Highgate Wood Secondary School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Highgate Wood Secondary School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,556 20% 19.7%
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE
Secondary 1,313 22.6% 22%
Sydenham School
London, SE26 4RD
Secondary 1,508 15.7% 25.7%
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Dagenham, RM8 1JT
Secondary 1,354 14% 24.8%
Ricards Lodge High School
London, SW19 7HB
Secondary 1,477 18.5% 24.9%
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491 21.2% 21.3%
Wanstead High School
London, E11 2JZ
Secondary 1,436 18.5% 17.2%
St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Carshalton, SM5 3PS
Secondary 1,408 12.8% 16.5%
Calderstones School
Liverpool, L18 3HS
Secondary 1,577 21.5% 20.4%
Titus Salt School
Bradford, BD17 5RH
Secondary 1,436 23.9% 24.8%
Holmfirth High School
Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
Secondary 1,331 13.8% 17.2%
Allerton High School
Leeds, LS17 7AG
Secondary 1,698 14.1% 19.6%
Allerton Grange School
Leeds, LS17 6SF
Secondary 1,742 14% 23.5%
Pudsey Grammar School
Pudsey, LS28 7ND
Secondary 1,364 17.8% 20%
The Whitby High School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
Secondary 1,482 11.7% 25.9%
Richard Lander School
Truro, TR3 6LT
Secondary 1,525 19.9% 17.9%
Ullswater Community College
Penrith, CA11 8NG
Secondary 1,535 22.4% 16.7%
Varndean School
Brighton, BN1 6NP
Secondary 1,502 30.9% 20.4%
Dorothy Stringer School
Brighton, BN1 6PZ
Secondary 1,634 16.9% 23.9%
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Gravesend, DA12 2JW
Secondary 1,326 14.2% 24.1%
Crown Hills Community College
Leicester, LE5 5FT
Secondary 1,497 13.6% 25.7%
Felpham Community College
Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
Secondary 1,558 15.7% 18.6%
Elthorne Park High School
London, W7 2AH
Secondary 1,582 20.6% 20.1%
Highlands School
London, N21 1QQ
Secondary 1,652 14.7% 16.1%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 28 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
Highgate Wood Secondary School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,556 Sign in to see
Parliament Hill School
London, NW5 1RL
Secondary 1,230
St Aloysius RC College
London, N6 5LY
Secondary 367
George Green's School
London, E14 3DW
Secondary 1,264
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
London, E1 0RH
Secondary 1,373
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Dagenham, RM8 1JT
Secondary 1,354
St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
Orpington, BR6 9SH
Secondary 1,085
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
London, W3 0HW
Secondary 1,292
Chace Community School
Enfield, EN1 3HQ
Secondary 968
Bishop Stopford's School
Enfield, EN1 3PU
Secondary 614
St Ignatius College
Enfield, EN1 4NP
Secondary 999
Hornsey School for Girls
London, N8 9JF
Secondary 664
The Heathland School
Hounslow, TW4 5JD
Secondary 1,830
Ricards Lodge High School
London, SW19 7HB
Secondary 1,477
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491
Caterham High School
Ilford, IG5 0QW
Secondary 993
Holmfirth High School
Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
Secondary 1,331
Kettlethorpe High School
Wakefield, WF2 7EL
Secondary 1,673
Sandy Secondary School
Sandy, SG19 1BL
Secondary 1,215
The Whitby High School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
Secondary 1,482
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School
Widnes, WA8 7DW
Secondary 1,306
Littleover Community School
Derby, DE23 4BZ
Secondary 1,823
The Blandford School
Blandford Forum, DT11 7SQ
Secondary 1,136
The Hurst School
Tadley, RG26 5NL
Secondary 1,015
Frederick Gough School
Scunthorpe, DN16 3NG
Secondary 1,333
Northfleet School for Girls
Gravesend, DA11 8AQ
Secondary 1,305
Huntington School
York, YO32 9WT
Secondary 1,465
Chilwell School
Nottingham, NG9 5AL
Secondary 1,052