Summerbridge Primary School: school finances
Healthy
Holds £18k in reserve, 5% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2018-19, as a council-run school (CFR return, April–March). North Yorkshire · Primary · Academy converter.
Earlier years come from this school's return before it became an academy (a different DfE number).
A 2024-25 return is published too, but it covers part of a year or leaves out the income or reserve figure, so the latest complete year is shown.
Reserve at the end of each year, 2018-19
Income and spending, 2018-19
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| Year | Income | Spending | Balance | Reserve | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | £378k | £365k | +£13k | £18k | 54 |
Compared with similar schools
Similar schools are the 30 primary schools outside London closest in size and in the share of pupils on free school meals. Its reserve, as a share of income, is higher than 27% of them. It spends £6,764 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £10,572.
This school Middle half of similar schools Similar schools’ median
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| Spending per pupil | This school | Similar schools (median) | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
Teachers | £3,054 | £4,869 | £4,423–£5,612 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £474 | £1,589 | £1,265–£2,166 |
Supply staff | £63 | £223 | £81–£497 |
Admin and clerical | £385 | £520 | £431–£633 |
Premises | £622 | £502 | £402–£637 |
Energy | £155 | £167 | £126–£225 |
Learning resources & ICT | £810 | £556 | £381–£634 |
Bought-in services | £244 | £323 | £211–£437 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- Oak Hill Church of England Primary School Large reserves
- Eagle Community Primary School Large reserves
- Shebbear Community School Large reserves
- Abbey Village Primary School Healthy
- Mapperley CofE Controlled Primary School Healthy
- Thorndon Church of England Primary School Large reserves
- Port Isaac Academy Heading for deficit
- Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary School Large reserves
- Birdsedge First School Large reserves
- Acomb First School In deficit
- Millom Infant School In deficit
- Worthington School In deficit
Where the money comes from, 2018-19
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £331k | £6,137 |
Pupil premium (part of grants) | £14k | £263 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £48k | £893 |
Money raised by parents
SUMMERBRIDGE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PTA (charity 1195549, Registered) raised £5k in its latest year.
| Year ending | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
2025-08 | £5k | £4k |
2024-08 | £3k | £2k |
2023-08 | £4k | £5k |
2022-08 | £3k | £2k |
Matched to this school by name and postcode from the Charity Commission register. Parent associations' money isn't in the school's accounts above.
Questions to ask the school
Useful for parents, governors and PTA committees.
- Spending on learning resources & ict is £810 a pupil, against a typical £556 for similar schools. What's behind that?
- How does the school decide what the money the parents' association raises is spent on?
Check these figures
Every figure here comes from the school's published return to the DfE. Check it on the DfE benchmarking page for this school, and see how the status is worked out.
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