Rusper Primary School: school finances
Healthy
Holds £33k in reserve, 5% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2023-24, as a council-run school (CFR return, April–March). West Sussex · Primary · Academy sponsor led.
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 to 2023-24
Income and spending, 2018-19 to 2023-24
Income Spending
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| Year | Income | Spending | Balance | Reserve | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | £550k | £556k | -£7k | £6k | 100 |
2019-20 | £568k | £558k | +£10k | £16k | 101 |
2020-21 | £580k | £570k | +£11k | £27k | 98 |
2021-22 | £594k | £604k | -£11k | £16k | 105 |
2022-23 | £632k | £614k | +£19k | £35k | 105 |
2023-24 | £679k | £682k | -£2k | £33k | 104 |
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 30% of them. It spends £6,553 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £7,774.
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 | £2,886 | £3,663 | £3,312–£3,949 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £1,092 | £1,417 | £1,160–£1,726 |
Supply staff | £411 | £136 | £52–£228 |
Admin and clerical | £496 | £383 | £330–£608 |
Premises | £440 | £380 | £291–£481 |
Energy | £103 | £114 | £90–£166 |
Learning resources & ICT | £418 | £361 | £276–£469 |
Bought-in services | £119 | £247 | £141–£428 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- High Halden Church of England Primary School Healthy
- St Mary's CofE Primary School Healthy
- Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School In deficit
- Hilmarton Primary School Large reserves
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy In deficit
- Great Wood Community Primary School Large reserves
- The Dassett CofE Primary School Large reserves
- Cotgrave Church of England Primary School Large reserves
- Grampound Road Village CofE School Tight
- Earith Primary School Large reserves
- Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Large reserves
- Seabrook Church of England Primary School Large reserves
Where the money comes from, 2023-24
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £640k | £6,156 |
Pupil premium (part of grants) | £13k | £126 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £39k | £376 |
Money raised by parents
Friends of Rusper Primary School (charity 1046735, Registered) raised £4k in its latest year.
| Year ending | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
2026-08 | £4k | £3k |
2025-08 | £9k | £4k |
2024-08 | £8k | £3k |
2023-08 | £5k | £0 |
2022-08 | £13k | £8k |
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 supply staff is £411 a pupil, against a typical £136 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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