St Benedict's Catholic College

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 Benedict's Catholic College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 895 19.4% 9.1%
St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
London, N12 7NJ
Secondary 891 8.5% 9.4%
Summerhill School
Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
Secondary 1,094 16.9% 10.4%
Old Swinford Hospital
Stourbridge, DY8 1QX
Secondary 947 12.7% 5.4%
St James' Catholic High School
Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
Secondary 825 10.7% 14.3%
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%
Valley Gardens Middle School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9AQ
Secondary 773 13.6% 6.3%
Leighton Middle School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EX
Secondary 601 15.2% 12.8%
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Poole, BH15 3HY
Secondary 1,059 21.3% 12.3%
Chailey School
Lewes, BN8 4PU
Secondary 855 15.6% 12.9%
St Richard's Catholic College
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
Secondary 1,035 11.7% 12.7%
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%
St Mary's RC High School
Hereford, HR1 4DR
Secondary 749 21% 11.2%
Broughton High School
Preston, PR3 5JJ
Secondary 928 11.5% 9.4%
Balshaw's Church of England High School
Leyland, PR25 3AH
Secondary 936 9% 12.9%
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP
Secondary 837 11.7% 15.3%
St Bede's Catholic High School
Ormskirk, L39 4TA
Secondary 707 11.5% 6.2%
Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Preston, PR4 5SN
Secondary 823 9.1% 12%
All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN
Secondary 911 8.9% 9.8%
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS
Secondary 980 18.2% 12.3%
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Preston, PR2 8RA
Secondary 838 10.6% 11.7%
Spalding High School
Spalding, PE11 2PJ
Secondary 948 14.8% 10.3%
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 Oscar Romero Catholic School
Worthing, BN12 5AF
Secondary 1,077 20.1% 13.2%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
St Benedict's Catholic College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 895 Sign in to see
Oaklands School
London, E2 6PR
Secondary 880
Newman Catholic College
London, NW10 3RN
Secondary 678
Hodge Hill Girls' School
Birmingham, B36 8EY
Secondary 752
Holy Family Catholic High School
Liverpool, L23 4UL
Secondary 1,045
Westhoughton High School
Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Secondary 1,340
Stretford Grammar School
Manchester, M32 8JB
Secondary 947
Shevington High School
Wigan, WN6 8AB
Secondary 878
Todmorden High School
Todmorden, OL14 7DG
Secondary 850
Westborough High School
Dewsbury, WF13 2JE
Secondary 919
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Bristol, BS14 9LS
Secondary 754
The Lakes School
Windermere, LA23 1HW
Secondary 440
New Mills School
High Peak, SK22 4NR
Secondary 681
Whittington Green School
Chesterfield, S41 9LG
Secondary 650
Belmont Community School
Durham, DH1 2AG
Secondary 847
De La Salle School
Basildon, SS14 2LA
Secondary 769
Maidenhill School
Stonehouse, GL10 2HA
Secondary 728
Warblington School
Havant, PO9 2RR
Secondary 765
The Priory School
Hitchin, SG5 2UR
Secondary 1,242
Fearnhill School
Letchworth, SG6 4BA
Secondary 602
The Astley Cooper School
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL
Secondary 947
Beverley High School
Beverley, HU17 9EX
Secondary 827
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 3SQ
Secondary 902
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Colne, BB8 8JT
Secondary 822
Whytrig Community Middle School
Whitley Bay, NE25 0BP
Secondary 327
Astley Community High School
Seaton Delaval, NE25 0BP
Secondary 627
Paget High School
Burton-on-Trent, DE14 3DR
Secondary 661
Bourne Community College
Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
Secondary 729
Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
Slough, SL3 9JQ
Secondary 666
North Huddersfield Trust School
Huddersfield, HD2 1DJ
Secondary 1,039