The Cheadle 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
The Cheadle Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 423 20.3% 23.2%
Caistor Yarborough Academy
Market Rasen, LN7 6QZ
Secondary 536 17.2% 24.3%
Kingstone High School
Hereford, HR2 9HJ
Secondary 606 20.6% 23.4%
The Academy, Selsey
Chichester, PO20 9EH
Secondary 494 19.1% 22.2%
Whitstone
Shepton Mallet, BA4 5PF
Secondary 585 20% 21.7%
Mount Grace School
Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
Secondary 508 22.4% 23.4%
Queen Elizabeth High School
Bromyard, HR7 4QS
Secondary 409 22.7% 22%
The Axholme Academy
Crowle, DN17 4HU
Secondary 534 24.9% 23.6%
Looe Community Academy
Looe, PL13 1NQ
Secondary 537 19.7% 25%
Stradbroke High School
Eye, IP21 5JN
Secondary 353 20.7% 20.4%
Dorchester Middle School
Dorchester, DT1 2HS
Secondary 554 20.8% 24.9%
Oakbank
Reading, RG7 1ER
Secondary 522 22.6% 26.4%
Shipston High School
Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4DY
Secondary 595 20% 20%
St John's Church of England Middle School Academy
Bromsgrove, B61 7DH
Secondary 651 18.1% 23.7%
Walney School
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT
Secondary 489 22.1% 22.9%
The Lacon Childe School
Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
Secondary 548 17.7% 19.3%
Ridgewood High School
Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ
Secondary 580 16.8% 21.9%
Churnet View Middle School
Leek, ST13 6PU
Secondary 476 19.8% 28.4%
Smithdon High School
Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Secondary 582 21% 22.4%
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Alcester, B49 6PX
Secondary 567 19.6% 22.1%
Houlton School
RUGBY, CV23 1ED
Secondary 543 15.5% 19.6%
Gaynes School
Upminster, RM14 3UX
Secondary 379 16.7% 22%
Ludlow Church of England School
Ludlow, SY8 1GJ
Secondary 612 16.7% 20.8%
Brewood Middle CofE Academy
Stafford, ST19 9DS
Secondary 421 13.5% 18.8%
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Buxton, SK17 6AF
Secondary 426 16.2% 24.2%
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9SD
Secondary 594 14.8% 22.1%
Kidsgrove Secondary School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4DL
Secondary 302 15.3% 24.3%
Hope Valley College
Hope Valley, S33 6SD
Secondary 543 20.5% 20.7%
Orsett Heath Academy
Grays, RM16 4DG
Secondary 343 18.1% 20.5%
Vista Academy Littleport
Ely, CB6 1EW
Secondary 505 21.5% 24.7%

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 Cheadle Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 423 Sign in to see
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Birmingham, B17 8QB
Secondary 956
Aston Manor Academy
Birmingham, B6 4PZ
Secondary 1,008
Sir William Romney's School
Tetbury, GL8 8AE
Secondary 511
Prenton High School for Girls
Birkenhead, CH42 6RR
Secondary 785
Stratford Girls' Grammar School
Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9HA
Secondary 814
Sheringham High School
Sheringham, NR26 8ND
Secondary 704
Herschel Grammar School
Slough, SL1 3BW
Secondary 1,057
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
Secondary 918
Hall Green School
Birmingham, B28 0AA
Secondary 919
The Market Bosworth School
Nuneaton, CV13 0JT
Secondary 824
The Holy Cross School
New Malden, KT3 5AR
Secondary 969
The Byrchall High School
Wigan, WN4 9PQ
Secondary 1,059
Shipston High School
Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4DY
Secondary 595
South Chingford Foundation School
London, E4 8SG
Secondary 629
The Beaconsfield School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1SJ
Secondary 838
Hastings High School
Hinckley, LE10 2QE
Secondary 856
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
London, E9 7HD
Secondary 836
Chesterton Community Sports College
Newcastle, ST5 7LP
Secondary 886
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
Secondary 1,057
Ridgewood High School
Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ
Secondary 580
Barr's Hill School
Coventry, CV1 4BU
Secondary 998
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
Birmingham, B30 1UL
Secondary 778
Axe Valley Academy
Axminster, EX13 5EA
Secondary 685
Trentham Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8PQ
Secondary 787
Barlby High School
Selby, YO8 5JP
Secondary 525
Colne Park High School
Colne, BB8 7DP
Secondary 1,061
Buckler's Mead School
Yeovil, BA21 4NH
Secondary 759
Dixons Croxteth Academy
Liverpool, L11 4SG
Secondary 391
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cannock, WS11 4AW
Secondary 809