Pewsey Vale School: school finances
Large reserves
Holds £300k in reserve, 9% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2023-24, as a academy (accounts return, September–August). Wiltshire · Secondary · Academy converter.
Academies in a trust don't hold money on their own: ACORN EDUCATION TRUST can move money between its schools. The DfE doesn't publish this school's share of the trust's central reserve for this year, so the reserve shown is the school's own.
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 | £2.1m | £2.5m | -£430k | £156k | 305 |
2019-20 | £2.1m | £2.2m | -£26k | £176k | 338 |
2020-21 | £2.5m | £2.5m | -£24k | £253k | 335 |
2021-22 | £2.5m | £2.8m | -£240k | £156k | 353 |
2022-23 | £2.9m | £2.7m | +£196k | £284k | 364 |
2023-24 | £3.2m | £3.0m | +£170k | £300k | 346 |
Compared with similar schools
Similar schools are the 30 secondary 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 80% of them. It spends £8,806 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £8,781.
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 | £3,630 | £4,642 | £4,186–£5,051 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £1,844 | £961 | £713–£1,105 |
Supply staff | £145 | £252 | £138–£382 |
Admin and clerical | £760 | £555 | £354–£697 |
Premises | £624 | £481 | £360–£627 |
Energy | £217 | £211 | £153–£247 |
Learning resources & ICT | £275 | £574 | £445–£732 |
Bought-in services | £173 | £135 | £64–£240 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- The Swanage School Large reserves
- Highfield Middle School Large reserves
- Dorset Studio School Large reserves
- Seaton Sluice Middle School Tight
- Energy Coast UTC Large reserves
- The Sele School Large reserves
- Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School In deficit
- Hadlow Rural Community School Heading for deficit
- Waterfront UTC In deficit
- Whytrig Middle School In deficit
- Engineering UTC Northern Lincolnshire Healthy
- James Bateman Middle School Large reserves
Where the money comes from, 2023-24
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £3.1m | £8,905 |
SEN funding (part of grants) | £195k | £564 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £139k | £402 |
Money raised by parents
PEWSEY VALE SCHOOL PARENTS TEACHERS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION (charity 292741, Registered) raised £2k in its latest year.
| Year ending | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
2025-08 | £2k | £3k |
2024-08 | £1k | £153 |
2023-08 | £2k | £2k |
2022-08 | £2k | £3k |
2021-08 | £18k | £23k |
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.
- What are the reserves set aside for, and when will they be spent on current pupils?
- Spending on support staff (e.g. tas) is £1,844 a pupil, against a typical £961 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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