South Wirral High School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 26 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
South Wirral High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,048 30.6% 35%
Forest Hill School
London, SE23 2XN
Secondary 1,073 26.9% 25.1%
Raynes Park High School
London, SW20 0JL
Secondary 1,194 26.7% 38.1%
Frederick Bremer School
London, E17 4EY
Secondary 881 31.3% 30.9%
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Liverpool, L9 7BF
Secondary 1,160 23.8% 26.9%
The Mosslands School
Wallasey, CH45 8PJ
Secondary 903 23.9% 38.1%
The Derby High School
Lancs, BL9 9NH
Secondary 953 20% 34.7%
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
Manchester, M27 9QP
Secondary 1,073 22.7% 27.4%
Stretford High School
Manchester, M32 0XA
Secondary 979 23.1% 43.7%
Cansfield High School
Wigan, WN4 9TP
Secondary 1,036 23.8% 25.9%
Bedford High School
Leigh, WN7 2LU
Secondary 1,101 18.4% 37.3%
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Wigan, WN6 7RN
Secondary 995 18.7% 32.1%
All Saints Catholic College
Huddersfield, HD2 2JT
Secondary 901 20.2% 31.1%
Burnside College
Wallsend, NE28 7LQ
Secondary 959 15.6% 35.8%
Lealands High School
Luton, LU3 3AL
Secondary 1,027 22.4% 34.7%
Netherhall School
Maryport, CA15 6NT
Secondary 876 26.3% 37.4%
The Spires College
Torquay, TQ1 3PE
Secondary 1,131 25.5% 28.9%
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Hove, BN3 7BN
Secondary 953 30% 35.4%
The Astley Cooper School
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL
Secondary 947 28.8% 31.9%
Headlands School
Bridlington, YO16 6UR
Secondary 1,048 18.9% 35.1%
The Malling School
West Malling, ME19 6DH
Secondary 1,049 25.6% 27.8%
Northfleet Technology College
Gravesend, DA11 8BG
Secondary 967 25.3% 33.1%
Ashton Community Science College
Preston, PR2 1SL
Secondary 869 20.2% 36.8%
Our Lady's Catholic College
Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Secondary 1,008 25.8% 37.4%
Jarrow School
Jarrow, NE32 5PR
Secondary 837 29.7% 40.4%
Alder Community High School
Hyde, SK14 5NJ
Secondary 924 20.8% 28.8%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
South Wirral High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,048 Sign in to see
Sydenham School
London, SE26 4RD
Secondary 1,508
Friern Barnet School
London, N11 3LS
Secondary 643
Gunnersbury Catholic School
Brentford, TW8 9LB
Secondary 1,240
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Birmingham, B9 4TR
Secondary 965
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Birmingham, B45 9NY
Secondary 1,189
Colton Hills Community School
Wolverhampton, WV4 5DG
Secondary 1,131
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Southport, PR8 4EX
Secondary 839
St Joseph's RC High School
Bolton, BL6 6HW
Secondary 1,052
The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College
Manchester, M20 6BX
Secondary 922
Stretford Grammar School
Manchester, M32 8JB
Secondary 947
Golborne High School
Warrington, WA3 3EL
Secondary 1,147
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033
Lealands High School
Luton, LU3 3AL
Secondary 1,027
The Willink School
Reading, RG7 3XJ
Secondary 1,233
Bishop Heber High School
Malpas, SY14 8JD
Secondary 1,282
Willingdon Community School
Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
Secondary 1,094
The Hamble School
Southampton, SO31 4NE
Secondary 1,100
Crookhorn College
Waterlooville, PO7 5UD
Secondary 916
Millfield Science & Performing Arts College
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5DG
Secondary 874
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 8QY
Secondary 809
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
Secondary 853
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Colne, BB8 8JT
Secondary 822
Our Lady's Catholic College
Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Secondary 1,008
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Fleetwood, FY7 8AY
Secondary 786
All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN
Secondary 911
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS
Secondary 980
Baines School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
Secondary 747
St Andrew's Catholic School
Leatherhead, KT22 7JP
Secondary 1,597
Lowton Church of England High School
Warrington, WA3 1DU
Secondary 819