Ipswich 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
Ipswich Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,006 14.6% 39.6%
The Gateway Academy
Grays, RM16 4LU
Secondary 1,033 18.2% 40.9%
Grace Academy Coventry
Coventry, CV2 2RH
Secondary 1,023 12.3% 42.7%
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Telford, TF7 5HX
Secondary 1,063 15.4% 40.5%
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 995 13.6% 39.9%
The Basildon Upper Academy
Basildon, SS13 3HL
Secondary 916 16.9% 40.4%
Harris Academy Purley
South Croydon, CR2 6DT
Secondary 1,022 12.4% 38.6%
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Tamworth, B77 4FF
Secondary 937 15.6% 36.9%
Co-op Academy Swinton
Manchester, M27 6JU
Secondary 992 17.5% 38%
The UCL Academy
Camden, NW3 3AQ
Secondary 1,017 17.4% 42.5%
Nottingham Girls' Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3LD
Secondary 911 11.9% 39.3%
John Whitgift Academy
Grimsby, DN37 9EH
Secondary 1,055 13% 37.8%
Don Valley Academy
Doncaster, DN5 9DD
Secondary 1,104 13.4% 39.2%
Parkside Academy
Crook, DL15 0QF
Secondary 883 13.4% 39.4%
Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
London, NW10 4EP
Secondary 966 11.4% 40.1%
Woodham Academy
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX
Secondary 1,027 18.3% 37.3%
Manor Croft Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 7DW
Secondary 1,041 15.7% 37.8%
Lyng Hall School
Coventry, CV2 3JS
Secondary 990 14.9% 40.8%
Lancaster Academy
Leicester, LE2 6FU
Secondary 962 10.8% 37.6%
Queen Elizabeth's Academy
Mansfield, NG19 7AP
Secondary 883 14.1% 41.2%
Orchard Mead Academy
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Secondary 1,048 17.8% 37.8%
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG
Secondary 965 15.9% 39%
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Secondary 1,038 16.8% 41.4%
Arena Academy
Birmingham, B42 2PY
Secondary 1,042 14.8% 37.6%
Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Pontefract, WF9 4AB
Secondary 1,111 13.4% 40.1%
Graham School
Scarborough, YO12 6QW
Secondary 969 11.4% 36.9%
Ark Pioneer Academy
Barnet, EN5 2BE
Secondary 1,000 16.2% 38.8%
Birches Head Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
Secondary 954 15.3% 36.6%
Lea Manor High School
Luton, LU3 3TL
Secondary 996 19.7% 41.3%
Leigh Academy Minster
Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
Secondary 1,072 12.6% 39.9%

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
Ipswich Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,006 Sign in to see
The Hereford Church of England Academy
Hereford, HR2 7NG
Secondary 618
All Saints Academy Dunstable
Dunstable, LU5 5AB
Secondary 564
Ormiston Bushfield Academy
Peterborough, PE2 5RQ
Secondary 1,232
Drapers' Academy
Romford, RM3 9XR
Secondary 1,207
Colchester Academy
Colchester, CO4 3JL
Secondary 901
Ormiston Horizon Academy
Stoke on Trent, ST6 6JZ
Secondary 1,036
Bedminster Down School
Bristol, BS13 7DQ
Secondary 1,032
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 731
Workington Academy
Workington, CA14 4EB
Secondary 1,272
Litherland High School
Liverpool, L21 0DB
Secondary 736
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Peterborough, PE7 8HR
Secondary 1,264
Harris Academy Sutton
Sutton, SM2 5RD
Secondary 1,297
Royal Greenwich Trust School
London, SE7 8LJ
Secondary 860
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Secondary 1,082
The Newark Academy
Newark, NG24 3AL
Secondary 1,149
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Secondary 953
Chiltern Academy
Luton, LU1 3GF
Secondary 1,192
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle, SK8 5GB
Secondary 1,050
Goodwin Academy
Deal, CT14 9BD
Secondary 833
Castle View School
Canvey Island, SS8 7FH
Secondary 1,068
Pix Brook Academy
Stotfold, SG5 4HB
Secondary 865
Ark Blake Academy
Croydon, CR0 6NA
Secondary 783
Gloucester Academy
Gloucester, GL4 6RN
Secondary 939
Mark Hall Academy
Harlow, CM17 9LR
Secondary 851
Shireland CBSO Academy
West Bromwich, B70 8SZ
Secondary 308
The Highfield School
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
Secondary 979
New Road Academy
Telford, TF2 7AB
Secondary 1,094