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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St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,059 | 21.3% | 12.3% |
The John Fisher School
Purley, CR8 3YP |
Secondary | 1,134 | 23.2% | 14% |
Summerhill School
Kingswinford, DY6 9XE |
Secondary | 1,094 | 16.9% | 10.4% |
St Hilda's Church of England High School
Liverpool, L17 3AL |
Secondary | 1,132 | 25.1% | 14% |
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU |
Secondary | 1,033 | 15.7% | 11.2% |
Marden High School
North Shields, NE30 3RZ |
Secondary | 943 | 15.3% | 16.4% |
Brimsham Green School
Bristol, BS37 7LB |
Secondary | 1,052 | 21% | 18.5% |
Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Bath, BA2 8PA |
Secondary | 1,007 | 14.8% | 16.8% |
The Willink School
Reading, RG7 3XJ |
Secondary | 1,233 | 19.5% | 11.4% |
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Reading, RG30 3EP |
Secondary | 1,046 | 16.9% | 17.8% |
The Cottesloe School
Aylesbury, LU7 0NY |
Secondary | 1,141 | 19.1% | 13.8% |
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% |
The Woodroffe School
Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX |
Secondary | 978 | 12.1% | 16.6% |
St Richard's Catholic College
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE |
Secondary | 1,035 | 11.7% | 12.7% |
St Benedict's Catholic College
Colchester, CO3 3US |
Secondary | 895 | 19.4% | 9.1% |
Rednock School
Dursley, GL11 4BY |
Secondary | 1,232 | 18.8% | 17.2% |
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY |
Secondary | 1,133 | 17.5% | 8.9% |
The Wavell School
Farnborough, GU14 6BH |
Secondary | 1,029 | 18.9% | 14.1% |
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Basingstoke, RG22 6SR |
Secondary | 891 | 22.5% | 9.9% |
Testbourne Community School
Whitchurch, RG28 7JF |
Secondary | 940 | 14.6% | 14.4% |
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
Hereford, HR1 1UU |
Secondary | 1,091 | 16.2% | 14.5% |
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS |
Secondary | 980 | 18.2% | 12.3% |
Spalding High School
Spalding, PE11 2PJ |
Secondary | 948 | 14.8% | 10.3% |
Codsall Community High School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1PQ |
Secondary | 1,068 | 14.4% | 16.7% |
The Forest School
Horsham, RH13 5NT |
Secondary | 1,095 | 18.5% | 11.4% |
Millais School
Horsham, RH13 5HR |
Secondary | 1,055 | 24.3% | 11.3% |
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
Crawley, RH11 8PG |
Secondary | 1,175 | 20.3% | 14.5% |
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Worthing, BN12 5AF |
Secondary | 1,077 | 20.1% | 13.2% |
The Stonehenge School
Amesbury, SP4 7PW |
Secondary | 1,080 | 24.8% | 16.1% |
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,059 | Sign in to see | |
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE |
Secondary | 1,313 | ||
The St Thomas the Apostle College
London, SE15 2EB |
Secondary | 1,112 | ||
St James' Catholic High School
London, NW9 5PE |
Secondary | 1,255 | ||
Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School
Richmond, TW10 6HW |
Secondary | 1,037 | ||
Kings Heath Secondary School
Birmingham, B13 0QP |
Secondary | 792 | ||
Colmers School and Sixth Form College
Birmingham, B45 9NY |
Secondary | 1,189 | ||
St Joseph's RC High School
Bolton, BL6 6HW |
Secondary | 1,052 | ||
Parrenthorn High School
Manchester, M25 2BW |
Secondary | 1,037 | ||
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Leeds, LS6 4QE |
Secondary | 921 | ||
Hebburn Comprehensive School
Hebburn, NE31 2QU |
Secondary | 912 | ||
Brimsham Green School
Bristol, BS37 7LB |
Secondary | 1,052 | ||
Wexham School
Slough, SL2 5QP |
Secondary | 1,188 | ||
The Cottesloe School
Aylesbury, LU7 0NY |
Secondary | 1,141 | ||
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Warrington, WA5 1HG |
Secondary | 1,205 | ||
The Spires College
Torquay, TQ1 3PE |
Secondary | 1,131 | ||
St Cuthbert Mayne School
Torquay, TQ1 4RN |
Secondary | 993 | ||
Beaminster School
Beaminster, DT8 3EP |
Secondary | 679 | ||
St Edmund's Catholic School
Portsmouth, PO1 1RX |
Secondary | 1,150 | ||
Withernsea High School
Withernsea, HU19 2EQ |
Secondary | 731 | ||
Corpus Christi Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 8QY |
Secondary | 809 | ||
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Blackburn, BB2 4SR |
Secondary | 1,043 | ||
St Mary's Catholic High School
Leyland, PR25 1BS |
Secondary | 818 | ||
Wadham School
Crewkerne, TA18 7NT |
Secondary | 770 | ||
The Stonehenge School
Amesbury, SP4 7PW |
Secondary | 1,080 | ||
Matravers School
Westbury, BA13 3QH |
Secondary | 926 | ||
Elthorne Park High School
London, W7 2AH |
Secondary | 1,582 | ||
Abbeyfield School
Chippenham, SN15 3XB |
Secondary | 900 | ||
The Bewdley School
Bewdley, DY12 1BL |
Secondary | 966 | ||
Hartford Church of England High School
Northwich, CW8 1LH |
Secondary | 1,072 |