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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
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(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,402 31.2% 44.7%
Macmillan Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG
Secondary 1,567 23.9% 40.8%
City of London Academy (Southwark)
London, SE1 5LA
Secondary 1,580 17.6% 43.8%
Mossbourne Community Academy
London, E5 8JY
Secondary 1,441 20.2% 41.2%
Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Bromley, BR1 5EB
Secondary 1,130 21.7% 43.9%
Great Academy Ashton
Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF
Secondary 1,304 22.2% 47%
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%
Lift Clacton
Clacton on Sea, CO15 3JL
Secondary 1,535 26.4% 51.3%
Sidney Stringer Academy
Coventry, CV1 5LY
Secondary 1,502 21.7% 46.8%
Co-op Academy Manchester
Manchester, M9 0WQ
Secondary 1,619 29.4% 49.4%
Discovery Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 0GA
Secondary 1,439 21.4% 48.6%
Drayton Manor High School
London, W7 1EU
Secondary 1,413 19.8% 36.9%
Thomas Clarkson Academy
Wisbech, PE13 2SE
Secondary 1,354 19.8% 39.7%
Southfields Academy
London, SW18 5JU
Secondary 1,179 23.7% 41.2%
Woodchurch High School
Wirral, CH49 7NG
Secondary 1,419 32.1% 38.9%
Halewood Academy
Knowsley, L26 1UU
Secondary 1,147 22.5% 45.7%
Winifred Holtby Academy
Hull, HU7 4PW
Secondary 1,329 23.4% 44.4%
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Wednesbury, WS10 0DR
Secondary 1,148 28% 46.8%
Ernesford Grange Community Academy
Coventry, CV3 2QD
Secondary 1,166 26.3% 41.5%
Rawmarsh Community School
Rotherham, S62 7GA
Secondary 1,094 31.2% 40.4%
Co-op Academy North Manchester
Manchester, M9 7SS
Secondary 1,259 27.5% 46.7%
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Bradford, BD6 3PX
Secondary 1,420 23.5% 44%
Babington Academy
Leicester, LE4 0SZ
Secondary 1,349 22.1% 46.5%
Fortis Academy
Birmingham, B44 8NU
Secondary 1,301 20.9% 49.7%
Noel-Baker Academy
Derby, DE24 0BR
Secondary 1,245 19.9% 42.6%
Co-op Academy Failsworth
Manchester, M35 9HA
Secondary 1,436 20% 44.2%
Ellis Guilford School
Nottingham, NG6 0HT
Secondary 1,257 19% 45.1%
Castle Mead Academy
Leicester, LE3 5QT
Secondary 1,243 18.9% 44.5%
The Oxford Academy
Oxford, OX4 6JZ
Secondary 1,113 34.3% 41.3%

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
Lift Aylward
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,402 Sign in to see
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 995
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX
Secondary 915
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet, EN5 4DQ
Secondary 1,314
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, TQ2 7EL
Secondary 1,100
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,480
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP
Secondary 1,592
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB
Secondary 1,694
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,246
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School
Upminster, RM14 3HS
Secondary 1,550
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Secondary 1,550
Sheldon School
Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
Secondary 1,605
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,451
Cheam High School
Sutton, SM3 8PW
Secondary 2,106
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 760
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,282
Cedars Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Secondary 1,055
Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 9YH
Secondary 1,392
Featherstone High School
Southall, UB2 5HF
Secondary 1,773
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall, WS5 4PG
Secondary 1,522
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,218
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,195
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,482
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,198
Forest Gate Community School
London, E7 9BB
Secondary 1,347
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG
Secondary 965
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT
Secondary 1,383
The John Roan School
London, SE3 7QR
Secondary 1,164
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,193