Tutorial Task 2 Ayes Council is concerned about the performance of St Peter's School, one of the primary schools within its jurisdiction and, in order to substantiate this concern, the Council's Education Department has collected the following information regarding the last two years. 2018 2019 School Roll (no. of Pupils) 492 564 Number of teaching staff 20 18 Number of support staff 5 5 Number of classes 22 22 Possible teaching days in a year 288 288 Actual teaching days in a year 275 280 Total pupil absences (in pupil teaching days) 2258 3088 Total teaching staff absences (in pupil teaching days) 123 191 Budgeted expenditure 2,500,000 2,700,000 Actual expenditure 2,300,000 2,980,000 The data has been sent to the council's finance department in which you work for analysis.

Required a) Calculate relevant performance measures for St Peter's School for each of the last two years.

b) Based on your calculations analyse the school's performance in terms of value for money and explain the possible management responses to your findings.