Dear Mr Digby,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST: Non-essential spending

Your request for information has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed.

Item / Cost / % Annual Budget / Rationale
Signage: essential and non-essential / £3,573.80 / 0.3%
(2013/14 Budget) / Following the school’s conversion to an academy, all school signage had to be updated to include the required details (i.e. new name, charity number etc).
The multi-directional sign was added following parental feedback.
Window frosting: Reception area windows / £795.80 / 0.07%
(2014/15 Budget) / These doors were frosted to improve safeguarding.
Window frosting: Achieve, Believe, Create and School Logo / £1015.00 / 0.08%
(2013/14 Budget) / To ensure that the new academy’s visions are shared with all academy stakeholders including visitors.
New furniture of reception/foyer / £1733.80 / 0.15%
(2014/15 Budget) / To provide academy visitors and families with a comfortable and pleasant waiting space.
Provision of ties, bags and other clothing items / £1416.35 / 0.12%
(2014/15 Budget) / Following changes to the academy’s uniform, the school purchased key items to support our families with this change.
Playground Mosaic / £5930 / 0.5%
(2013/14 Budget) / Joint whole school PSHE and Art project which the whole school community was able to participate in.
Website redevelopment / £2097 / 0.19%
(2014/15 Budget) / Following feedback from all stakeholders, the website was redesigned to ensure multi-purpose access for all. The academy also updated all key information to ensure we met the new DfE requirements.

All the above fund came from the school’s budget for each academic year. The only use of restricted funding was £396.58 which funded part of the ‘Provision of ties, bags and other clothing items - £1416.35’. This came from separate Pupil Premium Funding and this is specifically for pupils and families who attract this funding.

The academy does have a Parent/Friend group however I have established that the information you requested is not held by the academy.

Yours sincerely,

L Fishleigh

Headteacher

Achieve, Believe, Create