Faringdon Community College

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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 1,436 19.9% 16.5%
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Sompting, BN15 9QZ
Secondary 1,414 21.8% 18.1%
Leigh Academy Wilmington
Wilmington, DA2 7DR
Secondary 1,383 16.9% 19.5%
The Polesworth School
Tamworth, B78 1QT
Secondary 1,455 19.3% 18.3%
Hele's School
Plymouth, PL7 4LT
Secondary 1,393 17.3% 14.6%
The Knights Templar School
Baldock, SG7 6DZ
Secondary 1,415 17.1% 16.1%
Soham Village College
Ely, CB7 5AA
Secondary 1,432 16.3% 18.4%
The Corsham School
Corsham, SN13 9DF
Secondary 1,360 23.5% 15.4%
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,458 19% 13%
East Barnet School
Barnet, EN4 8PU
Secondary 1,431 18.1% 19.5%
Chipping Campden School
Chipping Campden, GL55 6HU
Secondary 1,479 19.5% 14%
The Chauncy School
Ware, SG12 0DP
Secondary 1,515 18.2% 15.4%
The Commonweal School
Swindon, SN1 4JE
Secondary 1,384 16.9% 15.7%
The Blue School
Wells, BA5 2NR
Secondary 1,358 21.2% 15.7%
The Chase
Malvern, WR14 3NZ
Secondary 1,408 19.8% 16.4%
Rawlins
Loughborough, LE12 8DY
Secondary 1,508 19.4% 18%
Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
Secondary 1,547 21% 16.8%
Hazel Grove High School
Stockport, SK7 5JX
Secondary 1,436 24% 15.7%
Ralph Allen School
Bath, BA2 7AD
Secondary 1,383 16% 15.4%
Trinity School
Newbury, RG14 2DU
Secondary 1,355 19.7% 20.5%
Monk's Walk School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Secondary 1,436 16.9% 15.9%
Warlingham School
Warlingham, CR6 9YB
Secondary 1,443 23.6% 18.6%
Caludon Castle School
Coventry, CV2 5BD
Secondary 1,515 18.8% 17.7%
The Sweyne Park School
Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ
Secondary 1,427 19.3% 17.1%
Queen Elizabeth's School
Wimborne, BH21 4DT
Secondary 1,452 19.4% 14.4%
The Warriner School
Banbury, OX15 4LJ
Secondary 1,528 22.3% 16.4%
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU10 6HB
Secondary 1,373 18.7% 17.8%
Wollaston School
Wellingborough, NN29 7PH
Secondary 1,431 20% 14.2%
Brighton Hill Community School
Basingstoke, RG22 4HS
Secondary 1,285 17.7% 16.5%
The Duchess's Community High School
Alnwick, NE66 2DH
Secondary 1,343 17.5% 16.1%

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 1,436 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,178
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW
Secondary 1,236
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,204
Valley Park School
Maidstone, ME14 5DT
Secondary 1,597
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,098
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,084
Queensmead School
Ruislip, HA4 0LS
Secondary 1,500
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,027
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,179
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester, ME1 2UW
Secondary 1,213
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,573
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,144
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,320
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 801
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,136
Biddick Academy
Washington, NE38 8AL
Secondary 1,070
Esher Church of England High School
Esher, KT10 8AP
Secondary 1,131
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 405
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1RR
Secondary 1,269
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,072
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Bradford, BD3 8HE
Secondary 887
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
Secondary 1,265
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,543
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Secondary 595
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,149
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 367