BLESSED PETER SNOW CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST: academy finances
14 academies with a full-year return, 2 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.
- 2021-22: 0 of 8 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 1 of 15 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 3 of 15 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 2 of 14 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £461 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £487 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 | -£73k -£696 per pupil | £743k £7,110 per pupil | £842k £8,057 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £19 per pupil | ||
In deficit | -£13k -£48 per pupil | £1.9m £7,187 per pupil | £1.9m £7,087 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Tight | +£41k +£133 per pupil | £1.9m £6,023 per pupil | £1.8m £5,701 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£65k +£445 per pupil | £977k £6,692 per pupil | £1.1m £7,685 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£106k +£515 per pupil | £1.4m £7,063 per pupil | £1.4m £7,059 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£166k +£577 per pupil | £2.0m £7,098 per pupil | £2.0m £7,077 per pupil | £8k | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£202k +£540 per pupil | £2.5m £6,612 per pupil | £2.5m £6,789 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£134k +£637 per pupil | £1.3m £6,186 per pupil | £1.3m £6,157 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£259k +£633 per pupil | £2.3m £5,563 per pupil | £2.3m £5,632 per pupil | £4k £10 per pupil | £10 | £7k £17 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£200k +£851 per pupil | £1.5m £6,371 per pupil | £1.5m £6,320 per pupil | £4k £16 per pupil | £16 | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£192k +£925 per pupil | £1.4m £6,846 per pupil | £1.4m £6,519 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2011 | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£195k +£1,196 per pupil | £1.2m £7,638 per pupil | £1.4m £8,288 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£230k +£1,443 per pupil | £1.3m £8,201 per pupil | £1.3m £7,969 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 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