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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St Albans Girls' School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,439 | 15.2% | 10.1% |
Greensward Academy
Hockley, SS5 5HG |
Secondary | 1,584 | 13.3% | 9.6% |
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY |
Secondary | 1,441 | 13% | 11.6% |
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ |
Secondary | 1,435 | 15.4% | 6.8% |
Sponne School
Towcester, NN12 6DJ |
Secondary | 1,429 | 14.7% | 8.3% |
Hele's School
Plymouth, PL7 4LT |
Secondary | 1,387 | 16.2% | 12.5% |
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY |
Secondary | 1,461 | 16.7% | 12.3% |
West Hatch High School
Chigwell, IG7 5BT |
Secondary | 1,507 | 14.9% | 12.2% |
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB |
Secondary | 1,517 | 13.9% | 9.3% |
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY |
Secondary | 1,541 | 13.1% | 8.7% |
The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX |
Secondary | 1,393 | 11.1% | 10.1% |
Sir John Lawes School
Harpenden, AL5 4QP |
Secondary | 1,348 | 12.8% | 7.3% |
Malmesbury School
Malmesbury, SN16 0DF |
Secondary | 1,470 | 17.4% | 10.7% |
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH |
Secondary | 1,411 | 19.1% | 10.4% |
Sandbach School
Sandbach, CW11 3NS |
Secondary | 1,520 | 13.7% | 11.7% |
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA |
Secondary | 1,468 | 11.5% | 10.9% |
Vyners School
Uxbridge, UB10 8AB |
Secondary | 1,489 | 16.7% | 10.9% |
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN |
Secondary | 1,374 | 12.5% | 10.1% |
Impington Village College
Cambridge, CB24 9LX |
Secondary | 1,435 | 13.6% | 12.4% |
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH |
Secondary | 1,391 | 14.2% | 11.8% |
The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA |
Secondary | 1,397 | 13.7% | 11.5% |
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL |
Secondary | 1,461 | 14.6% | 10.5% |
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH |
Secondary | 1,460 | 16.4% | 7.5% |
The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT |
Secondary | 1,472 | 12.3% | 11.3% |
Egglescliffe School
Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA |
Secondary | 1,532 | 14.9% | 10.3% |
The Ashcombe School
Dorking, RH4 1LY |
Secondary | 1,497 | 17.9% | 9.6% |
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS |
Secondary | 1,457 | 12.6% | 8.9% |
Tadcaster Grammar School
Tadcaster, LS24 9NB |
Secondary | 1,512 | 16.1% | 9.5% |
Wollaston School
Wellingborough, NN29 7PH |
Secondary | 1,431 | 14.5% | 12.7% |
All Saints Catholic School York
York, YO24 1BJ |
Secondary | 1,413 | 11.1% | 9.3% |
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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St Albans Girls' School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,439 | Sign in to see | |
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich
London, SE22 0NR |
Secondary | 872 | ||
Wellacre Technology Academy
Manchester, M41 6AP |
Secondary | 687 | ||
Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge, TN9 2JR |
Secondary | 1,136 | ||
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB |
Secondary | 1,696 | ||
The Appleton School
Benfleet, SS7 5RN |
Secondary | 1,604 | ||
Airedale Academy
Castleford, WF10 3JU |
Secondary | 1,043 | ||
Chosen Hill School
Gloucester, GL3 2PL |
Secondary | 1,317 | ||
Ortu Gable Hall School
Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 8JT |
Secondary | 1,254 | ||
Pilton Community College
Barnstaple, EX31 1RB |
Secondary | 1,148 | ||
Queens' School
Bushey, WD23 2TY |
Secondary | 1,683 | ||
Heart of England School
Coventry, CV7 7FW |
Secondary | 1,233 | ||
Bishop Stopford School
Kettering, NN15 6BJ |
Secondary | 1,453 | ||
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Ilford, IG3 8EU |
Secondary | 1,170 | ||
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH |
Secondary | 969 | ||
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW |
Secondary | 1,232 | ||
Coombe Girls' School
New Malden, KT3 3TU |
Secondary | 1,559 | ||
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH |
Secondary | 1,391 | ||
The Norton Knatchbull School
Ashford, TN24 0QJ |
Secondary | 1,274 | ||
Beaumont School
St Albans, AL4 0XB |
Secondary | 1,600 | ||
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP |
Secondary | 1,415 | ||
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Sudbury, CO10 1NW |
Secondary | 692 | ||
Mark Rutherford School
Bedford, MK41 8PX |
Secondary | 1,259 | ||
The FitzWimarc School
Rayleigh, SS6 8EB |
Secondary | 1,788 | ||
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Luton, LU2 7AE |
Secondary | 1,628 | ||
Worle Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8XX |
Secondary | 1,364 | ||
Harris Academy Orpington
BR5 4LG |
Secondary | 557 | ||
Roding Valley High School
Loughton, IG10 3JA |
Secondary | 1,478 | ||
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH |
Secondary | 1,100 | ||
The Abbey School
Faversham, ME13 8RZ |
Secondary | 1,114 |