Blackfen School for Girls
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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Blackfen School for Girls
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,403 | 10% | 13.1% |
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Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Sandbach, CW11 3NT |
Secondary | 1,358 | 6.9% | 12.2% |
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Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Ramsgate, CT11 7PS |
Secondary | 1,388 | 8.9% | 13.8% |
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The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU |
Secondary | 1,415 | 9.6% | 10.5% |
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The Petersfield School
Petersfield, GU32 3LU |
Secondary | 1,385 | 13.9% | 12.6% |
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Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form
Surbiton, KT6 7EY |
Secondary | 1,487 | 8.3% | 15.2% |
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The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX |
Secondary | 1,398 | 10.7% | 10.3% |
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Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY |
Secondary | 1,507 | 9.9% | 12.7% |
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Oaklands Catholic School
Waterlooville, PO7 7BW |
Secondary | 1,370 | 12.7% | 14% |
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Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX |
Secondary | 1,323 | 10.1% | 11.9% |
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Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH |
Secondary | 1,327 | 11.5% | 11.6% |
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Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA |
Secondary | 1,383 | 12.4% | 13.1% |
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Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD |
Secondary | 1,454 | 12.9% | 14.6% |
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Higham Lane School
Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ |
Secondary | 1,479 | 11.5% | 14.4% |
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St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ |
Secondary | 1,402 | 9.1% | 15.9% |
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The Boswells School
Chelmsford, CM1 6LY |
Secondary | 1,411 | 12.5% | 14.5% |
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Blenheim High School
Epsom, KT19 9BH |
Secondary | 1,394 | 10.8% | 14.2% |
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The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA |
Secondary | 1,385 | 12.6% | 13.6% |
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Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH |
Secondary | 1,413 | 7.4% | 12.4% |
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De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ |
Secondary | 1,345 | 11.6% | 13.7% |
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Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP |
Secondary | 1,431 | 9.5% | 11.9% |
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Notre Dame High School
Sheffield, S10 3BT |
Secondary | 1,494 | 9.4% | 15.2% |
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Teddington School
Teddington, TW11 9PJ |
Secondary | 1,385 | 10.4% | 15.3% |
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Painsley Catholic College
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH |
Secondary | 1,318 | 9.4% | 11.5% |
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Silverdale School
Sheffield, S11 9QH |
Secondary | 1,452 | 11.2% | 11.4% |
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The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT |
Secondary | 1,453 | 10% | 12.5% |
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Alsager School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HR |
Secondary | 1,521 | 9% | 13.4% |
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South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL |
Secondary | 1,355 | 9.7% | 11.7% |
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Harris Academy Sutton
Sutton, SM2 5RD |
Secondary | 1,297 | 13.3% | 10.9% |
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The Bulmershe School
Reading, RG5 3EU |
Secondary | 1,506 | 9.1% | 14.8% |
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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Blackfen School for Girls
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,403 | Sign in to see | |
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Ashcroft Technology Academy
London, SW15 2UT |
Secondary | 1,511 | ||
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Kemnal Technology College
Sidcup, DA14 5AA |
Secondary | 509 | ||
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Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP |
Secondary | 1,248 | ||
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Rainham School for Girls
Gillingham, ME8 0BX |
Secondary | 1,625 | ||
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Saltash Community School
Saltash, PL12 4AY |
Secondary | 1,150 | ||
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Sawston Village College
Cambridge, CB22 3BP |
Secondary | 1,195 | ||
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Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT |
Secondary | 1,622 | ||
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Hewens College
Hayes, UB4 8JP |
Secondary | 412 | ||
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Clapton Girls' Academy
London, E5 0RB |
Secondary | 1,186 | ||
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Wymondham High Academy
Wymondham, NR18 0QT |
Secondary | 1,642 | ||
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Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH |
Secondary | 1,327 | ||
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Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Gravesend, DA11 0JE |
Secondary | 1,430 | ||
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Quarrydale Academy
Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU |
Secondary | 1,279 | ||
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Montgomery Academy
Blackpool, FY2 0AZ |
Secondary | 1,184 | ||
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Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Liverpool, L17 3AA |
Secondary | 933 | ||
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Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH |
Secondary | 1,467 | ||
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Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Derby, DE22 1JD |
Secondary | 1,508 | ||
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Charters School
Ascot, SL5 9QY |
Secondary | 1,716 | ||
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Wigston College
Wigston, LE18 2DS |
Secondary | 265 | ||
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The Sweyne Park School
Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ |
Secondary | 1,427 | ||
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Alsager School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HR |
Secondary | 1,521 | ||
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Idsall School
Shifnal, TF11 8PD |
Secondary | 1,171 | ||
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Bruntcliffe Academy
Leeds, LS27 0LZ |
Secondary | 1,375 | ||
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Sarah Bonnell School
London, E15 4LP |
Secondary | 1,275 | ||
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Harper Green School
Bolton, BL4 0DH |
Secondary | 1,128 | ||
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Patchway Community School
Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ |
Secondary | 953 | ||
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Cecil Jones Academy
Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU |
Secondary | 1,016 | ||
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St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull, B91 3NZ |
Secondary | 1,313 | ||
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The Emmbrook School
Wokingham, RG41 1JP |
Secondary | 1,311 | ||