Wilstead Primary School: school finances
Healthy
Holds £91k in reserve, 7% of a year's income.
Latest full year 2024-25, as a council-run school (CFR return, April–March). Bedford · Primary · Academy converter.
Earlier years come from this school's return before it became an academy (a different DfE number).
A 2025-26 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 2024-25
Income and spending, 2018-19 to 2024-25
Income Spending
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| Year | Income | Spending | Balance | Reserve | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | £872k | £842k | +£30k | £83k | 195 |
2019-20 | £923k | £876k | +£47k | £129k | 185 |
2020-21 | £964k | £1.0m | -£50k | £79k | 202 |
2021-22 | £1.1m | £1.1m | -£6k | £73k | 196 |
2022-23 | £1.1m | £1.1m | +£48k | £122k | 198 |
2023-24 | £1.2m | £1.2m | +£28k | £150k | 193 |
2024-25 | £1.2m | £1.3m | -£59k | £91k | 191 |
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 63% of them. It spends £6,829 a pupil in total; similar schools typically spend £6,774.
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 | £3,294 | £3,140 | £2,912–£3,383 |
Support staff (e.g. TAs) | £1,526 | £1,284 | £1,079–£1,721 |
Supply staff | £130 | £168 | £56–£249 |
Admin and clerical | £372 | £301 | £223–£387 |
Premises | £311 | £285 | £241–£413 |
Energy | £144 | £101 | £90–£132 |
Learning resources & ICT | £341 | £260 | £204–£362 |
Bought-in services | £163 | £154 | £81–£228 |
Compare side by side with the 3 most similar schools
Which schools are these?
- Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School In deficit
- Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School, Blackpool In deficit
- Long Itchington CofE Academy Healthy
- Normandy Village School Healthy
- Dobwalls Community Primary School Large reserves
- St Mary's CofE (A) First School Tight
- Old Buckenham Primary School Large reserves
- Thornham St. James CofE Primary School Healthy
- St Peter's CofE Academy In deficit
- Meldreth Primary School Large reserves
- Russell Street School In deficit
- Enfield Academy of New Waltham Large reserves
Where the money comes from, 2024-25
| Source | Amount | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
Government grants | £1.2m | £6,351 |
SEN funding (part of grants) | £73k | £384 |
Pupil premium (part of grants) | £48k | £252 |
Self-generated (lettings, catering, donations) | £32k | £169 |
Money raised by parents
WILSTEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT/TEACHER ASSOCIATION (charity 1046259, Registered) raised £2k in its latest year.
| Year ending | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
2025-09 | £2k | £712 |
2024-09 | £18k | £17k |
2023-09 | £3k | £4k |
2022-09 | £2k | £10k |
2021-09 | £1k | £771 |
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.
- 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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