The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat 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
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,091 16.2% 14.5%
Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School
Richmond, TW10 6HW
Secondary 1,037 17.1% 18.9%
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 Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033 15.7% 11.2%
Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Bath, BA2 8PA
Secondary 1,007 14.8% 16.8%
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%
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%
The Nelson Thomlinson School
Wigton, CA7 9PX
Secondary 1,161 16.7% 12.8%
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Poole, BH15 3HY
Secondary 1,059 21.3% 12.3%
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 John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
Chelmsford, CM1 4BS
Secondary 1,211 12.9% 15%
John Hanson Community School
Andover, SP10 3PB
Secondary 993 15.2% 18.1%
The Toynbee School
Eastleigh, SO53 2PL
Secondary 1,095 14.8% 17.6%
The Hurst School
Tadley, RG26 5NL
Secondary 1,015 10.9% 14.4%
The Wavell School
Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Secondary 1,029 18.9% 14.1%
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%
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College
Worcester, WR5 2XD
Secondary 1,051 13.3% 17%
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS
Secondary 980 18.2% 12.3%
Chilwell School
Nottingham, NG9 5AL
Secondary 1,052 14.5% 18.7%
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%
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 Bewdley School
Bewdley, DY12 1BL
Secondary 966 21.8% 18.2%
Hartford Church of England High School
Northwich, CW8 1LH
Secondary 1,072 12.2% 17%

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
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,091 Sign in to see
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
London, SW12 0AB
Secondary 1,222
St Bonaventure's RC School
London, E7 9QD
Secondary 1,348
Valentines High School
Ilford, IG2 6HX
Secondary 1,331
Walthamstow School for Girls
London, E17 9RZ
Secondary 890
Queensbridge School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Secondary 907
Selly Park Girls' School
Birmingham, B29 7PH
Secondary 813
Bishop Challoner Catholic College
Birmingham, B14 7EG
Secondary 1,253
The Dormston School
Dudley, DY3 1SN
Secondary 1,143
The Wordsley School
Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
Secondary 938
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
St Helens, WA9 3HE
Secondary 877
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Southport, PR8 4EX
Secondary 839
Stockport School
Stockport, SK2 6BW
Secondary 1,350
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Wigan, WN4 9PF
Secondary 1,202
Wetherby High School
Wetherby, LS22 6JS
Secondary 783
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Reading, RG30 3EP
Secondary 1,046
Ferndown Upper School
Ferndown, BH22 9EY
Secondary 1,170
Priory School
Lewes, BN7 2XN
Secondary 1,163
Patcham High School
Brighton, BN1 8PB
Secondary 1,105
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY
Secondary 1,133
The Wavell School
Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Secondary 1,029
Regents Park Community College
Southampton, SO16 4GW
Secondary 847
The Henry Cort Community College
Fareham, PO15 6PH
Secondary 856
Purbrook Park School
Waterlooville, PO7 5DS
Secondary 913
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Rochester, ME1 2FA
Secondary 1,105
Spalding High School
Spalding, PE11 2PJ
Secondary 948
Selby High School Specialist School for the Arts and Science
Selby, YO8 4HT
Secondary 1,163
Haydon Bridge High School
Hexham, NE47 6LR
Secondary 421
Arts and Media School Islington
London, N4 3LS
Secondary 596
Wolverley CofE Secondary School
Kidderminster, DY11 5XQ
Secondary 966