St Albans Girls' 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
St Albans Girls' School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,428 13.5% 9.8%
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,411 15% 12.4%
The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU
Secondary 1,415 9.6% 10.5%
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
Secondary 1,442 17.8% 7.1%
Sponne School
Towcester, NN12 6DJ
Secondary 1,422 17% 11%
West Hatch High School
Chigwell, IG7 5BT
Secondary 1,565 13.6% 12%
Parmiter's School
Watford, WD25 0UU
Secondary 1,464 10.8% 6.4%
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB
Secondary 1,509 15.6% 9.8%
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471 15.1% 9.7%
The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX
Secondary 1,398 10.7% 10.3%
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Secondary 1,507 9.9% 12.7%
Sir John Lawes School
Harpenden, AL5 4QP
Secondary 1,356 14.2% 7.7%
Hitchin Girls' School
Hitchin, SG4 9RS
Secondary 1,356 13.8% 7.2%
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA
Secondary 1,383 12.4% 13.1%
Vyners School
Uxbridge, UB10 8AB
Secondary 1,518 15.3% 10.5%
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490 11.6% 8.6%
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN
Secondary 1,342 15% 10.9%
Impington Village College
Cambridge, CB24 9LX
Secondary 1,452 17.7% 12.9%
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Norwich, NR1 3PB
Secondary 1,573 11.4% 11.1%
The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA
Secondary 1,385 12.6% 13.6%
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,443 14.7% 11.1%
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,467 16.8% 8.5%
Magdalen College School
Brackley, NN13 6FB
Secondary 1,358 11.6% 9.6%
Silverdale School
Sheffield, S11 9QH
Secondary 1,452 11.2% 11.4%
Downend School
Bristol, BS16 6XA
Secondary 1,430 12.2% 10.1%
Egglescliffe School
Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
Secondary 1,511 15.8% 11.1%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489 15.5% 11.4%
Poynton High School
Stockport, SK12 1PU
Secondary 1,500 12.9% 8.2%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,366 13.5% 10.8%
All Saints Catholic School York
York, YO24 1BJ
Secondary 1,416 12.6% 9.7%

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
St Albans Girls' School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,428 Sign in to see
Brinsworth Academy
Rotherham, S60 5EJ
Secondary 1,386
Wellacre Technology Academy
Manchester, M41 6AP
Secondary 720
Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
Secondary 1,164
The Appleton School
Benfleet, SS7 5RN
Secondary 1,566
Chosen Hill School
Gloucester, GL3 2PL
Secondary 1,297
Bishop Stopford School
Kettering, NN15 6BJ
Secondary 1,460
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Ilford, IG3 8EU
Secondary 1,155
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Secondary 894
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Secondary 1,209
Cottenham Village College
Cambridge, CB24 8UA
Secondary 877
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Hythe, CT21 4HL
Secondary 1,358
Rosebery School
Epsom, KT18 7NQ
Secondary 1,476
Coombe Girls' School
New Malden, KT3 3TU
Secondary 1,542
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,367
The Norton Knatchbull School
Ashford, TN24 0QJ
Secondary 1,290
Beaumont School
St Albans, AL4 0XB
Secondary 1,651
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP
Secondary 1,431
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Sudbury, CO10 1NW
Secondary 679
Queens Park Community School
London, NW6 7BQ
Secondary 1,312
Mark Rutherford School
Bedford, MK41 8PX
Secondary 1,182
The FitzWimarc School
Rayleigh, SS6 8EB
Secondary 1,798
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Luton, LU2 7AE
Secondary 1,645
Worle Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 8XX
Secondary 1,291
Harris Academy Orpington
BR5 4LG
Secondary 501
Therfield School
Leatherhead, KT22 7NZ
Secondary 1,050
Roding Valley High School
Loughton, IG10 3JA
Secondary 1,441
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Coventry, CV6 2FR
Secondary 1,451
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
Secondary 1,079
The Abbey School
Faversham, ME13 8RZ
Secondary 1,118