Forest Hill School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

Choose your own set of schools

Running cost categories

We've chosen 24 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • number of pupils
  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  • pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Forest Hill School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,073 26.9% 25.1%
The Camden School for Girls
London, NW5 2DB
Secondary 1,076 16.7% 20.4%
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE
Secondary 1,313 22.6% 22%
The Norwood School
London, SE19 3NY
Secondary 1,073 20.4% 28.7%
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
London, SW16 2HY
Secondary 1,181 17.9% 20.9%
Wimbledon College
London, SW19 4NS
Secondary 1,258 25% 19.5%
Heathcote School & Science College
London, E4 6ES
Secondary 1,121 18.9% 26.3%
Willowfield School
London, E17 6ND
Secondary 1,005 24.3% 31.5%
Leytonstone School
London, E11 1JD
Secondary 1,030 19.7% 25.6%
The Dormston School
Dudley, DY3 1SN
Secondary 1,143 21.4% 24.4%
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Liverpool, L9 7BF
Secondary 1,160 23.8% 26.9%
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Manchester, M24 2GL
Secondary 1,203 21.8% 23.9%
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
Manchester, M27 9QP
Secondary 1,073 22.7% 27.4%
Cansfield High School
Wigan, WN4 9TP
Secondary 1,036 23.8% 25.9%
Ralph Thoresby School
Leeds, LS16 7RX
Secondary 1,008 15.7% 29.2%
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Secondary 992 17.2% 27.8%
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
High Peak, SK23 0TQ
Secondary 943 22% 23.6%
The Spires College
Torquay, TQ1 3PE
Secondary 1,131 25.5% 28.9%
Patcham High School
Brighton, BN1 8PB
Secondary 1,105 28.3% 23.8%
The Hamble School
Southampton, SO31 4NE
Secondary 1,100 28.3% 25.2%
Cranbourne
Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
Secondary 988 21.7% 27.1%
Cove School
Farnborough, GU14 9RN
Secondary 1,013 30.8% 27.2%
The Malling School
West Malling, ME19 6DH
Secondary 1,049 25.6% 27.8%
Alder Community High School
Hyde, SK14 5NJ
Secondary 924 20.8% 28.8%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 25 similar schools to benchmark this school against building cost categories, which includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • gross internal floor area
  • average age of buildings
  • whether they are a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Forest Hill School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,073 Sign in to see
Haverstock School
London, NW3 2BQ
Secondary 925
St Aloysius RC College
London, N6 5LY
Secondary 367
Langdon Park Community School
London, E14 0RZ
Secondary 1,061
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491
Heathcote School & Science College
London, E4 6ES
Secondary 1,121
Hyde High School
Hyde, SK14 4SP
Secondary 1,146
Lawnswood School
Leeds, LS16 5AG
Secondary 1,397
Allerton High School
Leeds, LS17 7AG
Secondary 1,698
Ralph Thoresby School
Leeds, LS16 7RX
Secondary 1,008
Boldon School
Boldon Colliery, NE35 9DZ
Secondary 1,066
Richard Lander School
Truro, TR3 6LT
Secondary 1,525
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
Plymouth, PL5 4AA
Secondary 771
St Peter's Church of England Aided School
Exeter, EX2 5AP
Secondary 1,307
Cantell School
Southampton, SO16 3GJ
Secondary 1,289
Fleetwood High School
FLEETWOOD, FY7 8HE
Secondary 1,009
New College Leicester
Leicester, LE3 6DN
Secondary 1,025
Kingsford Community School
London, E6 5JG
Secondary 1,501
Highlands School
London, N21 1QQ
Secondary 1,652
Oaks Park High School
Ilford, IG2 7PQ
Secondary 1,786
Jarrow School
Jarrow, NE32 5PR
Secondary 837
Sir John Thursby Community College
Burnley, BB10 2AT
Secondary 1,118
Unity College
Burnley, BB11 3DF
Secondary 1,420
All Saints Catholic High School
Knowsley, L33 8XF
Secondary 1,112
Dagenham Park CofE School
Dagenham, RM10 9QH
Secondary 1,459