Townsend Church of England 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
Townsend Church of England School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 756 25.8% 23.3%
Queensbridge School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Secondary 907 26.7% 27.2%
Pensby High School
Wirral, CH61 6XN
Secondary 920 18.5% 23.6%
Wetherby High School
Wetherby, LS22 6JS
Secondary 783 16.4% 26.3%
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
Bristol, BS14 9LS
Secondary 754 21.5% 27.2%
Cressex Community School
High Wycombe, HP12 4QA
Secondary 763 20.7% 29%
Dowdales School
Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
Secondary 829 24.4% 20.1%
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
High Peak, SK23 0TQ
Secondary 943 22% 23.6%
New Mills School
High Peak, SK22 4NR
Secondary 681 21% 27.8%
South Molton Community College
South Molton, EX36 4LA
Secondary 662 24.9% 18.9%
Beaminster School
Beaminster, DT8 3EP
Secondary 679 23.4% 21.4%
De La Salle School
Basildon, SS14 2LA
Secondary 769 17.8% 26.1%
Maidenhill School
Stonehouse, GL10 2HA
Secondary 728 29.8% 22.7%
Portchester Community School
Fareham, PO16 9BD
Secondary 694 23.8% 28%
The Henry Cort Community College
Fareham, PO15 6PH
Secondary 856 19.4% 19.3%
Parkside Middle School
Bromsgrove, B61 0AH
Secondary 603 20.7% 21.6%
Longcroft School and Sixth Form College
Beverley, HU17 7EJ
Secondary 728 16.1% 21%
The Market Weighton School
Market Weighton, YO43 3JF
Secondary 626 29.9% 22%
Dartford Science & Technology College
Dartford, DA1 2LY
Secondary 856 18.5% 20.7%
Alder Grange School
Rossendale, BB4 8HW
Secondary 903 18% 21.6%
Whitworth Community High School
ROCHDALE, OL12 8TS
Secondary 651 22.3% 23.3%
St Mary's Catholic High School
Leyland, PR25 1BS
Secondary 818 23.4% 20.8%
Bedale High School
Bedale, DL8 2EQ
Secondary 560 27.3% 20.2%
Carterton Community College
Carterton, OX18 1BU
Secondary 743 28.4% 18.3%
Bourne Community College
Emsworth, PO10 8PJ
Secondary 729 26.6% 21.3%
St Andrew's CofE High School
Worthing, BN14 8BG
Secondary 742 31.7% 24.8%
St Joseph's Catholic School
Salisbury, SP1 1QY
Secondary 600 27.1% 24.5%
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Heywood, OL10 2AA
Secondary 767 15.6% 21.5%
Churchmead Church of England (VA) School
Slough, SL3 9JQ
Secondary 666 24.2% 25.7%
Lowton Church of England High School
Warrington, WA3 1DU
Secondary 819 19.9% 26.9%

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
Townsend Church of England School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 756 Sign in to see
The Dormston School
Dudley, DY3 1SN
Secondary 1,143
The Wordsley School
Stourbridge, DY8 5SP
Secondary 938
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Southport, PR8 4EX
Secondary 839
Westhoughton High School
Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Secondary 1,340
Sale High School
Sale, M33 3JR
Secondary 1,074
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Wigan, WN4 9PF
Secondary 1,202
Norham High School
North Shields, NE29 7BU
Secondary 456
Lealands High School
Luton, LU3 3AL
Secondary 1,027
Millom School
Millom, LA18 5AB
Secondary 469
St Benedict's Catholic College
Colchester, CO3 3US
Secondary 895
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY
Secondary 1,133
Portchester Community School
Fareham, PO16 9BD
Secondary 694
Crookhorn College
Waterlooville, PO7 5UD
Secondary 916
Cranbourne
Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
Secondary 988
The Henry Cort Community College
Fareham, PO15 6PH
Secondary 856
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
The Market Weighton School
Market Weighton, YO43 3JF
Secondary 626
Lathom High School : A Technology College
Skelmersdale, WN8 6JN
Secondary 796
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 3SQ
Secondary 902
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
Secondary 853
Our Lady's Catholic College
Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Secondary 1,008
Baines School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
Secondary 747
Haydon Bridge High School
Hexham, NE47 6LR
Secondary 421
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
Arts and Media School Islington
London, N4 3LS
Secondary 596