Increasing efficiency: case studies
In the sections below, you'll see how 3 schools – St Bart’s Multi-Academy Trust, Moor End Secondary Academy and Preston Manor School – changed the way they organised their staffing budget to improve efficiency and save money – with 1 school achieving sustainable savings of £500,000 a year, on a budget of around £14m.
For more guidance on how the DfE defines efficiency, including the data used to calculate efficiency in schools, see the financial efficiency metric tool here.
Begin by reviewing your recruitment processes
Questioning your school’s norms is an important part of increasing budget efficiency. Moor End Academy saves time and money during the recruitment process by:
The school has found online recruitment services and web-based advertising of vacancies to be less time-consuming and more cost-effective than paying for printed