The Costello School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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.

How we chose these schools

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
The Costello School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,224 17.3% 16.2%
Harris Academy Falconwood
Welling, DA16 2PE
Secondary 1,285 17.1% 17.7%
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
Secondary 1,292 18% 16.5%
Brookfield Community School
Chesterfield, S40 3NS
Secondary 1,170 15.5% 17%
St Edward's College
Liverpool, L12 1LF
Secondary 1,162 15.3% 16.4%
Sawston Village College
Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Secondary 1,195 18.9% 15.7%
Southfield School for Girls
Kettering, NN15 6HE
Secondary 1,197 16.9% 16.7%
Hounsdown School
Southampton, SO40 9FT
Secondary 1,281 16.1% 16.6%
Chelmer Valley High School
Chelmsford, CM1 7ER
Secondary 1,157 15.3% 16.7%
Cox Green School
Maidenhead, SL6 3AX
Secondary 1,184 15% 17.5%
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,144 21.6% 16.2%
Stanborough School
Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR
Secondary 1,261 17.1% 16.7%
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,320 14% 15.3%
Brockington College
Leicester, LE19 4AQ
Secondary 1,199 14.6% 16.4%
All Hallows Catholic College
Macclesfield, SK11 8LB
Secondary 1,251 16.4% 14.9%
Trinity School
Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
Secondary 1,147 19% 14.9%
Woking High School
Woking, GU21 4TJ
Secondary 1,209 18.8% 19%
Hethersett Academy
Norwich, NR9 3DB
Secondary 1,210 18.4% 14%
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,152 16.9% 14.2%
Ruislip High School
Ruislip, HA4 0BY
Secondary 1,284 19.5% 16.2%
Sir Bernard Lovell Academy
Bristol, BS30 8TS
Secondary 1,261 18.6% 17.2%
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,198 20.7% 15.4%
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
York, YO42 2LL
Secondary 1,218 15.5% 14.6%
Richmond School & Sixth Form College
Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Secondary 1,290 18.2% 15.8%
Abbey Park School
Swindon, SN25 2ND
Secondary 1,183 19.4% 15.9%
Princes Risborough School
Princes Risborough, HP27 0DR
Secondary 1,101 16.5% 17.3%
Chancellor's School
Hatfield, AL9 7BN
Secondary 1,254 15.7% 16.3%
The Hemel Hempstead School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TX
Secondary 1,286 19.4% 16.1%
Crofton School
Fareham, PO14 2AT
Secondary 1,105 17.8% 15.8%
Brighton Hill Community School
Basingstoke, RG22 4HS
Secondary 1,285 17.7% 16.5%