St Nicholas Catholic High School
        
        
Schools we chose for benchmarking
This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Nicholas Catholic High School (Your chosen school) | Secondary | 1,222 | 11.5% | 12.1% | 
| Finchley Catholic High School London, N12 8TA | Secondary | 1,192 | 11.1% | 12% | 
| Gunnersbury Catholic School Brentford, TW8 9LB | Secondary | 1,240 | 12.3% | 13.5% | 
| Ilford County High School Ilford, IG6 2JB | Secondary | 1,126 | 5.6% | 11.8% | 
| Woodford County High School Woodford Green, IG8 9LA | Secondary | 1,245 | 3.1% | 11.1% | 
| Summerhill School Kingswinford, DY6 9XE | Secondary | 1,094 | 16.9% | 10.4% | 
| Bramhall High School Stockport, SK7 2JT | Secondary | 1,282 | 18.1% | 18% | 
| St Peter's Catholic High School Wigan, WN5 8NU | Secondary | 1,033 | 15.7% | 11.2% | 
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan, WN4 9PF | Secondary | 1,202 | 10.7% | 13.2% | 
| Holmfirth High School Holmfirth, HD9 7SE | Secondary | 1,331 | 13.8% | 17.2% | 
| The Willink School Reading, RG7 3XJ | Secondary | 1,233 | 19.5% | 11.4% | 
| The Cottesloe School Aylesbury, LU7 0NY | Secondary | 1,141 | 19.1% | 13.8% | 
| Bishop Heber High School Malpas, SY14 8JD | Secondary | 1,282 | 11.1% | 10.8% | 
| Culcheth High School Warrington, WA3 5HH | Secondary | 1,169 | 15.8% | 18.1% | 
| Helsby High School Frodsham, WA6 0HY | Secondary | 1,237 | 17.7% | 16.3% | 
| Ulverston Victoria High School Ulverston, LA12 0EB | Secondary | 1,337 | 19.2% | 12% | 
| The Nelson Thomlinson School Wigton, CA7 9PX | Secondary | 1,161 | 16.7% | 12.8% | 
| St Peter's Church of England Aided School Exeter, EX2 5AP | Secondary | 1,307 | 18.2% | 12.7% | 
| St Richard's Catholic College Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE | Secondary | 1,035 | 11.7% | 12.7% | 
| St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford Chelmsford, CM1 4BS | Secondary | 1,211 | 12.9% | 15% | 
| Court Moor School Fleet, GU52 7RY | Secondary | 1,133 | 17.5% | 8.9% | 
| Swanmore College Southampton, SO32 2RB | Secondary | 1,334 | 12.1% | 17.3% | 
| Yateley School Yateley, GU46 6NW | Secondary | 1,331 | 14.3% | 10.9% | 
| The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School Hereford, HR1 1UU | Secondary | 1,091 | 16.2% | 14.5% | 
| Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Maidstone, ME16 0SF | Secondary | 1,274 | 5.3% | 9.7% | 
| Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School Canterbury, CT1 3EW | Secondary | 1,256 | 10% | 6.8% | 
| Holy Cross Catholic High School Chorley, PR7 3LS | Secondary | 980 | 18.2% | 12.3% | 
| Joseph Rowntree School York, YO32 4BZ | Secondary | 1,276 | 13.2% | 17.5% | 
| The Forest School Horsham, RH13 5NT | Secondary | 1,095 | 18.5% | 11.4% | 
| Hartford Church of England High School Northwich, CW8 1LH | Secondary | 1,072 | 12.2% | 17% |