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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.

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We chose these schools based on:

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  • 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
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,315 6.8% 16%
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,254 7.8% 14.1%
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs, CT10 2RT
Secondary 1,254 3.5% 17.8%
Chosen Hill School
Gloucester, GL3 2PL
Secondary 1,317 9.4% 16.2%
Queen Mary's Grammar School
Walsall, WS1 2PG
Secondary 1,344 3.5% 17%
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,294 10.1% 14.3%
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham, B32 4BT
Secondary 1,301 6.8% 16.2%
King Edward VI Handsworth School
Birmingham, B21 9AR
Secondary 1,284 5.9% 18.1%
The Becket School
West Bridgford, NG2 7QY
Secondary 1,186 6.8% 14.2%
Carmel College
Darlington, DL3 8RW
Secondary 1,346 12.8% 14.5%
Higham Lane School
Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ
Secondary 1,427 7.6% 13.5%
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
Secondary 1,454 9.2% 16.4%
Blenheim High School
Epsom, KT19 9BH
Secondary 1,374 10% 14.3%
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7JN
Secondary 1,321 9.3% 17.3%
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 1,300 9.7% 13.6%
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3EZ
Secondary 1,178 7.1% 17.3%
Teddington School
Teddington, TW11 9PJ
Secondary 1,399 12.1% 15.3%
Seaford Head School
Seaford, BN25 4LX
Secondary 1,408 11.9% 16.1%
The Kimberley School
Nottingham, NG16 2NJ
Secondary 1,360 6.8% 16.5%
Cambourne Village College
Cambridge, CB23 6FR
Secondary 1,381 8.4% 15.1%
William Perkin Church of England High School
Greenford, UB6 8PR
Secondary 1,387 7.4% 19.4%
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Hebburn, NE31 2ET
Secondary 1,369 13.2% 18.4%
Esher Church of England High School
Esher, KT10 8AP
Secondary 1,173 6.5% 17.2%
Idsall School
Shifnal, TF11 8PD
Secondary 1,238 10.5% 13.9%
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
Durham, DH1 4NG
Secondary 1,361 6% 12.3%
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Dartford, DA1 2NT
Secondary 1,245 5% 17.8%
Meole Brace School
Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Secondary 1,351 7.9% 18.7%
Cheslyn Hay Academy
Walsall, WS6 7JQ
Secondary 1,262 12.3% 15.3%
The Friary School
Lichfield, WS13 7EW
Secondary 1,232 10.3% 15.4%
Huish Episcopi Academy
LANGPORT, TA10 9SS
Secondary 1,345 12.4% 15.6%