Macmillan Academy

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
Macmillan Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,567 23.9% 40.8%
City of London Academy (Southwark)
London, SE1 5LA
Secondary 1,580 17.6% 43.8%
The King's Academy
Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
Secondary 1,424 23.4% 35.7%
Mossbourne Community Academy
London, E5 8JY
Secondary 1,441 20.2% 41.2%
George Salter Academy
West Bromwich, B70 9UW
Secondary 1,444 15.6% 36.3%
The Stockwood Park Academy
Luton, LU1 5PP
Secondary 1,471 14.5% 38.9%
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Walsall, WS4 1BW
Secondary 1,444 25.3% 43.4%
Leeds West Academy
Leeds, LS13 1DQ
Secondary 1,454 20.8% 40.8%
Sirius Academy West
Hull, HU4 7JB
Secondary 1,470 20.4% 37.7%
Trinity Academy Halifax
Halifax, HX2 9TZ
Secondary 1,605 19.8% 37.1%
Sidney Stringer Academy
Coventry, CV1 5LY
Secondary 1,502 21.7% 46.8%
The Sutton Academy
St Helens, WA9 5AU
Secondary 1,452 22.4% 37.5%
Lift Aylward
London, N18 1NB
Secondary 1,402 31.2% 44.7%
Drayton Manor High School
London, W7 1EU
Secondary 1,413 19.8% 36.9%
Cotham School
Bristol, BS6 6DT
Secondary 1,659 20.7% 34.8%
Ormiston Forge Academy
Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
Secondary 1,694 15.2% 38.7%
The Sittingbourne School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL
Secondary 1,591 25.4% 37.3%
Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 9YH
Secondary 1,392 17% 35.8%
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Wisbech, PE13 2SE
Secondary 1,354 19.8% 39.7%
Woodchurch High School
Wirral, CH49 7NG
Secondary 1,419 32.1% 38.9%
St John Plessington Catholic College
Wirral, CH63 7LF
Secondary 1,548 18.1% 35.8%
Winifred Holtby Academy
Hull, HU7 4PW
Secondary 1,329 23.4% 44.4%
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Coventry, CV2 2AJ
Secondary 1,441 18.5% 34.7%
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Bradford, BD6 3PX
Secondary 1,420 23.5% 44%
Beckfoot Oakbank
Keighley, BD22 7DU
Secondary 1,503 20.6% 35.6%
Harton Academy
South Shields, NE34 6DL
Secondary 1,674 26.2% 32.2%
Co-op Academy Failsworth
Manchester, M35 9HA
Secondary 1,436 20% 44.2%
Acklam Grange School
Middlesbrough, TS5 8PB
Secondary 1,462 19.1% 32.4%
Walbottle Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 9TP
Secondary 1,729 17.9% 46%
Hanson Academy
Bradford, BD2 1JP
Secondary 1,549 13.7% 44%

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
Macmillan Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,567 Sign in to see
The Priory Academy LSST
Lincoln, LN5 8PW
Secondary 1,772
Outwood Grange Academy
Wakefield, WF1 2PF
Secondary 1,936
Arthur Mellows Village College
Peterborough, PE6 7JX
Secondary 1,652
Northampton School for Boys
Northampton, NN1 5RT
Secondary 1,713
Ivybridge Community College
Ivybridge, PL21 0JA
Secondary 2,324
Gosforth Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 2JH
Secondary 1,927
Comberton Village College
Cambridge, CB23 7DU
Secondary 1,964
Haydon School
Pinner, HA5 2LX
Secondary 1,549
The King John School
Benfleet, SS7 1RQ
Secondary 2,121
South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College
North Ferriby, HU14 3HS
Secondary 2,108
Leigh Academy Mascalls
Tonbridge, TN12 6LT
Secondary 1,241
Gordano School
Bristol, BS20 7QR
Secondary 2,097
Stroud High School
Stroud, GL5 4HF
Secondary 1,106
E-Act Ousedale School
Newport Pagnell, MK16 0BJ
Secondary 2,268
Marling School
Stroud, GL5 4HE
Secondary 1,119
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Tamworth, B79 8AH
Secondary 938
The Thomas Hardye School
Dorchester, DT1 2ET
Secondary 2,051
Trinity School
Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Secondary 1,678
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Tenterden, TN30 6LT
Secondary 1,863
Rawlins
Loughborough, LE12 8DY
Secondary 1,508
Coundon Court
Coventry, CV6 2AJ
Secondary 1,882
Lord Williams's School
Thame, OX9 2AQ
Secondary 2,290
Beauchamp College
Leicester, LE2 5TP
Secondary 2,234
Queen Elizabeth High School
Hexham, NE46 3JB
Secondary 1,306
Hexham Middle School
Hexham, NE46 3JB
Secondary 606
Elizabeth Woodville School
Roade, NN7 2LP
Secondary 1,098
Great Park Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 9FR
Secondary 327
Louth Academy
Louth, LN11 9AW
Secondary 865
John Port Spencer Academy
Derby, DE65 6LU
Secondary 2,024