Spend per pupil
This section contains information on schools’ income and expenditure for the financial year
2013/14. A headline attainment indicator is provided so that users can compare how schools
spend their money with the outcomes they achieve and so ask questions about how they
could use their resources more efficiently.
It is important to consider the percentage of children eligible for free school meals (FSM), the
type of school and whether the school is in London or not to make meaningful comparisons
on spending data. This is why we have put schools into low, medium and high FSM bands
and provided separate medians for London and non-London local authorities (LAs). To use
the tables you have the option of selecting a particular school (by selecting the circle to the
left of the school name) which will filter the data so only similar schools with the same level
of FSM eligibility are shown. Additionally, for local authority data, the relevant comparisons
with the local authority median and all local authorities (London or non-London) are shown
when selecting a particular school. All median values on the local authority page can be
viewed if ‘+ show all medians’ is selected.
Schools’ finance data not published
Schools showing the message ‘No 2013-14 Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) data’ have
no published finance data for one of the following reasons:
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academies: academies are not required to submit (CFR) data. This includes schools
which have converted to academy status. We have published academies' income
and expenditure data for 2012/13 in October 2014, using data from the
benchmarking section of the 2012/13 accounts returns, completed by each academy
trust for the period ending 31 August 2013 (generally the academic year September
2012 to August 2013). The publication takes account of academies' greater
autonomy and wider responsibilities than local authority maintained schools. If a
school converted to academy status after 31 March 2014, they will have submitted
CFR data for the full financial year 2013/14 as a maintained school and this data has
been published (in the entry for the now closed maintained school)
opening/closing schools: schools that opened or closed part way through the
financial year could not provide a full financial year’s data
federated schools: CFR data is reported against the lead school on behalf of the
other schools in the federation. A list of federated schools can be found in annex B
independent schools: we do not collect CFR or other financial data for independent
schools
nurseries: we do not require CFR or other financial data from nurseries. Those
primary schools that contain a nursery will include the nursery’s income and
spending within their CFR return.
sixth form colleges. We do not collect CFR data for sixth form colleges. Those
schools that have a sixth form will include their income and spending within their CFR
return.
Free school meals (FSM)
Pupils are entitled to free school meals if their parents qualify for certain benefits such as
income support and job seekers allowance. For this reason, it is often used as an indicator of
deprivation. Schools with similar proportions of pupils eligible for FSM can be considered to
be similar.
There is a strong link between FSM eligibility and attainment – pupils eligible for FSM
underachieve compared with their non-FSM peers at every key stage. Usually schools with
higher numbers of FSM pupils have higher levels of per pupil funding. The government
believes that it is right that schools with deprived pupils receive more funding so that they
are able to give those pupils the support they need to reach their potential.
We have grouped schools into three bands according to the percentage of pupils eligible for
FSM, so that it is possible to make fair comparisons between schools. Schools with low FSM
have 20.0% or less of their pupils eligible for FSM; schools with medium FSM have between
20.1% to 35.0% of pupils eligible for FSM, and schools with high FSM have greater than or
equal to 35.1% of pupils eligible for FSM. The three FSM bands have been colour coded on
the spend per pupil tables to indicate whether the school has low, medium or high levels of
pupils eligible for FSM. Where SUPP appears in the ‘percentage of pupils eligible for FSM’
column, then this indicates that there were fewer than 3 eligible pupils.
London and non-London local authority (LA) medians
We have provided separate medians for London and non-London LAs so that users can
make meaningful comparisons for individual schools. Schools in London have to pay higher
teacher salaries and many of their other costs are higher than for schools elsewhere in the
country. Therefore, it is not fair to compare what schools in London spend with what schools
outside London spend.
Medians - national, LAs, London LAs and non-London LAs
We have provided an overall national median and medians by FSM band for individual LAs,
for all London LAs and for all non-London LAs. The medians are calculated by ordering the
figures in each category in ascending order and selecting the middle value. For example, if
you have 7 items: £2, £3, £5, £7, £8, £9, £10, the median is the 4th item, £7. We have
provided the median instead of the mean so that very high or very low figures don’t skew the
data.
We have identified four different median groups (based on school phase) which have similar
spend patterns:
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primary schools
secondary schools with provision for key stage 4
secondary schools without provision for key stage 4
special schools
For schools with educational provision for both primary and secondary age pupils but whose
characteristics are more similar to that of a secondary school, comparisons can be found on
the secondary schools performance tables. Likewise, for those schools with both primary
and secondary age pupils but whose characteristics are more like that of a primary school,
median comparisons can be found on the primary tables. There is only one median group for
special schools, regardless of primary or secondary provision.
The medians are calculated by grouping schools into one of the four groups above and then
additionally grouping by FSM band and whether the comparison is at LA level or
London/non-London LA level.
Please note that some schools belong to median groups (by school phase, FSM band and
geographic coverage) containing very few schools. Therefore, caution should be taken when
comparing school data with median values.
Per pupil expenditure
The per pupil amounts for each category have been calculated as follows:
(Income or expenditure amount) ÷ (Total no. full time equivalent pupils)
SUPP indicates that the expenditure has been suppressed because either teaching staff or
education support staff had 1 or 2 staff according to the 2013 workforce census. If either
staff category had 1 or 2 staff, then both expenditure categories have been suppressed.
Where this information is not known, we have suppressed figures where total school spend
on teachers or education support staff is less than £150,000.
For national, LA and London/non-London medians, ‘NA’ has been given for ‘Number of
pupils (full time equivalent - FTE)’ and ‘percentage of children eligible for FSM’. This is
because this data is sourced from the annual school census which collects data at school
level.
Data sources
The income and expenditure data is taken from LA maintained schools’ 2013/14 consistent
financial reporting (CFR) returns. This is data that shows school income and spending for
the year and is provided to the department by all LA maintained schools in England.
Although schools are responsible for their own CFR returns, many work closely with their LA
on their return before it is submitted to the department. In some cases authorities have
agreed with schools that they will prepare and submit the returns.
The pupil numbers (FTE) and free school meals information is taken from the school census
collected in January 2014.
The attainment indicators are from the 2014 performance tables.
Codes included in each income and spending category
There are 17 income codes and 31 expenditure codes (E30 is Capital Expenditure from
Revenue (CERA) and is not included in these calculations) in CFR in total, but for ease of
use and to support meaningful comparisons, we have grouped them into 14 categories and
2 totals.
The “hover-over” text on the tables summarises what is included in each category and the
two totals.
To provide more meaningful comparisons of individual schools’ spending we have excluded
CERA from all the calculations.
See annex A for a full breakdown of exactly which codes we have grouped into each
category.
More information on the individual income and expenditure codes can be found at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/consistent-financial-reporting-framework-2013-to-2014
At present, there is a variety of approaches amongst local authorities and individual schools
for reporting on income and expenditure for children’s centres and 0-2 year olds which
affects some schools’ CFR returns. We know that some include all of this income and spend
within their returns and others do not.
Attainment indicators
We have included a headline attainment indicator within the spend per pupil tables so that
users can compare how schools spend their money with the outcomes they achieve and so
ask questions about how they could use their resources more efficiently. The indicators are:
key stage 2: the school percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above in both English and
maths at key stage 2.
key stage 4: the school percentage of pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSE or equivalent including
English and maths GCSE.
SUPP indicates that the percentage has been suppressed because there are 5 or fewer
eligible pupils in the schools.
Raw data file
You can download files containing the full raw CFR data for 2013/14 at
www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html .
‘The notes provided with the files explain what they contain, the additional suppression rules
they use and how they relate to the data published in the online tables.
Finance data 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/2013
The CFR 2010/2011 raw data file is available at:
www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2011/download_data.html
The CFR 2011/2012 raw data file is available at:
www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html
The CFR 2012/2013 raw data file is available at:
www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html
Annex A - income and expenditure grouped categories
Annex B – federations 2013/14
In 2013/14 there are 51 federations between schools. Their CFR has been reported by the
lead school on behalf of the other schools in the federation. The federations this year are
shown below.
The FTEs for the federated schools have been manually updated to reflect all schools
involved.
LAESTAB
2042864
2042545
School Name
Grazebrook Primary School
Shacklewell Primary School
Total for Federation
URN
Phase
100258 Primary
100241 Primary
FTE
458
412.5
870.5
2061104
2061101
2061110
New River College Secondary
New River College Primary
New River College Medical
Total for Federation
100391 Pupil Referral Unit
100388 Pupil Referral Unit
134274 Pupil Referral Unit
78
12
14
104
2081106
2081102
Park Campus
Kennington Park Bridge To School
Total for Federation
129762 Pupil Referral Unit
131143 Pupil Referral Unit
153
27
180
3082040
3082039
Hazelwood Infant School
Hazelwood Junior School
Total for Federation
101997 Primary
101996 Primary
300
359
659
3082055
3082056
The Raglan Junior School
Raglan Infant School
Total for Federation
102003 Primary
102004 Primary
481
391
872
3092009
3092008
Campsbourne Infant School
Campsbourne Junior School
Total for Federation
102085 Primary
102084 Primary
198.5
199
397.5
3203307
St Mary's Walthamstow CofE Voluntary
Aided Primary School
St Saviour's Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
103092 Primary
411
103089 Primary
412
Rosedale Church of England C Infant
School
Short Heath Junior School
Lane Head Nursery School
Total for Federation
104225 Primary
179
104188 Primary
104139 Nursery
227
58.5
464.5
3203304
3353101
3352116
3351007
823
3444057
Pensby High School for Boys: A Specialist
Sports College
Pensby High School for Girls
Total for Federation
105100 Secondary
424
105101 Secondary
563
987
3547006
3541100
Brownhill School
Rochdale Pupil Referral Service
Total for Federation
105861 Special
133409 Pupil Referral Unit
60
77
137
3734276
3732353
Birley Community College
Birley Community Primary School
Total for Federation
107146 Secondary
107096 Primary
1155
610
1765
8101002
8101001
Lambert Childrens Centre
Clifton Children's Centre
Total for Federation
117694 Nursery
117693 Nursery
19.5
34.5
54
8152096
8153207
Reeth Community Primary School
Gunnerside Methodist Primary School
Total for Federation
121311 Primary
121542 Primary
46
7
53
8152108
8152109
Barrowcliff School
Barrowcliff Community Junior School
Total for Federation
121314 Primary
121315 Primary
177
177
354
8402272
8402275
Delves Lane Junior School
Delves Lane Infant School
Total for Federation
114047 Primary
114049 Primary
143
163.5
306.5
8404192
Durham Community Business College for
Technology and Enterprise
Fyndoune Community College
Total for Federation
114311 Secondary
507
114289 Secondary
337
844
8512658
8512659
Northern Parade Junior School
Northern Parade Infant School
Total for Federation
116190 Primary
116191 Primary
322
272
594
8512702
8512696
Milton Park Federated Primary School
Milton Park Infant School
Total for Federation
116215 Primary
116209 Primary
195
181
376
8603051
8603043
Mary Howard CofE (VC) Primary School
St Andrew's CofE (C) Primary School
Total for Federation
124249 Primary
124242 Primary
57
59
116
3444058
8404052
8603440
8603434
Richard Crosse CofE (A) Primary School
St Mary's CofE (A) Primary School
Total for Federation
124338 Primary
124335 Primary
126.5
85
211.5
8692240
8692239
Calcot Junior School
Calcot Infant School and Nursery
Total for Federation
109932 Primary
109931 Primary
232
258.5
490.5
8693040
8693016
Shefford C.E. Primary School
Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary
School
Total for Federation
109975 Primary
109957 Primary
23
22
Cheriton Bishop Community Primary
School
Yeoford Community Primary School
Tedburn St Mary School
Total for Federation
113063 Primary
55
113115 Primary
113123 Primary
74
94
223
8782034
8782033
Stoke Hill Junior School
Stoke Hill Infants and Nursery School
Total for Federation
113087 Primary
113086 Primary
336
294
630
8782055
8782007
8783025
Newton St Cyres Primary School
Cheriton Fitzpaine Primary School
Thorverton Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
113104 Primary
113064 Primary
113368 Primary
107
92
86
8782060
8782010
8782050
8782062
Seaton Primary School
Colyton Primary School
Kilmington Primary School
Shute Community Primary School
Total for Federation
113108
113067
113100
113109
8782214
Bratton Fleming Community Primary
School
Holywell Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
113137 Primary
119
113380 Primary
81
Buckland Brewer Community Primary
School
Parkham Primary School
Total for Federation
113141 Primary
36
113164 Primary
46
82
8782006
8782076
8782088
8783064
8782218
8782241
45
285
Primary
Primary
Primary
Primary
361
133.5
90
60
644.5
200
8782223
8782210
East Anstey Primary School
Bishops Nympton Primary School
Total for Federation
113146 Primary
113133 Primary
48
84
132
8782225
8783453
Filleigh Community Primary School
Chittlehampton Church of England
Primary School
Total for Federation
113148 Primary
113449 Primary
97
47
Kentisbury Primary School
Parracombe Church of England Primary
School
Lynton Church of England Primary School
Total for Federation
113157 Primary
113382 Primary
25
24
113451 Primary
49
98
West Down School
Berrynarbor Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
113172 Primary
113371 Primary
89.5
77
8782253
8782222
Woolacombe School
Combe Martin Primary School
Total for Federation
113175 Primary
113145 Primary
192
159
351
8782403
8782419
8782427
8782443
Blackawton Primary School
East Allington Primary School
Kingswear Community Primary School
Stoke Fleming Community Primary
School
Total for Federation
113186
113200
113206
113220
135
65
71
167
8782421
8783115
Hennock Community Primary School
Bearnes Voluntary Primary School
Total for Federation
113202 Primary
113400 Primary
43
61
104
8782446
8782428
8783114
Stokenham Area Primary School
Loddiswell Primary School
Malborough with South Huish Church of
England Primary School
Total for Federation
113223 Primary
113207 Primary
113399 Primary
197
73
84
Gulworthy Primary School
Lamerton Church of England Voluntary
Controlled Primary School
Total for Federation
113250 Primary
113411 Primary
8782234
8783066
8783455
8782249
8783053
8782604
8783154
144
166.5
Primary
Primary
Primary
Primary
438
354
78
44
122
8783128
St Michael's Church of England Primary
School
St Catherine's CofE Nursery & Primary
School
Total for Federation
113407 Primary
434
113463 Primary
153
Cornwood Church of England Primary
School
The Erme Primary School
Shaugh Prior Primary School
Total for Federation
113409 Primary
83
113254 Primary
113262 Primary
126
57
266
Drake's Church of England Primary
School
Otterton Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
113429 Primary
88
113435 Primary
79.5
Mrs Ethelston's Church of England (VA)
Primary School
St Andrew's Church of England (VA)
Primary School
Total for Federation
113439 Primary
179
113427 Primary
86
8783375
8781007
Wynstream School
The Chestnut Centre
Total for Federation
134171 Primary
113050 Nursery
354
43.5
397.5
8783454
8783456
Dolton Church of England Primary School
The Clinton Church of England Primary
School
Total for Federation
113450 Primary
113452 Primary
36
30.5
Meavy Church of England Primary School
Lady Modiford's Church of England
(Voluntary Aided) Primary School
Total for Federation
113480 Primary
113481 Primary
St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior
School
St Rumon's Church of England (VC)
Infants School
Total for Federation
113482 Primary
161
113420 Primary
131
Thorpe Greenways Junior School
Thorpe Greenways Infant School
Total for Federation
114777 Primary
114778 Primary
8783605
8783152
8782609
8782618
8783308
8783316
8783320
8783306
8783753
8783755
8783756
8783163
8822104
8822105
587
167.5
265
66.5
85
71
156
292
479
360
839
8827003
8821100
Seabrook College
Seabrook College, Shoebury Centre
Total for Federation
115443 Special
133656 Pupil Referral Unit
36
36
72
8872439
8872506
Horsted Infant School
Horsted Junior School
Total for Federation
118442 Primary
118477 Primary
180
241
421
8872537
8872492
Bligh Infant School
Bligh Junior School
Total for Federation
118500 Primary
118470 Primary
217
237
454
8944439
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary
Phase
Hadley Learning Community - Primary
Phase
Total for Federation
133708 Secondary
851
134262 Primary
444.5
West Sussex Alternative Provision
College
The Links College Central, Chalkhill
Education Centre, Princess Royal
Hospital
Total for Federation
131182 Pupil Referral Unit
161
131189 Pupil Referral Unit
2
8942034
9381110
9381109
1295.5
163