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 30 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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Valentines High School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,331 | 9.3% | 25% |
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE |
Secondary | 1,313 | 22.6% | 22% |
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
London, SW16 2HY |
Secondary | 1,181 | 17.9% | 20.9% |
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% |
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
London, W3 0HW |
Secondary | 1,292 | 11.7% | 31.6% |
Oak Wood School
Uxbridge, UB10 9HT |
Secondary | 1,287 | 12% | 34% |
Ricards Lodge High School
London, SW19 7HB |
Secondary | 1,477 | 18.5% | 24.9% |
St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Carshalton, SM5 3PS |
Secondary | 1,408 | 12.8% | 16.5% |
Heathcote School & Science College
London, E4 6ES |
Secondary | 1,121 | 18.9% | 26.3% |
Holy Family Catholic School
London, E17 3EA |
Secondary | 1,214 | 8.7% | 31.5% |
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School
Liverpool, L7 6HQ |
Secondary | 1,156 | 16.2% | 26.6% |
Westhoughton High School
Bolton, BL5 3BZ |
Secondary | 1,340 | 11.4% | 22.9% |
Saddleworth School
Oldham, OL3 5NU |
Secondary | 1,417 | 14.3% | 22.1% |
Golborne High School
Warrington, WA3 3EL |
Secondary | 1,147 | 14.8% | 23.1% |
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Wigan, WN1 1HQ |
Secondary | 1,374 | 14.7% | 28.6% |
George Stephenson High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6SA |
Secondary | 1,160 | 9.3% | 26.5% |
Queen Elizabeth School
Luton, LU2 9AG |
Secondary | 1,265 | 15% | 29.3% |
Wexham School
Slough, SL2 5QP |
Secondary | 1,188 | 11.8% | 24.9% |
The Grange School
Aylesbury, HP21 7NH |
Secondary | 1,430 | 18.7% | 22.7% |
Malbank School and Sixth Form College
Nantwich, CW5 5HD |
Secondary | 1,271 | 19.9% | 24.1% |
The Whitby High School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU |
Secondary | 1,482 | 11.7% | 25.9% |
Tiverton High School
Tiverton, EX16 6SQ |
Secondary | 1,118 | 14.3% | 25.1% |
St Edmund's Catholic School
Portsmouth, PO1 1RX |
Secondary | 1,150 | 13.7% | 27.1% |
Hornsea School and Language College
Hornsea, HU18 1DW |
Secondary | 1,257 | 11.6% | 22.7% |
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% |
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
Selby, YO8 4HT |
Secondary | 1,163 | 15.5% | 26% |
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Crawley, RH11 8JE |
Secondary | 1,361 | 19% | 27.2% |
Building cost categories
We've chosen 30 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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Valentines High School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,331 | Sign in to see | |
Hampstead School
London, NW2 3RT |
Secondary | 1,228 | ||
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
London, N16 9EX |
Secondary | 1,648 | ||
The Norwood School
London, SE19 3NY |
Secondary | 1,073 | ||
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
London, SW12 0AB |
Secondary | 1,222 | ||
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
London, SW16 2HY |
Secondary | 1,181 | ||
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
London, SE1 4AN |
Secondary | 660 | ||
St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls
London, N13 5TY |
Secondary | 1,021 | ||
Ilford County High School
Ilford, IG6 2JB |
Secondary | 1,126 | ||
Trinity Catholic High School
Woodford Green, IG8 0TP |
Secondary | 1,598 | ||
The John Fisher School
Purley, CR8 3YP |
Secondary | 1,134 | ||
Queensbridge School
Birmingham, B13 8QB |
Secondary | 907 | ||
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham, B14 7EG |
Secondary | 1,253 | ||
The Mosslands School
Wallasey, CH45 8PJ |
Secondary | 903 | ||
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
Manchester, M24 2GL |
Secondary | 1,203 | ||
Stockport School
Stockport, SK2 6BW |
Secondary | 1,350 | ||
Netherhall Learning Campus High School
Select, HD5 9PG |
Secondary | 855 | ||
Wetherby High School
Wetherby, LS22 6JS |
Secondary | 783 | ||
George Stephenson High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6SA |
Secondary | 1,160 | ||
Netherhall School
Maryport, CA15 6NT |
Secondary | 876 | ||
Ulverston Victoria High School
Ulverston, LA12 0EB |
Secondary | 1,337 | ||
Ferndown Upper School
Ferndown, BH22 9EY |
Secondary | 1,170 | ||
Priory School
Lewes, BN7 2XN |
Secondary | 1,163 | ||
Patcham High School
Brighton, BN1 8PB |
Secondary | 1,105 | ||
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
Hereford, HR1 1UU |
Secondary | 1,091 | ||
The Judd School
Tonbridge, TN9 2PN |
Secondary | 1,499 | ||
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Rochester, ME1 2FA |
Secondary | 1,105 | ||
Risedale School
Catterick Garrison, DL9 4BD |
Secondary | 545 | ||
Codsall Community High School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1PQ |
Secondary | 1,068 | ||
Arts and Media School Islington
London, N4 3LS |
Secondary | 596 |