Financial Analysis 2025-26
Schools Financial Benchmarking Tool
The Schools’ Financial Benchmarking Tool helps schools compare their finances with similar schools and
make comparisons between income, balances, and workforce structures.
Benchmarking helps schools to:
• Make better informed decisions and triggers further discussion
• Facilitate peer learning and exchange of ideas between schools and academies
• Compare spending with other similar schools or academy trusts
• Consider how to use resources to support high quality teaching and education outcomes for pupils
• Consider wuther resource allocation are working or whether outcomes could be improved by doing
things different
Click here to access the Government’s benchmarking tool for schools in England.
Click here to view the All Saints Catholic College dashboard for 2024-25 on the benchmarking website, and
to run comparisons with other schools in England.
Value for Money
At All Saints Catholic College, we strive to ensure the school delivers good value in the use of public
resources by carefully planning and managing our budgets and by identifying key areas and setting targets
for improved use of resources. We understand that achieving value for money in expenditure improves our
effectiveness in driving performance.
During the last financial year, improved value for money has been delivered by
• Negotiating discounts with regular suppliers and consolidating contracts where appropriate
• Working collaboratively with other local community schools, our Diocese and our LA, sharing best
practice and joining group deals
• Using the Government’s Crown Commercial Services purchasing platform for larger contracts
Charging and Remissions
We believe in the highest quality provision for our pupils, and we allocate resources appropriately, and
within guidelines, to ensure that good value for money is achieved. This policy is based on advice from the
Department for Education on charging for school activities and on the Education Act 1996, section 449-462
of which set out the law on charging for schools activities in England.
School Staff Remuneration
Click here to see our school summary.
