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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Waseley Hills High School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Secondary | 732 | 20.6% | 23.8% | 
| 
                                Honiton Community College
                                 Honiton, EX14 1QT  | 
                            Secondary | 748 | 19% | 22.3% | 
| 
                                Kingstone High School
                                 Hereford, HR2 9HJ  | 
                            Secondary | 606 | 20.6% | 23.4% | 
| 
                                Outwood Academy Ripon
                                 Ripon, HG4 2DE  | 
                            Secondary | 709 | 17.2% | 24.3% | 
| 
                                Witchford Village College
                                 Ely, CB6 2JA  | 
                            Secondary | 752 | 22.8% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                Castle Manor Academy
                                 Haverhill, CB9 9JE  | 
                            Secondary | 752 | 19.3% | 26.2% | 
| 
                                Ark Bolingbroke Academy
                                 London, SW11 6BF  | 
                            Secondary | 771 | 19.2% | 24.5% | 
| 
                                The Newbridge School
                                 Coalville, LE67 3SJ  | 
                            Secondary | 797 | 19.4% | 22.4% | 
| 
                                St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
                                 Wakefield, WF2 6EQ  | 
                            Secondary | 734 | 19.6% | 24.4% | 
| 
                                St John's Church of England Middle School Academy
                                 Bromsgrove, B61 7DH  | 
                            Secondary | 651 | 18.1% | 23.7% | 
| 
                                Fakenham Academy
                                 Fakenham, NR21 9QT  | 
                            Secondary | 767 | 18% | 22.7% | 
| 
                                The Queen Elizabeth Academy
                                 Atherstone, CV9 1LZ  | 
                            Secondary | 717 | 20.9% | 27.9% | 
| 
                                Jubilee High School
                                 Addlestone, KT15 1TE  | 
                            Secondary | 681 | 20.5% | 25% | 
| 
                                The Cornelius Vermuyden School
                                 Canvey Island, SS8 9QS  | 
                            Secondary | 770 | 18.8% | 25.3% | 
| 
                                St Clement's High School
                                 King's Lynn, PE34 4LZ  | 
                            Secondary | 702 | 17% | 22.4% | 
| 
                                Notre Dame RC School
                                 Plymouth, PL6 5HN  | 
                            Secondary | 765 | 17.7% | 24.1% | 
| 
                                Shaftesbury School
                                 Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER  | 
                            Secondary | 868 | 20.6% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                The Sir John Colfox Academy
                                 Bridport, DT6 3DT  | 
                            Secondary | 818 | 20.5% | 23% | 
| 
                                Hoe Valley School
                                 Woking, GU22 0NH  | 
                            Secondary | 801 | 21.9% | 21% | 
| 
                                The Orme Academy
                                 Newcastle, ST5 9JU  | 
                            Secondary | 755 | 15.9% | 23.4% | 
| 
                                Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
                                 Redcar, TS10 1PJ  | 
                            Secondary | 730 | 16.5% | 24.8% | 
| 
                                Marshland High School
                                 Wisbech, PE14 7HA  | 
                            Secondary | 827 | 21.1% | 25.4% | 
| 
                                Christ's College, Guildford
                                 Guildford, GU1 1JY  | 
                            Secondary | 713 | 17.4% | 21.3% | 
| 
                                Robert Barclay Academy
                                 Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY  | 
                            Secondary | 758 | 17.8% | 21.2% | 
| 
                                The Lenham School
                                 Maidstone, ME17 2LL  | 
                            Secondary | 806 | 18.1% | 24.6% | 
| 
                                Stanley High School
                                 Southport, PR9 9TF  | 
                            Secondary | 843 | 19.5% | 24.5% | 
| 
                                Alderman Peel High School
                                 Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB  | 
                            Secondary | 598 | 21.3% | 23.2% | 
| 
                                Belvidere School
                                 Shrewsbury, SY2 5RJ  | 
                            Secondary | 855 | 18.4% | 25.5% | 
| 
                                Avonbourne Boys' Academy
                                 Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ  | 
                            Secondary | 794 | 22.3% | 25.5% | 
| 
                                Dawlish College
                                 Dawlish, EX7 0BY  | 
                            Secondary | 749 | 21.1% | 25.9% | 
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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Waseley Hills High School
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Secondary | 732 | Sign in to see | |
| 
                                Kingsmead Academy
                                 Taunton, TA4 2NE  | 
                            Secondary | 925 | ||
| 
                                Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
                                 Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT  | 
                            Secondary | 1,204 | ||
| 
                                Aston Manor Academy
                                 Birmingham, B6 4PZ  | 
                            Secondary | 1,008 | ||
| 
                                The Hart School
                                 Rugeley, WS15 2UE  | 
                            Secondary | 1,262 | ||
| 
                                Staffordshire University Academy
                                 Cannock, WS12 4JH  | 
                            Secondary | 663 | ||
| 
                                East Bergholt High School
                                 Colchester, CO7 6RJ  | 
                            Secondary | 893 | ||
| 
                                The Westwood Academy
                                 Coventry, CV4 8DY  | 
                            Secondary | 918 | ||
| 
                                Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
                                 Upminster, RM14 2QR  | 
                            Secondary | 820 | ||
| 
                                The Rudheath Senior Academy
                                 Northwich, CW9 7DT  | 
                            Secondary | 593 | ||
| 
                                Cox Green School
                                 Maidenhead, SL6 3AX  | 
                            Secondary | 1,204 | ||
| 
                                Hall Green School
                                 Birmingham, B28 0AA  | 
                            Secondary | 919 | ||
| 
                                Castle Manor Academy
                                 Haverhill, CB9 9JE  | 
                            Secondary | 752 | ||
| 
                                The Bishop Wand Church of England School
                                 Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT  | 
                            Secondary | 1,181 | ||
| 
                                Hobart High School
                                 Norwich, NR14 6JU  | 
                            Secondary | 674 | ||
| 
                                Woking High School
                                 Woking, GU21 4TJ  | 
                            Secondary | 1,202 | ||
| 
                                Bishop Walsh Catholic School
                                 Sutton Coldfield, B76 1QT  | 
                            Secondary | 1,057 | ||
| 
                                St John Fisher Catholic College
                                 Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ  | 
                            Secondary | 1,095 | ||
| 
                                Ridgewood High School
                                 Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ  | 
                            Secondary | 580 | ||
| 
                                Heathside School
                                 Weybridge, KT13 8UZ  | 
                            Secondary | 1,262 | ||
| 
                                Barr's Hill School
                                 Coventry, CV1 4BU  | 
                            Secondary | 998 | ||
| 
                                St Philip Howard Catholic School
                                 Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN  | 
                            Secondary | 1,252 | ||
| 
                                Newland School for Girls
                                 Hull, HU6 7RU  | 
                            Secondary | 699 | ||
| 
                                Farnham Heath End
                                 Farnham, GU9 9BN  | 
                            Secondary | 1,092 | ||
| 
                                The Misbourne School
                                 Great Missenden, HP16 0BN  | 
                            Secondary | 1,095 | ||
| 
                                Howden School
                                 Goole, DN14 7AL  | 
                            Secondary | 699 | ||
| 
                                Nether Stowe School
                                 Lichfield, WS13 7NB  | 
                            Secondary | 765 | ||
| 
                                Chipping Sodbury School
                                 Bristol, BS37 6EW  | 
                            Secondary | 729 | ||
| 
                                Thrybergh Academy
                                 Rotherham, S65 4BP  | 
                            Secondary | 564 | ||
| 
                                Smestow Academy
                                 Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU  | 
                            Secondary | 616 | ||