Queensmead 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
Queensmead School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,500 13.9% 20.3%
Valley Park School
Maidstone, ME14 5DT
Secondary 1,597 13.7% 18.7%
Soham Village College
Ely, CB7 5AA
Secondary 1,432 16.3% 18.4%
East Barnet School
Barnet, EN4 8PU
Secondary 1,431 18.1% 19.5%
Aston Academy
Sheffield, S26 4SF
Secondary 1,516 13% 19.2%
Barr Beacon School
Walsall, WS9 0RF
Secondary 1,504 11.6% 20.4%
Fairfax
Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
Secondary 1,575 14% 19.5%
St Joseph's Catholic College
Swindon, SN3 3LR
Secondary 1,434 15.1% 20.2%
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Gloucester, GL4 0DD
Secondary 1,535 10.8% 22%
Longsands Academy
St Neots, PE19 1LQ
Secondary 1,555 13.1% 20.9%
Nunnery Wood High School
Worcester, WR5 2LT
Secondary 1,481 16.1% 19.3%
Sir John Leman High School
Beccles, NR34 9PG
Secondary 1,441 12.9% 21.1%
Park High School
Stanmore, HA7 1PL
Secondary 1,473 15% 24.5%
St Ivo Academy
St Ives, PE27 6RR
Secondary 1,495 15.3% 17.5%
Tuxford Academy
Newark, NG22 0JH
Secondary 1,485 14.5% 19.5%
Highams Park School
London, E4 9PJ
Secondary 1,558 13.4% 23.2%
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,573 14.3% 20.7%
Ridgewood School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Secondary 1,496 11.8% 19%
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,505 12.6% 20.3%
The Maplesden Noakes School
Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Secondary 1,423 13.2% 21.5%
The Douay Martyrs Catholic School
Uxbridge, UB10 8QY
Secondary 1,437 11.7% 17.9%
King Ecgbert School
Sheffield, S17 3QU
Secondary 1,505 12.2% 18.9%
Kingsthorpe College
Northampton, NN2 7HR
Secondary 1,395 12.8% 21.1%
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,482 17.5% 20.3%
St Mary's Catholic School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Secondary 1,459 15.4% 22.4%
The Howard School
Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Secondary 1,535 12.7% 17.7%
Southgate School
Barnet, EN4 0BL
Secondary 1,414 9% 21.8%
Roding Valley High School
Loughton, IG10 3JA
Secondary 1,441 15% 17.7%
Boston Spa Academy
Wetherby, LS23 6RW
Secondary 1,458 12.1% 19.1%
Watling Academy
Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP
Secondary 1,504 12.5% 22.8%

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
Queensmead School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,500 Sign in to see
Harris Academy Merton
Mitcham, CR4 1BP
Secondary 1,342
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich
London, SE22 0NR
Secondary 839
Greig City Academy
London, N8 7NU
Secondary 1,183
Teign School
Newton Abbot, TQ12 3JG
Secondary 1,078
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road
Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
Secondary 832
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,204
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,098
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,084
Rosedale College
Hayes, UB3 2SE
Secondary 931
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,027
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,179
Christ's College Finchley
London, N2 0SE
Secondary 992
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,144
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,436
Woodcote High School
Coulsdon, CR5 2EH
Secondary 1,275
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982
Penwortham Priory Academy
Preston, PR1 0JE
Secondary 747
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,136
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 405
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1RR
Secondary 1,269
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Bradford, BD3 8HE
Secondary 887
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
Secondary 1,265
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
London, N2 0SQ
Secondary 1,013
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,543
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Secondary 595
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,149
AIM Academy North London
London, N9 8DQ
Secondary 601
Ernest Bevin Academy
London, SW17 7DF
Secondary 645