School business managers, headteachers and trust leaders in York can use this page as an evidence-led starting point for reviewing ICT spend. It does not claim any school is overspending. Instead, it sets out the cost-review signals we recommend examining before you make procurement and budget decisions.
Comparator group appears after the school is selected.
The comparison appears after the school is selected.
Historical trend summary appears after the school is selected.
Public benchmark data and school information
Indicative
Final savings depend on tariffs, contracts, site usage and supplier confirmation.
Indicative estimate only. Based on available public data, benchmark assumptions and information provided by the school. Final savings depend on current contracts, service requirements and supplier confirmation.
The benchmark of £50–£70 per pupil is based on Edunet’s approved assumptions and publicly available cost data. At this stage, no specific comparison to York schools can be drawn because we do not yet have your School size information or current ICT spend. Once those two numbers are provided, we can help you see whether your cost per pupil sits inside, above or below the indicative benchmark.
An ICT spend review compares what a school spends each year on ICT against the benchmark. For that comparison to be meaningful, we need two simple inputs from you: the number of pupils on roll and the school’s total annual ICT spend. Without those, any estimate would be incomplete. We do not invent values or assume a saving where the evidence is missing.
For schools across York and the wider North Yorkshire region, ICT spending includes broadband connectivity, device procurement, managed IT services, software licensing and technical support. The largest variation between schools usually comes from contracted service levels and the age of hardware. Our review page is built to accept your figures so you can see an indicative side-by-side view.
The benchmark gives you a rough sense of what a school of your size and type might spend on ICT each year. It is not a target, but a conversation starter that you can use when speaking with suppliers or planning your budget.
You only need to share your total annual ICT spend and the number of pupils on roll. Without these, the benchmark cannot be applied to your school and no estimate can be generated.
If your cost per pupil is significantly above the £70 upper benchmark, it may be worth reviewing your contracts and service levels. If it sits inside the range, you still might review value for money, but a full procurement exercise may not be needed. In all cases, a final decision should be informed by your actual contracts and supplier commitments.
The ICT spend review looks at per-pupil spend, top-20 comparator context and budget review signals. It does not change the calculator values or replace a finance-led review.
This page keeps the local review wording separate from the school-specific calculator result, so the evidence remains tied to the selected school.