Financial Benchmarking
What is the Schools Financial Benchmarking Tool?
The Schools Financial Benchmarking Tool helps schools compare their finances with similiar schools and make comparisons between income, balances and workforce structures.
Why benchmark?
Benchmarking helps schools to:
- make better-informed decisions and triggers further discussion
- faciliatate peer learning and exchange of ideas between schools
- compare spending with other similiar schools
- consider how to use resources to support high-quality teaching and education outcomes for pupils
- consider whether resource allocations are working or whether outcomes could be improved by doing things differently
You can view Sturminster Marshall's financial data and see how it comes with other schools here:
Sturminster Marshall



