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 1,473 13.8% 13.2%
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,441 13% 11.6%
Hardenhuish School
Chippenham, SN14 6RJ
Secondary 1,562 14% 11.1%
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,444 14.5% 14.3%
Hele's School
Plymouth, PL7 4LT
Secondary 1,387 16.2% 12.5%
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,461 16.7% 12.3%
West Hatch High School
Chigwell, IG7 5BT
Secondary 1,507 14.9% 12.2%
Highcliffe School
Christchurch, BH23 4QD
Secondary 1,509 12.1% 12.2%
Chipping Campden School
Chipping Campden, GL55 6HU
Secondary 1,481 14.2% 13.4%
Great Marlow School
Marlow, SL7 1JE
Secondary 1,447 13.6% 13.9%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,497 10.8% 11%
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,549 11.8% 13%
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Secondary 1,603 14.7% 13.9%
The Blue School
Wells, BA5 2NR
Secondary 1,434 17.9% 14.3%
Malmesbury School
Malmesbury, SN16 0DF
Secondary 1,470 17.4% 10.7%
Sandbach School
Sandbach, CW11 3NS
Secondary 1,520 13.7% 11.7%
Moulton School and Science College
Northampton, NN3 7SD
Secondary 1,411 11.1% 13.8%
Churchdown School
Gloucester, GL3 2RB
Secondary 1,480 13.9% 14%
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Secondary 1,425 11.3% 13.9%
Impington Village College
Cambridge, CB24 9LX
Secondary 1,435 13.6% 12.4%
The Boswells School
Chelmsford, CM1 6LY
Secondary 1,443 10.5% 13.9%
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,391 14.2% 11.8%
The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA
Secondary 1,397 13.7% 11.5%
Ralph Allen School
Bath, BA2 7AD
Secondary 1,382 15.6% 13.9%
Monk's Walk School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Secondary 1,423 15% 14.7%
The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT
Secondary 1,472 12.3% 11.3%
Tytherington School
Macclesfield, SK10 2EE
Secondary 1,425 16.2% 14.5%
Queen Elizabeth's School
Wimborne, BH21 4DT
Secondary 1,558 17% 12.6%
North Leamington School
Leamington Spa, CV32 6RD
Secondary 1,485 13.3% 14.8%
Wollaston School
Wellingborough, NN29 7PH
Secondary 1,431 14.5% 12.7%

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 1,473 Sign in to see
Ark Burlington Danes Academy
London, W12 0HR
Secondary 922
Harris Academy Peckham
London, SE15 5DZ
Secondary 607
Bodmin College
Bodmin, PL31 1DD
Secondary 1,559
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
Secondary 1,375
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
York, YO10 5ZA
Secondary 1,843
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,507
Parmiter's School
Watford, WD25 0UU
Secondary 1,452
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Winscombe, BS25 5QN
Secondary 1,590
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Secondary 1,603
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Secondary 1,509
Priory Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP
Secondary 1,505
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Secondary 1,411
Rastrick High School
Brighouse, HD6 3XB
Secondary 1,779
Alexandra Park School
London, N11 2AZ
Secondary 1,851
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,510
Bosworth Academy
Leicester, LE9 9JL
Secondary 1,613
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,330
Orleans Park School
Twickenham, TW1 3BB
Secondary 1,375
Cheney School
Oxford, OX3 7QH
Secondary 1,681
Woolwich Polytechnic School
London, SE28 8AT
Secondary 1,547
St Mary's Catholic Academy
Blackpool, FY3 7EQ
Secondary 1,212
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
London, E1 4SD
Secondary 1,356
Richmond School
Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Secondary 1,239
Bilton School
Rugby, CV22 7JT
Secondary 1,143
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Leicester, LE2 6FU
Secondary 1,172
The John Roan School
London, SE3 7QR
Secondary 1,146
Ken Stimpson Academy
Peterborough, PE4 6JT
Secondary 1,096
Eckington School
Sheffield, S21 4GN
Secondary 1,235
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, CO3 3ND
Secondary 1,018