Costs of educating a child at a Jersey state funded school (FOI)

​​​​Request

Cost of educating a child between the Reception year and Year 11 at a States of Jersey non-fee paying school.

Response

The approximate cost to the States of educating a child between the reception year and Year 11 in a States non-fee paying school is £63,363.

This is based on the budget allocation and number of pupils in each school as at February 2015.

Please note the following criteria and exclusions in arriving at this figure:

• figures have been calculated using the 2015 Budget allocation to schools

• it is not possible to determine actual costs by school age / year

• figures are for States non-fee paying schools only

• costs for each school are generally grouped into staff and non-staff for the school as a whole. Non-staff costs are further categorised into Supplies & Services, Utilities, School Subject, Maintenance costs etc. They are not coded or categorised by year

• excluded: Special Educational Needs (SEN) support e.g. central Educational Support Team, SEN Inclusion school

• excluded: Schools and Colleges support e.g. Evaluation & Standards

• excluded: central resource overheads e.g. Finance, IT

• excluded: contribution (if any) from School Funds (money raised by the school through fund raising activities etc)