WEYDON MULTI ACADEMY 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.
- 2018-19: 1 of 5 academies in deficit
- 2019-20: 1 of 5 academies in deficit
- 2020-21: 0 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2021-22: 0 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2022-23: 0 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2023-24: 0 of 7 academies in deficit
- 2024-25: 0 of 9 academies in deficit
in 2025-26 prices (HM Treasury GDP deflator, October 2026)
In 2023-24 the trust spent £654 per pupil centrally (cash), money that is not counted in its academies' own spending, or £691 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heading for deficit | +£168k +£475 per pupil | £2.0m £5,642 per pupil | £2.3m £6,403 per pupil | £23k £64 per pupil | £64 | £4k £11 per pupil | ||
Tight | +£12k +£68 per pupil | £1.1m £6,060 per pupil | £1.2m £6,637 per pupil | £15k | — | £9k £49 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£293k +£375 per pupil | £6.4m £8,169 per pupil | £4.2m £5,393 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £4k £5 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£218k +£1,386 per pupil | £3.6m £23,248 per pupil | £3.3m £21,331 per pupil | £15k £96 per pupil | £96 | £15k £96 per pupil | ||
Healthy | +£1.9m +£475 per pupil | £23.9m £5,887 per pupil | £20.6m £5,080 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £102k £25 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£713k +£475 per pupil | £10.5m £7,011 per pupil | £10.9m £7,275 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2006 | — | £56k £37 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£652k +£741 per pupil | £7.4m £8,390 per pupil | £7.1m £8,048 per pupil | £8k £9 per pupil | £9 | £3k £3 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£804k +£747 per pupil | £8.5m £7,879 per pupil | £8.0m £7,430 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £2k £2 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£283k +£2,551 per pupil | £2.9m £26,018 per pupil | £2.6m £23,405 per pupil | £7k £65 per pupil | £65 | £1k £9 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£444k +£3,894 per pupil | £4.0m £35,184 per pupil | £3.6m £31,439 per pupil | £211k £1,854 per pupil | £1,854 | £10k £88 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.6m +£959 per pupil | £11.8m £7,090 per pupil | £12.0m £7,224 per pupil | Had a registered PTA until 2015 | — | £8k £5 per pupil | ||
Large reserves | +£1.2m +£1,372 per pupil | £6.7m £7,498 per pupil | £6.5m £7,334 per pupil | No registered parents' association found | — | £1k £1 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