Faringdon Community College

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
Faringdon Community College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,412 21.1% 14.2%
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Sompting, BN15 9QZ
Secondary 1,376 23.5% 17.7%
Wilmington Academy
Wilmington, DA2 7DR
Secondary 1,382 17.1% 18.3%
The Charter School North Dulwich
London, SE24 9JH
Secondary 1,319 23.3% 16.2%
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
Secondary 1,375 16.8% 14.9%
Guilsborough Academy
Northampton, NN6 8QE
Secondary 1,327 17.3% 13.2%
Hele's School
Plymouth, PL7 4LT
Secondary 1,387 16.2% 12.5%
The Knights Templar School
Baldock, SG7 6DZ
Secondary 1,421 16.1% 15.4%
The Corsham School
Corsham, SN13 9DF
Secondary 1,265 21.5% 13.1%
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,461 16.7% 12.3%
Great Marlow School
Marlow, SL7 1JE
Secondary 1,447 13.6% 13.9%
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Ashbourne, DE6 1EP
Secondary 1,359 19.7% 14.1%
Fullbrook School
Addlestone, KT15 3HW
Secondary 1,404 23.6% 10%
St Laurence School
Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
Secondary 1,374 23.1% 10.9%
The Commonweal School
Swindon, SN1 4JE
Secondary 1,398 18.6% 14.4%
The Blue School
Wells, BA5 2NR
Secondary 1,434 17.9% 14.3%
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Secondary 1,411 19.1% 10.4%
The Chase
Malvern, WR14 3NZ
Secondary 1,408 15.8% 15.3%
Shenfield High School
Brentwood, CM15 8RY
Secondary 1,496 18% 13.7%
Hazel Grove High School
Stockport, SK7 5JX
Secondary 1,384 18.8% 15.2%
Ashton-on-Mersey School
Sale, M33 5BP
Secondary 1,512 19.6% 13.9%
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,330 14.6% 14.3%
Wyvern College
Eastleigh, SO50 7AN
Secondary 1,343 17.1% 17.3%
Ralph Allen School
Bath, BA2 7AD
Secondary 1,382 15.6% 13.9%
Monk's Walk School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Secondary 1,423 15% 14.7%
Warlingham School
Warlingham, CR6 9YB
Secondary 1,428 22% 17.8%
The Sweyne Park School
Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ
Secondary 1,502 17.1% 15.8%
Ruislip High School
Ruislip, HA4 0BY
Secondary 1,291 17.8% 14.7%
Tytherington School
Macclesfield, SK10 2EE
Secondary 1,425 16.2% 14.5%
The Warriner School
Banbury, OX15 4LJ
Secondary 1,557 16.3% 14.9%

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
Faringdon Community College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,412 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,149
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW
Secondary 1,186
The Compton School
London, N12 0QG
Secondary 1,349
Valley Park School
Maidstone, ME14 5DT
Secondary 1,652
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,461
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,108
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,062
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,549
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,062
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,197
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester, ME1 2UW
Secondary 1,235
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,505
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,120
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,226
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,330
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 823
The Harvey Grammar School
Folkestone, CT19 5JY
Secondary 1,027
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 978
St Peter's Collegiate Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU
Secondary 1,358
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,122
Esher Church of England High School
Esher, KT10 8AP
Secondary 1,173
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 397
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,082
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Bradford, BD3 8HE
Secondary 879
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
Secondary 1,259
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,531
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Secondary 543
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,176
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 374