St Patrick's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy: school finances
Healthy
Holds £80k in reserve, 5% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2023-24, as a council-run school (CFR return, April–March). Oldham · 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 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 | £1.2m | £1.2m | -£21k | £56k | 214 |
2019-20 | £1.2m | £1.2m | -£3k | £53k | 212 |
2020-21 | £1.2m | £1.2m | +£22k | £76k | 202 |
2021-22 | £1.3m | £1.3m | -£3k | £72k | 200 |
2022-23 | £1.4m | £1.4m | +£2k | £74k | 204 |
2023-24 | £1.5m | £1.5m | +£6k | £80k | 199 |
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 47% of them. It spends £7,538 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £7,887.
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 | £3,133 | £3,481 | £3,092–£3,907 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £1,002 | £1,683 | £1,436–£2,142 |
Supply staff | £336 | £162 | £55–£344 |
Admin and clerical | £224 | £330 | £299–£420 |
Premises | £434 | £406 | £334–£541 |
Energy | £210 | £125 | £110–£161 |
Learning resources & ICT | £350 | £351 | £228–£431 |
Bought-in services | £1,008 | £181 | £117–£300 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- Grange Park Primary School Healthy
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Large reserves
- St Gabriel's CofE Primary School Tight
- Holy Family RC Primary School In deficit
- Newtown Primary School Large reserves
- Our Lady of Walsingham Primary School In deficit
- Sunnyside Spencer Academy Tight
- West End Primary School Healthy
- Thorpe Primary Large reserves
- Tyndale Primary School Heading for deficit
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland Large reserves
- St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School Large reserves
Where the money comes from, 2023-24
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £1.4m | £7,260 |
SEN funding (part of grants) | £74k | £370 |
Pupil premium (part of grants) | £125k | £629 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £63k | £319 |
Questions to ask the school
Useful for parents, governors and PTA committees.
- Spending on bought-in services is £1,008 a pupil, against a typical £181 for similar schools. What's behind that?
- Spending on energy is £210 a pupil, against a typical £125 for similar schools. What's behind that?
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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