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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.

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We chose these schools based on:

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  • 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
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,294 12.3% 12.9%
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,411 15% 12.4%
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Sandbach, CW11 3NT
Secondary 1,358 6.9% 12.2%
Kingsbridge Academy
Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Secondary 1,249 14.4% 10.9%
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,204 14% 15%
William de Ferrers School
Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
Secondary 1,248 14.3% 13.1%
Congleton High School
Congleton, CW12 4NS
Secondary 1,212 14.2% 13.9%
The Petersfield School
Petersfield, GU32 3LU
Secondary 1,385 13.9% 12.6%
The Castle School
Taunton, TA1 5AU
Secondary 1,203 12.7% 12.4%
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Secondary 1,209 11.6% 13.3%
Oaklands Catholic School
Waterlooville, PO7 7BW
Secondary 1,370 12.7% 14%
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,282 15% 13.1%
Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
Ruislip, HA4 8EE
Secondary 1,256 13.3% 10.6%
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,323 10.1% 11.9%
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH
Secondary 1,327 11.5% 11.6%
Deyes High School
Liverpool, L31 6DE
Secondary 1,362 15.1% 14.5%
Cams Hill School
Fareham, PO16 8AH
Secondary 1,237 13.7% 12.4%
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA
Secondary 1,383 12.4% 13.1%
The Blue Coat School
Liverpool, L15 9EE
Secondary 1,248 8.2% 11.8%
The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA
Secondary 1,385 12.6% 13.6%
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,320 14% 15.3%
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 1,345 11.6% 13.7%
Painsley Catholic College
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
Secondary 1,318 9.4% 11.5%
All Hallows Catholic College
Macclesfield, SK11 8LB
Secondary 1,251 16.4% 14.9%
Taverham High School
Norwich, NR8 6HP
Secondary 1,241 14.1% 14.4%
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,355 9.7% 11.7%
Cockermouth School
Cockermouth, CA13 9HF
Secondary 1,285 17.2% 13.4%
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
Durham, DH1 4NG
Secondary 1,260 8.6% 12.4%
Harris Academy Sutton
Sutton, SM2 5RD
Secondary 1,297 13.3% 10.9%
St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull, B91 3NZ
Secondary 1,313 14.3% 15%