Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary 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
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 891 22.5% 9.9%
Summerhill School
Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
Secondary 1,094 16.9% 10.4%
Mossley Hollins High School
Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
Secondary 890 21.5% 17.1%
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033 15.7% 11.2%
Valley Gardens Middle School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9AQ
Secondary 773 13.6% 6.3%
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%
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%
St Benedict's Catholic College
Colchester, CO3 3US
Secondary 895 19.4% 9.1%
John Hanson Community School
Andover, SP10 3PB
Secondary 993 15.2% 18.1%
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY
Secondary 1,133 17.5% 8.9%
The Hurst School
Tadley, RG26 5NL
Secondary 1,015 10.9% 14.4%
Henry Beaufort School
Winchester, SO22 6JJ
Secondary 1,005 9.2% 15.8%
The Wavell School
Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Secondary 1,029 18.9% 14.1%
The Henry Cort Community College
Fareham, PO15 6PH
Secondary 856 19.4% 19.3%
Testbourne Community School
Whitchurch, RG28 7JF
Secondary 940 14.6% 14.4%
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton
Southampton, SO16 3DQ
Secondary 1,026 15.2% 18.3%
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%
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%
Carterton Community College
Carterton, OX18 1BU
Secondary 743 28.4% 18.3%
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%
Downlands Community School
Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Secondary 1,251 22.6% 7.9%
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%

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
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 891 Sign in to see
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Croydon, CR0 5JQ
Secondary 789
Kelmscott School
London, E17 8DN
Secondary 1,097
Kings Heath Secondary School
Birmingham, B13 0QP
Secondary 792
St James' Catholic High School
Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
Secondary 825
Cansfield High School
Wigan, WN4 9TP
Secondary 1,036
Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Bath, BA2 8PA
Secondary 1,007
Edward Peake CofE VC School
Biggleswade, SG18 0EJ
Secondary 410
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Peterborough, PE1 5JN
Secondary 828
St Gregory's Catholic High School
Warrington, WA5 1HG
Secondary 1,205
Willingdon Community School
Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
Secondary 1,094
St Richard's Catholic College
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
Secondary 1,035
The Toynbee School
Eastleigh, SO53 2PL
Secondary 1,095
The Hamble School
Southampton, SO31 4NE
Secondary 1,100
The Hayling College
Hayling Island, PO11 0NU
Secondary 555
The Clere School
Newbury, RG20 9HP
Secondary 470
St Edmund's Catholic School
Portsmouth, PO1 1RX
Secondary 1,150
Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton
Southampton, SO16 3DQ
Secondary 1,026
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Worcester, WR5 2XD
Secondary 1,051
The Archbishop's School
Canterbury, CT2 7AP
Secondary 794
Ashton Community Science College
Preston, PR2 1SL
Secondary 869
Broughton High School
Preston, PR3 5JJ
Secondary 928
All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN
Secondary 911
St Mary's Catholic High School
Leyland, PR25 1BS
Secondary 818
Boroughbridge High School
York, YO51 9JX
Secondary 438
Carterton Community College
Carterton, OX18 1BU
Secondary 743
Norton Canes High School
Cannock, WS11 9SP
Secondary 442
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Worthing, BN11 2JX
Secondary 1,331
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Worthing, BN12 5AF
Secondary 1,077
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Heywood, OL10 2AA
Secondary 767