MOSAIC PARTNERSHIP TRUST: academy finances
12 academies with a full-year return, 0 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.
- 2024-25: 0 of 12 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2024-25 the trust spent £311 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £317 in 2025–26 prices. The IFS average for all trusts in 2023-24 was £510 per pupil, in 2025–26 prices (IFS, p.56); the trust's figure above is for 2024-25, so the two are for different years.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heading for deficit | +£94k +£450 per pupil | £1.2m £5,548 per pupil | £1.3m £6,281 per pupil | £7k | — | £15k £71 per pupil | ||
Heading for deficit | +£135k +£450 per pupil | £1.7m £5,608 per pupil | £2.0m £6,638 per pupil | £14k | — | £18k £60 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£64k +£450 per pupil | £1.1m £7,510 per pupil | £1.2m £8,210 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £1k £7 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£92k +£450 per pupil | £1.4m £7,064 per pupil | £1.4m £6,926 per pupil | £4k £20 per pupil | £20 | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£79k +£450 per pupil | £1.1m £6,509 per pupil | £1.1m £6,474 per pupil | £7k £42 per pupil | £42 | £4k £23 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£81k +£450 per pupil | £1.2m £6,406 per pupil | £1.2m £6,522 per pupil | £8k £45 per pupil | £45 | £11k £61 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£181k +£450 per pupil | £2.7m £6,583 per pupil | £2.6m £6,467 per pupil | £16k £41 per pupil | £41 | £18k £45 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£81k +£450 per pupil | £1.1m £6,311 per pupil | £1.0m £5,567 per pupil | £28k £158 per pupil | £158 | £21k £117 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£207k +£450 per pupil | £2.8m £6,189 per pupil | £2.9m £6,274 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £0 £0 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£157k +£450 per pupil | £2.0m £5,885 per pupil | £2.2m £6,322 per pupil | £5k £15 per pupil | £15 | £3k £9 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£108k +£450 per pupil | £1.4m £5,887 per pupil | £1.4m £5,975 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £4k £17 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£66k +£450 per pupil | £889k £6,089 per pupil | £869k £5,952 per pupil | Registered, no income filed yet | — | £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