Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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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 |