The Cotswold Academy

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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
The Cotswold Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,500 17.6% 13.3%
Hardenhuish School
Chippenham, SN14 6RJ
Secondary 1,607 14.2% 12.5%
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,480 15.4% 14.5%
Hele's School
Plymouth, PL7 4LT
Secondary 1,393 17.3% 14.6%
Plymstock School
Plymouth, PL9 9AZ
Secondary 1,609 15.9% 16%
The Appleton School
Benfleet, SS7 5RN
Secondary 1,566 17.1% 15%
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,458 19% 13%
Highcliffe School
Christchurch, BH23 4QD
Secondary 1,566 12.8% 13.2%
Chipping Campden School
Chipping Campden, GL55 6HU
Secondary 1,479 19.5% 14%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529 13.1% 11.2%
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB
Secondary 1,509 15.6% 9.8%
Plantsbrook School
Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB
Secondary 1,572 16.6% 14.7%
St Laurence School
Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
Secondary 1,361 18.3% 12.4%
The Chauncy School
Ware, SG12 0DP
Secondary 1,515 18.2% 15.4%
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,560 15.7% 14.1%
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Secondary 1,573 16.3% 15.2%
The Commonweal School
Swindon, SN1 4JE
Secondary 1,384 16.9% 15.7%
Malmesbury School
Malmesbury, SN16 0DF
Secondary 1,465 17.8% 12%
Warden Park Secondary Academy
Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Secondary 1,538 19.6% 11.1%
St Clere's School
Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NW
Secondary 1,440 15.2% 15.2%
Sandbach School
Sandbach, CW11 3NS
Secondary 1,506 15.9% 12.3%
Churchdown School
Gloucester, GL3 2RB
Secondary 1,448 15.2% 14.8%
Impington Village College
Cambridge, CB24 9LX
Secondary 1,452 17.7% 12.9%
Shenfield High School
Brentwood, CM15 8RY
Secondary 1,528 16.7% 14.8%
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,367 15.3% 12.1%
Ralph Allen School
Bath, BA2 7AD
Secondary 1,383 16% 15.4%
Queen Elizabeth's School
Wimborne, BH21 4DT
Secondary 1,452 19.4% 14.4%
Egglescliffe School
Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
Secondary 1,511 15.8% 11.1%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489 15.5% 11.4%
Wollaston School
Wellingborough, NN29 7PH
Secondary 1,431 20% 14.2%

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
The Cotswold Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,500 Sign in to see
Ark Burlington Danes Academy
London, W12 0HR
Secondary 825
Harris Academy Peckham
London, SE15 5DZ
Secondary 539
Norton Hill Academy
Radstock, BA3 4AD
Secondary 1,818
Bodmin College
Bodmin, PL31 1DD
Secondary 1,439
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
Secondary 1,292
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,246
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
York, YO10 5ZA
Secondary 1,820
Sheldon School
Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
Secondary 1,605
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,528
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Winscombe, BS25 5QN
Secondary 1,547
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Secondary 1,573
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Secondary 1,507
Alexandra Park School
London, N11 2AZ
Secondary 1,882
Ridgewood School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Secondary 1,496
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,505
The Deepings School
Peterborough, PE6 8NF
Secondary 1,041
Bosworth Academy
Leicester, LE9 9JL
Secondary 1,559
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,314
Cheney School
Oxford, OX3 7QH
Secondary 1,707
Woolwich Polytechnic School
London, SE28 8AT
Secondary 1,594
St Mary's Catholic Academy
Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
Secondary 1,191
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
London, E1 4SD
Secondary 1,352
Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Secondary 1,290
Bilton School
Rugby, CV22 7JT
Secondary 1,166
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT
Secondary 1,383
The John Roan School
London, SE3 7QR
Secondary 1,164
Ken Stimpson Academy
Peterborough, PE4 6JT
Secondary 1,052
Eckington School
Sheffield, S21 4GN
Secondary 1,152
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, CO3 3ND
Secondary 1,060