Cotham 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
Cotham School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,659 20.7% 34.8%
Macmillan Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG
Secondary 1,567 23.9% 40.8%
The King's Academy
Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
Secondary 1,424 23.4% 35.7%
George Salter Academy
West Bromwich, B70 9UW
Secondary 1,444 15.6% 36.3%
The Chalk Hills Academy
Luton, LU4 0NE
Secondary 1,620 13% 33%
Sirius Academy West
Hull, HU4 7JB
Secondary 1,470 20.4% 37.7%
Trinity Academy Halifax
Halifax, HX2 9TZ
Secondary 1,605 19.8% 37.1%
The Sutton Academy
St Helens, WA9 5AU
Secondary 1,452 22.4% 37.5%
Lift Tendring
Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 0AZ
Secondary 1,558 20.5% 28.5%
St Peter's School
Huntingdon, PE29 7DD
Secondary 1,526 19.9% 29.6%
The Farnley Academy
Leeds, LS12 5EU
Secondary 1,502 17.1% 32.5%
Ormiston Forge Academy
Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
Secondary 1,694 15.2% 38.7%
The Sittingbourne School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL
Secondary 1,591 25.4% 37.3%
Shoeburyness High School
Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LL
Secondary 1,749 20.4% 34.3%
Paignton Academy
Paignton, TQ3 3WA
Secondary 1,582 20.7% 32.6%
St John Plessington Catholic College
Wirral, CH63 7LF
Secondary 1,548 18.1% 35.8%
Chorlton High School
Manchester, M21 7SL
Secondary 1,534 25.4% 29.7%
President Kennedy School Academy
Coventry, CV6 4GL
Secondary 1,847 21.1% 32.9%
Woolwich Polytechnic School
London, SE28 8AT
Secondary 1,594 20.1% 29.6%
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Coventry, CV2 2AJ
Secondary 1,441 18.5% 34.7%
Highfields School
Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
Secondary 1,783 19.7% 30.2%
Beckfoot Oakbank
Keighley, BD22 7DU
Secondary 1,503 20.6% 35.6%
Kelvin Hall School
Hull, HU5 4QH
Secondary 1,622 19% 30.1%
Harton Academy
South Shields, NE34 6DL
Secondary 1,674 26.2% 32.2%
Derby Moor Spencer Academy
Derby, DE23 2FS
Secondary 1,711 12.6% 33.9%
Acklam Grange School
Middlesbrough, TS5 8PB
Secondary 1,462 19.1% 32.4%
Tupton Hall School
Chesterfield, S42 6LG
Secondary 1,612 16.1% 33%
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT
Secondary 1,383 20.3% 34.1%
Stantonbury School
Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN
Secondary 1,490 15.1% 35.7%
The City of Leicester College
Leicester, LE5 6LN
Secondary 1,571 14.9% 32.6%

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
Cotham School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,659 Sign in to see
Westlands School
Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Secondary 1,751
Wales High School
Sheffield, S26 5QQ
Secondary 1,821
The de Ferrers Academy
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0LL
Secondary 2,440
Hockerill Anglo-European College
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5HX
Secondary 926
Ashlawn School
Rugby, CV22 5ET
Secondary 1,559
Maiden Erlegh School
Reading, RG6 7HS
Secondary 1,872
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Cheltenham, GL51 3EF
Secondary 1,866
Collingwood College
Camberley, GU15 4AE
Secondary 1,715
St Martin's School Brentwood
Brentwood, CM13 2HG
Secondary 1,712
Minsthorpe Community College
Pontefract, WF9 2UJ
Secondary 1,576
The Stourport High School and Sixth Form College
Stourport-on-Severn, DY13 8AX
Secondary 1,101
Lift Tendring
Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 0AZ
Secondary 1,558
Hazelwick School
Crawley, RH10 1SX
Secondary 1,893
The Blue School
Wells, BA5 2NR
Secondary 1,358
Abbey College, Ramsey
Ramsey, PE26 1DG
Secondary 1,056
Tewkesbury Academy
Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF
Secondary 1,111
Harlington Upper School
Dunstable, LU5 6NX
Secondary 1,198
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NY
Secondary 1,189
The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT
Secondary 1,453
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864
Bridgewater High School
Warrington, WA4 3AE
Secondary 1,675
Callington Community College
Callington, PL17 7DR
Secondary 862
Benfield School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4NU
Secondary 921
Sprowston Community Academy
Norwich, NR7 8NE
Secondary 1,739
Tavistock College
Tavistock, PL19 8DD
Secondary 1,270
Goole Academy
Goole, DN14 6AN
Secondary 1,261
Philip Morant School and College
Colchester, CO3 4QS
Secondary 1,835
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Weymouth, DT4 9SY
Secondary 1,499
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ
Secondary 840