Ricards Lodge High School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 27 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
Ricards Lodge High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,477 18.5% 24.9%
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%
St James' Catholic High School
London, NW9 5PE
Secondary 1,255 12.8% 27.7%
Highgate Wood Secondary School
London, N8 8RN
Secondary 1,556 20% 19.7%
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491 21.2% 21.3%
Wimbledon College
London, SW19 4NS
Secondary 1,258 25% 19.5%
Wanstead High School
London, E11 2JZ
Secondary 1,436 18.5% 17.2%
Valentines High School
Ilford, IG2 6HX
Secondary 1,331 9.3% 25%
Calderstones School
Liverpool, L18 3HS
Secondary 1,577 21.5% 20.4%
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Wigan, WN1 1HQ
Secondary 1,374 14.7% 28.6%
King Edward VII School
Sheffield, S10 2PW
Secondary 1,709 8.2% 25.3%
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%
Marriotts School
Stevenage, SG2 8UT
Secondary 1,410 22.6% 28.9%
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%
Elthorne Park High School
London, W7 2AH
Secondary 1,582 20.6% 20.1%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 27 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
Ricards Lodge High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,477 Sign in to see
Parliament Hill School
London, NW5 1RL
Secondary 1,230
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE
Secondary 1,313
St Aloysius RC College
London, N6 5LY
Secondary 367
Sydenham School
London, SE26 4RD
Secondary 1,508
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
Bishop Stopford's School
Enfield, EN1 3PU
Secondary 614
Hornsey School for Girls
London, N8 9JF
Secondary 664
Highgate Wood Secondary School
London, N8 8RN
Secondary 1,556
The Heathland School
Hounslow, TW4 5JD
Secondary 1,830
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491
Caterham High School
Ilford, IG5 0QW
Secondary 993
King Solomon High School
Ilford, IG6 3HB
Secondary 872
Holmfirth High School
Holmfirth, HD9 7SE
Secondary 1,331
Spen Valley High School
Liversedge, WF15 7LX
Secondary 963
Mortimer Community College
South Shields, NE33 4UG
Secondary 1,112
Sandy Secondary School
Sandy, SG19 1BL
Secondary 1,215
The Whitby High School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
Secondary 1,482
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
Downlands Community School
Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Secondary 1,251
Elthorne Park High School
London, W7 2AH
Secondary 1,582