Schools Financial Reporting

Schools Financial Benchmarking

The Schools Financial Benchmarking service allows you to compare a school or trust's income and expenditure with similar establishments in England.

You can view your school or academy trust's financial data, see how it compares with others and use the information to establish relationships with other schools or multi-academy trusts.

The Financial Benchmarking and Insights Summary for Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School is now available to view

The new ‘Benchmarking Report Cards’

The Financial Benchmarking and Insights Summary replaces Benchmarking Report Cards that were sent to schools previously. This change is part of the recent improvements to the DfE’s financial benchmarking services.

The Financial Benchmarking and Insights Summary can be viewed within the brand-new Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (FBIT), which replaces Schools Financial Benchmarking and View My Financial Insights.

Next steps

View your Financial Benchmarking and Insights Summary in FBIT. We also encourage you to share these links with your governors and other relevant stakeholders.

Kind regards,
DfE Financial Benchmarking and Insights Team

Time off taken by staff who are union officials

One of our staff members acts as an official representative for a recognised trade union and is allocated two days per week of paid facility time to undertake union duties. 

Individuals Earning over £100k

Schools are required to publish the number of employees who have a gross annual salary of £100,000 or more in £10,000 bands.

For the academic year 2025-26, one employee at this school has a gross annual salary of £100,000 – £110,000.