MANOR HALL ACADEMY TRUST: academy finances
16 academies with a full-year return, 1 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: 0 of 6 academies in deficit
- 2019-20: 0 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2020-21: 0 of 12 academies in deficit
- 2021-22: 0 of 13 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 0 of 14 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 0 of 14 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 1 of 16 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £1,316 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £1,391 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 | -£18k -£1,267 per pupil | £961k £68,643 per pupil | £952k £68,000 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £143 per pupil | ||
Heading for deficit | +£88k +£703 per pupil | £5.3m £42,464 per pupil | £5.1m £41,072 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £16 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£233k +£1,677 per pupil | £3.7m £26,345 per pupil | £3.7m £26,403 per pupil | £24k £173 per pupil | £173 | £10k £72 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£249k +£3,032 per pupil | £2.8m £34,317 per pupil | £2.7m £33,159 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2018 | — | £2k £24 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£374k +£2,773 per pupil | £3.2m £23,511 per pupil | £3.1m £22,859 per pupil | £10k £73 per pupil | £73 | £2k £15 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£353k +£4,056 per pupil | £3.0m £34,517 per pupil | £2.6m £30,287 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £3k £34 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£491k +£4,962 per pupil | £3.2m £32,606 per pupil | £2.9m £29,394 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £55k £556 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£267k +£5,032 per pupil | £1.4m £27,358 per pupil | £1.4m £26,811 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£674k +£6,675 per pupil | £2.8m £27,465 per pupil | £3.0m £29,267 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £3k £30 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£620k +£6,964 per pupil | £2.8m £31,989 per pupil | £2.7m £30,112 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £13k £146 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£789k +£6,978 per pupil | £3.5m £30,867 per pupil | £3.2m £28,301 per pupil | Registered, no income filed yet | — | £54k £478 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£307k +£5,574 per pupil | £1.3m £24,418 per pupil | £1.2m £22,655 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £1k £18 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£435k +£11,744 per pupil | £1.6m £44,351 per pupil | £1.6m £42,432 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £54 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