The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School

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
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,204 14% 15%
Brooke Weston Academy
Great Oakley, NN18 8LA
Secondary 1,182 12.2% 16%
Midhurst Rother College
Midhurst, GU29 9DT
Secondary 1,159 12.4% 13.5%
Samuel Ward Academy
Haverhill, CB9 0LD
Secondary 1,153 12.3% 16.6%
Chislehurst School for Girls
Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Secondary 1,166 12.1% 16.3%
Brookfield Community School
Chesterfield, S40 3NS
Secondary 1,170 15.5% 17%
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,246 12% 15.4%
William de Ferrers School
Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
Secondary 1,248 14.3% 13.1%
Congleton High School
Congleton, CW12 4NS
Secondary 1,212 14.2% 13.9%
Hodgson Academy
Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 7EU
Secondary 1,122 15.7% 17.2%
St Edward's College
Liverpool, L12 1LF
Secondary 1,162 15.3% 16.4%
Chelmer Valley High School
Chelmsford, CM1 7ER
Secondary 1,157 15.3% 16.7%
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Secondary 1,209 11.6% 13.3%
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Accrington, BB5 4AY
Secondary 1,294 12.3% 12.9%
Etonbury Academy
Arlesey, SG15 6XS
Secondary 1,133 14.8% 14.7%
Brockington College
Leicester, LE19 4AQ
Secondary 1,199 14.6% 16.4%
Queensbury Academy
Dunstable, LU6 3BU
Secondary 1,154 14.2% 13.3%
All Hallows Catholic College
Macclesfield, SK11 8LB
Secondary 1,251 16.4% 14.9%
Taverham High School
Norwich, NR8 6HP
Secondary 1,241 14.1% 14.4%
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,152 16.9% 14.2%
Idsall School
Shifnal, TF11 8PD
Secondary 1,171 12% 16.8%
Cockermouth School
Cockermouth, CA13 9HF
Secondary 1,285 17.2% 13.4%
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
York, YO42 2LL
Secondary 1,218 15.5% 14.6%
Standish Community High School
Wigan, WN6 0NX
Secondary 1,292 13.3% 17%
Chew Valley School
Bristol, BS40 8QB
Secondary 1,189 13.6% 15%
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE4 0FJ
Secondary 1,167 11.2% 14.3%
The Friary School
Lichfield, WS13 7EW
Secondary 1,220 11.8% 16.6%
Chancellor's School
Hatfield, AL9 7BN
Secondary 1,254 15.7% 16.3%
The Thomas Adams School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
Secondary 1,207 13.2% 16.7%
Woodhey High School
Bury, BL0 9QZ
Secondary 1,103 15.9% 14.7%

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 Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,204 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,178
Cleethorpes Academy
Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
Secondary 843
Uffculme School
Cullompton, EX15 3AG
Secondary 1,085
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,098
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,084
Yavneh College
Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
Secondary 1,042
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,560
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Accrington, BB5 4AY
Secondary 1,294
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,323
St Clere's School
Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NW
Secondary 1,440
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,573
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,144
St Cuthbert's High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 7PX
Secondary 1,211
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,436
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982
Orleans Park School
Twickenham, TW1 3BB
Secondary 1,394
Penwortham Priory Academy
Preston, PR1 0JE
Secondary 747
Biddick Academy
Washington, NE38 8AL
Secondary 1,070
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 405
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1RR
Secondary 1,269
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,072
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Sheffield, S13 9HJ
Secondary 996
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,543
Rainhill High School
Prescot, L35 6NY
Secondary 1,812
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Salisbury, SP1 1RE
Secondary 1,336
Penketh High School
Warrington, WA5 2BY
Secondary 1,023
Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Ilkeston, DE7 4HH
Secondary 753
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 367