Cedars Upper 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
Cedars Upper School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,055 11% 12.5%
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL
Secondary 1,051 15.3% 12.6%
Lincroft Academy
Bedford, MK43 7RE
Secondary 931 14.5% 14.1%
Sir Roger Manwood's School
Sandwich, CT13 9JX
Secondary 1,016 13.2% 10.3%
Manor Church of England Academy
York, YO26 6PA
Secondary 1,142 11.2% 14.1%
The King's School
Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA
Secondary 1,108 14.4% 12.5%
The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Fordingbridge, SP6 1EZ
Secondary 1,098 14.3% 11.8%
The Kings of Wessex Academy
Cheddar, BS27 3AQ
Secondary 1,051 8.4% 10.8%
Chesterton Community College
Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Secondary 1,130 11.6% 16%
Woodrush High School
Wythall, B47 5JW
Secondary 1,023 11.6% 13.2%
Verulam School
St Albans, AL1 4PR
Secondary 984 17.3% 12.7%
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Secondary 1,209 11.6% 13.3%
Etonbury Academy
Arlesey, SG15 6XS
Secondary 1,133 14.8% 14.7%
St Catherine's Catholic School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ
Secondary 1,040 7.7% 13.4%
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
Watford, WD25 0SS
Secondary 1,122 12.9% 12.8%
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
St Albans, AL4 0TT
Secondary 1,097 16.1% 11.6%
Harlington Upper School
Dunstable, LU5 6NX
Secondary 1,198 12.9% 11.3%
Manningtree High School
Manningtree, CO11 2BW
Secondary 918 14.7% 12.4%
Loreto College
St Albans, AL1 3RQ
Secondary 930 15% 13.7%
Queensbury Academy
Dunstable, LU6 3BU
Secondary 1,154 14.2% 13.3%
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR
Secondary 968 14.1% 11.5%
The County High School, Leftwich
Northwich, CW9 8EZ
Secondary 1,050 13.2% 14.5%
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Brentwood, CM14 4EX
Secondary 1,013 6.3% 9.9%
Bishop Walsh Catholic School
Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT
Secondary 1,082 14.3% 11.5%
St Augustine's Catholic High School
Redditch, B97 5LX
Secondary 967 10.6% 11.4%
Hagley Catholic High School
Hagley, DY8 2XL
Secondary 1,113 11.6% 14.1%
Brentwood County High School
Brentwood, CM14 4JF
Secondary 1,106 14.6% 14.5%
St Benedict's Catholic School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH
Secondary 976 16.7% 11.6%
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
Secondary 1,035 13% 12.9%
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
Secondary 1,079 14.6% 12.3%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Cedars Upper School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,055 Sign in to see
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
London, SE19 2JH
Secondary 1,166
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 995
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX
Secondary 915
Maltby Academy
Rotherham, S66 8AB
Secondary 1,125
Lift Aylward
London, N18 1NB
Secondary 1,402
The Fallibroome Academy
Macclesfield, SK10 4AF
Secondary 1,551
Southend High School for Boys
Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RG
Secondary 1,325
Westcliff High School for Girls
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BS
Secondary 1,342
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP
Secondary 1,592
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB
Secondary 1,694
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,246
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford, TN24 9AL
Secondary 1,561
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Secondary 1,550
Sheldon School
Chippenham, SN14 6HJ
Secondary 1,605
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 760
Farlingaye High School
Woodbridge, IP12 4JX
Secondary 1,883
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,258
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham, B32 4BT
Secondary 1,311
Montsaye Academy
Kettering, NN14 6BB
Secondary 1,030
Carlton Academy
Nottingham, NG4 3SH
Secondary 1,371
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,282
Rastrick High School
Brighouse, HD6 3XB
Secondary 1,783
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Secondary 1,454
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Secondary 1,104
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,195
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,482
Forest Gate Community School
London, E7 9BB
Secondary 1,347
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG
Secondary 965
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,193