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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Cedars Upper School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 948 | 12.7% | 13.3% |
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL |
Secondary | 1,063 | 15.2% | 11.5% |
Linton Village College
Cambridge, CB21 4JB |
Secondary | 833 | 11.8% | 13.6% |
Lincroft Academy
Bedford, MK43 7RE |
Secondary | 962 | 14.9% | 12.2% |
Corfe Hills School
Broadstone, BH18 9BG |
Secondary | 940 | 15% | 13.7% |
Uppingham Community College
Uppingham, LE15 9TJ |
Secondary | 915 | 12% | 12.7% |
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
Woodbridge, IP13 9HE |
Secondary | 1,030 | 10.2% | 14.1% |
Verulam School
St Albans, AL1 4PR |
Secondary | 1,023 | 16.5% | 11.9% |
Welland Park Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 9DR |
Secondary | 967 | 11.5% | 11.9% |
Humberston Academy
Grimsby, DN36 4TF |
Secondary | 901 | 15.9% | 13.2% |
Dallam School
Cumbria, LA7 7DD |
Secondary | 988 | 11.1% | 12.1% |
South Axholme Academy
Doncaster, DN9 1BY |
Secondary | 944 | 12.1% | 14.9% |
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Hatfield, AL10 8NL |
Secondary | 949 | 10.8% | 13.5% |
St Bede's Inter-Church School
Cambridge, CB1 3TD |
Secondary | 925 | 16.7% | 13.1% |
Chipping Norton School
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY |
Secondary | 1,002 | 14.4% | 11.7% |
Manningtree High School
Manningtree, CO11 2BW |
Secondary | 907 | 10.2% | 10.9% |
Loreto College
St Albans, AL1 3RQ |
Secondary | 946 | 10.4% | 12.5% |
Gartree High School
Leicester, LE2 5TQ |
Secondary | 889 | 12.8% | 11.8% |
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR |
Secondary | 998 | 11.7% | 11% |
The County High School, Leftwich
Northwich, CW9 8EZ |
Secondary | 1,036 | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Hastings High School
Hinckley, LE10 2QE |
Secondary | 856 | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Alleyne's Academy
Stone, ST15 8DT |
Secondary | 881 | 13.2% | 14.8% |
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
London, W14 8BZ |
Secondary | 1,023 | 13.2% | 12.3% |
Shavington Academy
Shavington, CW2 5DH |
Secondary | 877 | 12.7% | 11.9% |
Epping St Johns Church of England School
Epping, CM16 5JB |
Secondary | 1,051 | 11.4% | 16% |
Great Western Academy
Swindon, SN25 2PP |
Secondary | 952 | 15.2% | 11.3% |
Katherine Warington School
Harpenden, AL5 5FH |
Secondary | 924 | 12.7% | 14.4% |
St Benedict's Catholic School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH |
Secondary | 976 | 15.2% | 10.9% |
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW |
Secondary | 1,036 | 11.8% | 13% |
Park House School
Newbury, RG14 6NQ |
Secondary | 980 | 15.3% | 14% |
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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Cedars Upper School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 948 | Sign in to see | |
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
London, SE19 2JH |
Secondary | 1,265 | ||
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF |
Secondary | 1,055 | ||
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX |
Secondary | 1,023 | ||
Maltby Academy
Rotherham, S66 8AB |
Secondary | 1,116 | ||
Aylward Academy
London, N18 1NB |
Secondary | 1,386 | ||
The Fallibroome Academy
Macclesfield, SK10 4AF |
Secondary | 1,542 | ||
Southend High School for Boys
Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RG |
Secondary | 1,340 | ||
Westcliff High School for Girls
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BS |
Secondary | 1,304 | ||
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP |
Secondary | 1,618 | ||
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford, TN24 9AL |
Secondary | 1,532 | ||
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ |
Secondary | 1,533 | ||
Sheldon School
Chippenham, SN14 6HJ |
Secondary | 1,663 | ||
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Chelmsford, CM1 3SX |
Secondary | 1,135 | ||
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY |
Secondary | 759 | ||
Farlingaye High School
Woodbridge, IP12 4JX |
Secondary | 1,912 | ||
The King Edmund School
Rochford, SS4 1TL |
Secondary | 1,432 | ||
Rossett School
Harrogate, HG2 9JP |
Secondary | 905 | ||
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY |
Secondary | 1,294 | ||
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham, B32 4BT |
Secondary | 1,301 | ||
Carlton Academy
Nottingham, NG4 3SH |
Secondary | 1,336 | ||
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL |
Secondary | 1,300 | ||
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD |
Secondary | 1,425 | ||
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB |
Secondary | 1,094 | ||
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA |
Secondary | 1,188 | ||
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD |
Secondary | 1,492 | ||
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS |
Secondary | 1,239 | ||
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG |
Secondary | 1,052 | ||
Reddish Vale High School
Stockport, SK5 7HD |
Secondary | 1,040 | ||
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR |
Secondary | 1,248 |