Hartsdown 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
Hartsdown Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 839 45.2% 60.1%
City Academy Norwich
Norwich, NR4 7LP
Secondary 682 31.8% 53.1%
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Birmingham, B29 4HE
Secondary 795 25.1% 57.7%
The Academy of St Nicholas
Liverpool, L19 5NY
Secondary 928 26.1% 56.3%
All Saints Church of England Academy
Plymouth, PL5 3NE
Secondary 652 43.2% 48.5%
Havant Academy
Havant, PO9 5JD
Secondary 536 41.8% 60.1%
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Brighton, BN1 9PW
Secondary 820 37.5% 45.5%
Skegness Academy
Skegness, PE25 2QH
Secondary 932 34.7% 62.8%
Birkenhead Park School
Birkenhead, CH43 4UY
Secondary 768 29.3% 65.2%
The Oldershaw School
Wallasey, CH45 4RJ
Secondary 828 36.5% 61.2%
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5AH
Secondary 814 27.6% 55.8%
Astor Secondary School
Dover, CT17 0AS
Secondary 772 24% 58.3%
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Bootle, L20 6AQ
Secondary 671 35.2% 60.5%
Lift Sir Herbert Leon
Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
Secondary 648 30.5% 50.1%
Ormiston Denes Academy
Lowestoft, NR32 4AH
Secondary 732 32.3% 55.6%
Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Manchester, M23 2YS
Secondary 953 31.3% 53.7%
The Charter School Bermondsey
London, SE16 4EE
Secondary 472 34.9% 54%
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3GP
Secondary 898 34.2% 67%
Hillside High School
Bootle, L20 9NU
Secondary 744 29% 53%
Meridian High School
Croydon, CR0 0AH
Secondary 539 39.3% 65.2%
Smith's Wood Academy
Birmingham, B36 0UE
Secondary 746 29.4% 60.9%
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
Liverpool, L6 7UR
Secondary 895 29.9% 57%
Dean Trust Wigan
Wigan, WN5 0DQ
Secondary 770 26.9% 56%
Washington Academy
Washington, NE37 2AA
Secondary 594 30% 55.7%
The Gainsborough Academy
Gainsborough, DN21 1PB
Secondary 723 28.8% 60.5%
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Wigan, WN1 3HD
Secondary 699 28.9% 57.9%
Dene Academy
Peterlee, SR8 5RL
Secondary 641 27.5% 59.8%
Thrybergh Academy
Rotherham, S65 4BP
Secondary 562 29.6% 58.3%
The Royal Harbour Academy
Ramsgate, CT12 6RH
Secondary 1,016 36.7% 60.9%
EKC Sheppey Secondary
Sheerness, ME12 2BE
Secondary 405 36.5% 53.1%

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
Hartsdown Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 839 Sign in to see
The Sutton Academy
St Helens, WA9 5AU
Secondary 1,452
Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy
Runcorn, WA7 6EP
Secondary 829
Fulston Manor School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
Secondary 1,331
Upton Court Grammar School
Slough, SL3 7PR
Secondary 1,166
Linton Village College
Cambridge, CB21 4JB
Secondary 803
The King Edmund School
Rochford, SS4 1TL
Secondary 1,356
St Augustine Academy
Maidstone, ME16 8AE
Secondary 736
St Laurence School
Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
Secondary 1,361
John Colet School
Aylesbury, HP22 6HF
Secondary 1,067
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,323
Maghull High School
Liverpool, L31 7AW
Secondary 1,107
Cams Hill School
Fareham, PO16 8AH
Secondary 1,237
St Bede's Catholic College
Bristol, BS11 0SU
Secondary 1,315
The Maplesden Noakes School
Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Secondary 1,423
St Bede's Inter-Church School
Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Secondary 940
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243
Hawkley Hall High School
Wigan, WN3 5NY
Secondary 1,164
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
Secondary 815
Carleton High School
Pontefract, WF8 3NW
Secondary 1,024
Broadway Academy
Birmingham, B20 3DP
Secondary 1,271
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Sheffield, S13 9HJ
Secondary 996
The Kingston Academy
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Secondary 1,178
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,126
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE5 6HN
Secondary 1,145
The Holmesdale School
Snodland, ME6 5HS
Secondary 598
The Turing School
Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
Secondary 766
The Priory Church of England School
Dorking, RH4 3DG
Secondary 672
The Burton Borough School
Newport, TF10 7DS
Secondary 1,109
Nuneaton Academy
Nuneaton, CV10 7PD
Secondary 964