St Paul's Catholic School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
St Paul's Catholic School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,886 18.2% 24.2%
Thomas Tallis School
London, SE3 9PX
Secondary 2,075 29.8% 22%
Winchmore School
London, N21 3HS
Secondary 1,790 14.9% 26.6%
Whitmore High School
Harrow, HA2 0AD
Secondary 1,776 8.5% 29.1%
The Heathland School
Hounslow, TW4 5JD
Secondary 1,830 10.2% 25.2%
Woodbridge High School
Woodford Green, IG8 7DQ
Secondary 2,004 16.4% 18.2%
Calderstones School
Liverpool, L18 3HS
Secondary 1,577 21.5% 20.4%
Thornleigh Salesian College
Bolton, BL1 6PQ
Secondary 1,579 15% 27%
King Edward VII School
Sheffield, S10 2PW
Secondary 1,709 8.2% 25.3%
Bingley Grammar School
Bingley, BD16 2RS
Secondary 1,969 7% 23.3%
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%
Kettlethorpe High School
Wakefield, WF2 7EL
Secondary 1,673 12.2% 23.6%
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Bristol, BS1 6RT
Secondary 1,778 19.9% 17.1%
Little Heath School
Reading, RG31 5TY
Secondary 1,680 17.1% 16.9%
Garth Hill College
Bracknell, RG42 2AD
Secondary 1,474 13.6% 18.9%
The Grange School
Aylesbury, HP21 7NH
Secondary 1,430 18.7% 22.7%
Upton-by-Chester High School
Chester, CH2 1NN
Secondary 1,754 18% 15%
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Dronfield, S18 2FZ
Secondary 1,854 18.9% 17%
Dorothy Stringer School
Brighton, BN1 6PZ
Secondary 1,634 16.9% 23.9%
Blatchington Mill School
Hove, BN3 7BW
Secondary 1,637 15.7% 21%
Brookfield Community School
Southampton, SO31 7DU
Secondary 1,805 14.4% 12.2%
Bitterne Park School
Southampton, SO18 1BU
Secondary 2,016 23.7% 30.1%
Kings' School
Winchester, SO22 5PN
Secondary 1,780 14.2% 17.6%
Oakwood School
Horley, RH6 9AE
Secondary 1,600 15.8% 15.4%
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Woking, GU21 8TL
Secondary 1,471 14.1% 18.5%
Weald School, The
Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Secondary 1,786 18.7% 11.3%
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%
Oaks Park High School
Ilford, IG2 7PQ
Secondary 1,786 10% 22.1%

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
St Paul's Catholic School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,886 Sign in to see
Langdon Park Community School
London, E14 0RZ
Secondary 1,061
Swanlea School
London, E1 5DJ
Secondary 1,281
Gladesmore Community School
London, N15 6EB
Secondary 1,243
Broughton Hall Catholic High School
Liverpool, L12 9HJ
Secondary 1,217
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Liverpool, L12 9HZ
Secondary 1,329
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Altrincham, WA15 8HT
Secondary 1,614
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
Bristol, BS1 6RT
Secondary 1,778
Little Heath School
Reading, RG31 5TY
Secondary 1,680
Wilmslow High School
Wilmslow, SK9 1LZ
Secondary 2,212
Budehaven Community School
Bude, EX23 8DQ
Secondary 1,140
Sir John Hunt Community Sports College
Plymouth, PL5 4AA
Secondary 771
Lytchett Minster School
Poole, BH16 6JD
Secondary 1,590
Gillingham School
Gillingham, SP8 4QP
Secondary 1,670
Calthorpe Park School
Fleet, GU51 5JA
Secondary 1,645
Horndean Technology College
Waterlooville, PO8 9PQ
Secondary 1,272
Crestwood Community School
Eastleigh, SO50 4FZ
Secondary 1,489
Kings' School
Winchester, SO22 5PN
Secondary 1,780
Oakwood School
Horley, RH6 9AE
Secondary 1,600
St Bede's School
Redhill, RH1 2LQ
Secondary 1,952
Tanbridge House School
Horsham, RH12 1SR
Secondary 1,525
Millais School
Horsham, RH13 5HR
Secondary 1,055
Weald School, The
Billingshurst, RH14 9RY
Secondary 1,786
Ifield Community College
Crawley, RH11 0DB
Secondary 1,205
The Angmering School
Littlehampton, BN16 4HH
Secondary 1,345
Sackville School
East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
Secondary 1,603
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Crawley, RH11 8JE
Secondary 1,361
New College Leicester
Leicester, LE3 6DN
Secondary 1,025
Kingsford Community School
London, E6 5JG
Secondary 1,501
Oriel High School
Crawley, RH10 7XW
Secondary 1,479