
Tight | +£5k +£13 per pupil | £2.6m £7,071 per pupil | £2.9m £7,927 per pupil | £90k £246 per pupil | £246 | £6k £16 per pupil | ||
Tight | +£33k +£176 per pupil | £2.0m £10,565 per pupil | £2.0m £10,933 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£174k +£414 per pupil | £2.3m £5,463 per pupil | £2.3m £5,482 per pupil | £12k £28 per pupil | £28 | £28k £67 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£234k +£957 per pupil | £1.5m £6,221 per pupil | £1.7m £6,908 per pupil | £19k £79 per pupil | £79 | £14k £57 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£555k +£1,373 per pupil | £3.3m £8,287 per pupil | £3.2m £7,931 per pupil | Registered, no income filed yet | — | £1k £2 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.2m +£2,575 per pupil | £3.2m £7,056 per pupil | £3.2m £7,136 per pupil | £26k £58 per pupil | £58 | £8k £18 per pupil |
Sources: DfE Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool data (CFR returns for council-run schools, April to March; academy accounts returns, September to August), Get Information about Schools, DfE section 251 outturn (DSG balances), the Charity Commission register and the IFS annual report on education spending in England 2025–26 (IFS figures in 2025–26 prices, November 2025 deflator). Open Government Licence v3.0. Check at source: DfE benchmarking for this trust. How these figures are worked out