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Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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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
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(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,614 15% 10.9%
Hardenhuish School
Chippenham, SN14 6RJ
Secondary 1,607 14.2% 12.5%
Redborne Upper School and Community College
Bedford, MK45 2NU
Secondary 1,593 10.1% 11.3%
The Appleton School
Benfleet, SS7 5RN
Secondary 1,566 17.1% 15%
Bullers Wood School
Chislehurst, BR7 5LJ
Secondary 1,571 13.9% 10.6%
West Hatch High School
Chigwell, IG7 5BT
Secondary 1,565 13.6% 12%
Highcliffe School
Christchurch, BH23 4QD
Secondary 1,566 12.8% 13.2%
St Martin's School Brentwood
Brentwood, CM13 2HG
Secondary 1,712 11.9% 11.5%
Queens' School
Bushey, WD23 2TY
Secondary 1,660 18.2% 9.7%
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
Swindon, SN4 7HG
Secondary 1,688 17.1% 12.1%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529 13.1% 11.2%
Langley Park School for Girls
Beckenham, BR3 3BE
Secondary 1,707 14.1% 10%
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT
Secondary 1,622 14.1% 8.7%
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471 15.1% 9.7%
Vyners School
Uxbridge, UB10 8AB
Secondary 1,518 15.3% 10.5%
Otley Prince Henry's Grammar School Specialist Language College
Otley, LS21 2BB
Secondary 1,639 14.2% 12.6%
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490 11.6% 8.6%
Cheadle Hulme High School
Cheadle, SK8 7JY
Secondary 1,694 15.2% 9.7%
Shenfield High School
Brentwood, CM15 8RY
Secondary 1,528 16.7% 14.8%
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,605 14.3% 8.5%
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Norwich, NR1 3PB
Secondary 1,573 11.4% 11.1%
The Gilberd School
Colchester, CO4 9PU
Secondary 1,578 12.6% 14.1%
Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford, SG17 5QS
Secondary 1,663 16.6% 10.4%
Bosworth Academy
Leicester, LE9 9JL
Secondary 1,559 12.7% 12.1%
Lutterworth College
Lutterworth, LE17 4EW
Secondary 1,560 12.4% 10.2%
Didcot Girls' School
Didcot, OX11 7AJ
Secondary 1,643 15.2% 11.2%
St John's Marlborough
Marlborough, SN8 4AX
Secondary 1,712 14% 10.6%
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 3HP
Secondary 1,583 15.6% 8.7%
Bridgewater High School
Warrington, WA4 3AE
Secondary 1,675 13.6% 13.3%
Egglescliffe School
Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
Secondary 1,511 15.8% 11.1%

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
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(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,614 Sign in to see
Ark Burlington Danes Academy
London, W12 0HR
Secondary 825
Brooke Weston Academy
Great Oakley, NN18 8LA
Secondary 1,182
Knole Academy
Sevenoaks, TN13 3LE
Secondary 1,413
Skegness Academy
Skegness, PE25 2QH
Secondary 932
The Cotswold Academy
Cheltenham, GL54 2BD
Secondary 1,500
The Ecclesbourne School
Belper, DE56 4GS
Secondary 1,576
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge, DY8 2XS
Secondary 1,219
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Brighton, BN41 2WS
Secondary 933
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Secondary 1,507
Priory Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP
Secondary 1,486
Alexandra Park School
London, N11 2AZ
Secondary 1,882
The Deepings School
Peterborough, PE6 8NF
Secondary 1,041
Wayland Academy
Thetford, IP25 6BA
Secondary 548
Astor Secondary School
Dover, CT17 0AS
Secondary 772
The Gryphon School
Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
Secondary 1,555
Oasis Academy Lister Park
Bradford, BD8 7ND
Secondary 767
St Mary's Catholic Academy
Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
Secondary 1,191
Thomas Gainsborough School
Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Secondary 1,615
Immanuel College
Bradford, BD10 9AQ
Secondary 1,727
Brigshaw High School
Castleford, WF10 2HR
Secondary 1,335
Houlton School
RUGBY, CV23 1ED
Secondary 710
Bilton School
Rugby, CV22 7JT
Secondary 1,166
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Leicester, LE2 6FU
Secondary 1,152
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE4 0FJ
Secondary 1,167
Ellis Guilford School
Nottingham, NG6 0HT
Secondary 1,257
Ken Stimpson Academy
Peterborough, PE4 6JT
Secondary 1,052
King's Academy Easthampstead Park
Bracknell, RG12 8FS
Secondary 1,034
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, CO3 3ND
Secondary 1,060