Hall Mead School

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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
Hall Mead School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,069 22.8% 12.9%
Cirencester Deer Park School
Cirencester, GL7 1XB
Secondary 1,018 23.6% 15.2%
Catmose College
Oakham, LE15 6RP
Secondary 1,121 18.3% 13.9%
Kirkbie Kendal School
Kendal, LA9 7EQ
Secondary 1,042 20.8% 13.8%
Robert Bloomfield Academy
Shefford, SG17 5BU
Secondary 974 20.4% 13.6%
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Birmingham, B4 7QD
Secondary 1,023 22.1% 10.7%
Thamesmead School
Shepperton, TW17 9EE
Secondary 1,049 18.8% 15.6%
John Colet School
Aylesbury, HP22 6HF
Secondary 1,067 20.8% 14.2%
Richard Challoner School
New Malden, KT3 5PE
Secondary 1,079 21.7% 9.2%
Amersham School
Amersham, HP7 9HH
Secondary 1,066 22.9% 12.4%
Waddesdon Church of England School
Aylesbury, HP18 0LQ
Secondary 1,015 19% 10.7%
Formby High School
Liverpool, L37 3HW
Secondary 1,107 19.1% 12.3%
The Beacon School
Banstead, SM7 1AG
Secondary 1,024 24.3% 15.2%
Coombe Boys' School
New Malden, KT3 6NU
Secondary 1,031 20.3% 17.3%
Chipping Norton School
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY
Secondary 1,029 20.2% 15.8%
The Marlborough Church of England School
Woodstock, OX20 1LP
Secondary 1,085 25.8% 11.5%
Kings Langley School
Kings Langley, WD4 9HN
Secondary 1,104 18.9% 12.5%
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Halstead, CO9 3QH
Secondary 1,156 24.9% 14.5%
Alec Hunter Academy
Braintree, CM7 3NR
Secondary 1,068 18.8% 13.9%
Wheatley Park School
Oxford, OX33 1QH
Secondary 1,150 23.8% 13.9%
The Windsor Boys' School
Windsor, SL4 5EH
Secondary 990 19.2% 13.2%
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
London, W14 8BZ
Secondary 1,024 16.3% 14.5%
Turing House School
Twickenham, TW2 6LH
Secondary 1,007 22.8% 14.4%
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Secondary 1,082 18.4% 13.6%
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Secondary 953 23.4% 12.3%
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,126 21.1% 11.3%
Katherine Warington School
Harpenden, AL5 5FH
Secondary 1,017 19.2% 14.5%
Sandhurst School
Sandhurst, GU47 0SD
Secondary 1,003 21.9% 14.5%
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Clitheroe, BB7 9JA
Secondary 1,130 19% 15.3%
Hurstmere School
Sidcup, DA15 9AW
Secondary 967 22.5% 15.1%

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
Hall Mead School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,069 Sign in to see
Salford City Academy
Manchester, M30 7PQ
Secondary 895
Castle View Enterprise Academy
Sunderland, SR5 3DX
Secondary 1,023
Pyrland School
Taunton, TA2 7QP
Secondary 996
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs, CT10 2RT
Secondary 1,227
Chestnut Grove Academy
London, SW12 8JZ
Secondary 1,325
Ormiston Maritime Academy
Grimsby, DN34 5AH
Secondary 814
Maghull High School
Liverpool, L31 7AW
Secondary 1,107
Mulberry Academy Woodside
London, N22 5QJ
Secondary 1,157
Hawkley Hall High School
Wigan, WN3 5NY
Secondary 1,164
Dixons Trinity Academy
Bradford, BD5 0BE
Secondary 682
Armthorpe Academy
Doncaster, DN3 2DA
Secondary 688
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
Secondary 815
The Grangefield Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 4LE
Secondary 1,022
Birchwood Community High School
Warrington, WA3 7PT
Secondary 891
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU
Secondary 1,130
Holyport College
Holyport, SL6 3LE
Secondary 641
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Dudley, DY1 3BY
Secondary 839
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 6LZ
Secondary 1,141
Miltoncross Academy
Portsmouth, PO3 6RB
Secondary 937
Admiral Lord Nelson School
Portsmouth, PO3 5XT
Secondary 1,244
Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form
Banbury, OX16 9DG
Secondary 908
The Ripley Academy
Ripley, DE5 3JQ
Secondary 903
The Kingston Academy
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Secondary 1,178
Lyng Hall School
Coventry, CV2 3JS
Secondary 990
Hampton High
Hampton, TW12 3HB
Secondary 867
The Holmesdale School
Snodland, ME6 5HS
Secondary 598
Marine Academy Plymouth
Plymouth, PL5 2AF
Secondary 976
The Turing School
Eastbourne, BN23 8EJ
Secondary 766
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Rochdale, OL16 4RX
Secondary 1,060