Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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Backwell School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,630 | 16.4% | 7.2% |
Greensward Academy
Hockley, SS5 5HG |
Secondary | 1,584 | 13.3% | 9.6% |
Hardenhuish School
Chippenham, SN14 6RJ |
Secondary | 1,562 | 14% | 11.1% |
Northampton School for Boys
Northampton, NN1 5RT |
Secondary | 1,678 | 19.3% | 6.8% |
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Reading, RG4 8LR |
Secondary | 1,563 | 12% | 8.6% |
Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull
Solihull, B91 3PD |
Secondary | 1,711 | 12.2% | 8.6% |
Weydon School
Farnham, GU9 8UG |
Secondary | 1,643 | 12.5% | 7.1% |
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB |
Secondary | 1,696 | 15.9% | 6% |
Ripley St Thomas Church of England Academy
Lancaster, LA1 4RS |
Secondary | 1,677 | 13.1% | 9.2% |
St Clement Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 6EW |
Secondary | 1,596 | 14.6% | 4.3% |
Langley Park School for Girls
Beckenham, BR3 3BE |
Secondary | 1,691 | 12.5% | 9% |
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB |
Secondary | 1,517 | 13.9% | 9.3% |
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT |
Secondary | 1,634 | 13.9% | 8.1% |
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY |
Secondary | 1,541 | 13.1% | 8.7% |
Malmesbury School
Malmesbury, SN16 0DF |
Secondary | 1,470 | 17.4% | 10.7% |
Warden Park Secondary Academy
Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP |
Secondary | 1,528 | 17.9% | 9.8% |
Cheadle Hulme High School
Cheadle, SK8 7JY |
Secondary | 1,671 | 14.4% | 10.1% |
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE |
Secondary | 1,603 | 13.5% | 7.6% |
Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford, SG17 5QS |
Secondary | 1,671 | 14.9% | 8.7% |
Lutterworth College
Lutterworth, LE17 4EW |
Secondary | 1,565 | 12.3% | 9.3% |
Beaumont School
St Albans, AL4 0XB |
Secondary | 1,600 | 16.6% | 4.9% |
Tring School
Tring, HP23 5JD |
Secondary | 1,568 | 21.7% | 7.9% |
St John's Marlborough
Marlborough, SN8 4AX |
Secondary | 1,726 | 13.4% | 11.3% |
Charters School
Ascot, SL5 9QY |
Secondary | 1,713 | 12.6% | 8.8% |
Grey Court School
Richmond, TW10 7HN |
Secondary | 1,595 | 17.8% | 9.8% |
Redland Green School
Bristol, BS6 7EH |
Secondary | 1,655 | 14.8% | 7.4% |
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 3HP |
Secondary | 1,604 | 15.2% | 7.8% |
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL |
Secondary | 1,531 | 17.3% | 4.5% |
High Storrs School
Sheffield, S11 7LH |
Secondary | 1,662 | 15.2% | 7.8% |
Tadcaster Grammar School
Tadcaster, LS24 9NB |
Secondary | 1,512 | 16.1% | 9.5% |
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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Backwell School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,630 | Sign in to see | |
The Basildon Upper Academy
Basildon, SS13 3HL |
Secondary | 904 | ||
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet, EN5 4DQ |
Secondary | 1,305 | ||
Sandwich Technology School
Sandwich, CT13 0FA |
Secondary | 1,314 | ||
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, TQ2 7EL |
Secondary | 1,093 | ||
Lampton Academy
Hounslow, TW3 4EP |
Secondary | 1,525 | ||
Newstead Wood School
Orpington, BR6 9SA |
Secondary | 1,264 | ||
South Dartmoor Community College
Ashburton, TQ13 7EW |
Secondary | 800 | ||
Holcombe Grammar School
Chatham, ME4 6JB |
Secondary | 1,033 | ||
Windsor High School and Sixth Form
Halesowen, B63 4BB |
Secondary | 1,746 | ||
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW |
Secondary | 1,457 | ||
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB |
Secondary | 1,147 | ||
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Cheltenham, GL51 3EF |
Secondary | 1,830 | ||
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Gillingham, ME8 7AJ |
Secondary | 1,536 | ||
St Clement Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 6EW |
Secondary | 1,596 | ||
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Ashbourne, DE6 1EP |
Secondary | 1,359 | ||
The Blue School
Wells, BA5 2NR |
Secondary | 1,434 | ||
Sexey's School
Bruton, BA10 0DF |
Secondary | 686 | ||
Shoeburyness High School
Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LL |
Secondary | 1,809 | ||
Impington Village College
Cambridge, CB24 9LX |
Secondary | 1,435 | ||
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall, WS5 4PG |
Secondary | 1,519 | ||
Sutton Community Academy
Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE |
Secondary | 847 | ||
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER |
Secondary | 868 | ||
Phoenix Academy
London, W12 0RQ |
Secondary | 566 | ||
Callington Community College
Callington, PL17 7DR |
Secondary | 890 | ||
Okehampton College
Okehampton, EX20 1PW |
Secondary | 1,214 | ||
Wey Valley Academy
Weymouth, DT3 5AN |
Secondary | 979 | ||
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT |
Secondary | 1,346 | ||
Ernest Bevin Academy
London, SW17 7DF |
Secondary | 767 | ||
Greenfield Academy
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LF |
Secondary | 674 |