Holy Cross Catholic High School

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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
Holy Cross Catholic High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 980 18.2% 12.3%
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 Patrick's RC High School
Manchester, M30 7JJ
Secondary 930 22% 18.3%
St James' Catholic High School
Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
Secondary 825 10.7% 14.3%
Mossley Hollins High School
Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
Secondary 890 21.5% 17.1%
Stretford Grammar School
Manchester, M32 8JB
Secondary 947 6.9% 15.5%
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033 15.7% 11.2%
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%
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%
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%
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%
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 3SQ
Secondary 902 10.8% 18%
St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Lytham St Annes, FY8 4JL
Secondary 831 7.6% 13.4%
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP
Secondary 837 11.7% 15.3%
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Blackburn, BB2 4SR
Secondary 1,043 13.2% 18.7%
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%
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%
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Worthing, BN12 5AF
Secondary 1,077 20.1% 13.2%
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
Holy Cross Catholic High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 980 Sign in to see
Oaklands School
London, E2 6PR
Secondary 880
Gunnersbury Catholic School
Brentford, TW8 9LB
Secondary 1,240
Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
Birmingham, B9 4TR
Secondary 965
South Wirral High School
Wirral, CH62 8EH
Secondary 1,048
Westhoughton High School
Bolton, BL5 3BZ
Secondary 1,340
Stretford Grammar School
Manchester, M32 8JB
Secondary 947
Golborne High School
Warrington, WA3 3EL
Secondary 1,147
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033
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
Millom School
Millom, LA18 5AB
Secondary 469
Whittington Green School
Chesterfield, S41 9LG
Secondary 650
Willingdon Community School
Eastbourne, BN20 9QX
Secondary 1,094
The Hamble School
Southampton, SO31 4NE
Secondary 1,100
Millfield Science & Performing Arts College
Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5DG
Secondary 874
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 3SQ
Secondary 902
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Skelmersdale, WN8 6JW
Secondary 853
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Preston, PR5 6PB
Secondary 761
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School
Colne, BB8 8JT
Secondary 822
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP
Secondary 837
Our Lady's Catholic College
Lancaster, LA1 2RX
Secondary 1,008
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood
Fleetwood, FY7 8AY
Secondary 786
All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN
Secondary 911
Baines School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 8BE
Secondary 747
James Calvert Spence College
Morpeth, NE65 0NG
Secondary 637
Carterton Community College
Carterton, OX18 1BU
Secondary 743
Lowton Church of England High School
Warrington, WA3 1DU
Secondary 819