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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
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,492 17.7% 17.3%
Wilmington Academy
Wilmington, DA2 7DR
Secondary 1,382 17.1% 18.3%
The Morley Academy
Leeds, LS27 0PD
Secondary 1,432 14.8% 19.5%
The Polesworth School
Tamworth, B78 1QT
Secondary 1,468 17.3% 17%
Penrice Academy
St Austell, PL25 3NR
Secondary 1,427 17% 19.8%
The Knights Templar School
Baldock, SG7 6DZ
Secondary 1,421 16.1% 15.4%
West Park School
Derby, DE21 7BT
Secondary 1,469 16.6% 19.4%
East Barnet School
Barnet, EN4 8PU
Secondary 1,414 17% 18.3%
Bottisham Village College
Cambridge, CB25 9DL
Secondary 1,452 17.8% 18.3%
Aston Academy
Sheffield, S26 4SF
Secondary 1,597 18.8% 17.5%
Christopher Whitehead Language College
Worcester, WR2 4AF
Secondary 1,529 16% 19.7%
Fairfax
Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
Secondary 1,570 14.5% 17.2%
St Joseph's Catholic College
Swindon, SN3 3LR
Secondary 1,416 16.7% 17.5%
Nunnery Wood High School
Worcester, WR5 2LT
Secondary 1,495 17.9% 18%
Kingdown School
Warminster, BA12 9DR
Secondary 1,458 16.9% 18.6%
Tuxford Academy
Newark, NG22 0JH
Secondary 1,483 13% 16.7%
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,520 15% 18.9%
Ridgewood School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Secondary 1,484 12.5% 17.4%
Rawlins
Loughborough, LE12 8DY
Secondary 1,566 21.1% 17.5%
Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
Secondary 1,530 14.8% 15.8%
Allestree Woodlands School
Derby, DE22 2LW
Secondary 1,416 14.9% 17.7%
King Ecgbert School
Sheffield, S17 3QU
Secondary 1,454 11% 17.3%
Caludon Castle School
Coventry, CV2 5BD
Secondary 1,556 17.7% 15.6%
The Sweyne Park School
Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ
Secondary 1,502 17.1% 15.8%
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,608 17.6% 18%
Thomas Gainsborough School
Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Secondary 1,584 17.8% 18.2%
The Warriner School
Banbury, OX15 4LJ
Secondary 1,557 16.3% 14.9%
Brigshaw High School
Castleford, WF10 2HR
Secondary 1,372 16.7% 17.8%
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU10 6HB
Secondary 1,441 14.7% 17.1%
Roding Valley High School
Loughton, IG10 3JA
Secondary 1,478 13.2% 16.7%

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
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,492 Sign in to see
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 1,055
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX
Secondary 1,023
Maltby Academy
Rotherham, S66 8AB
Secondary 1,116
Aylward Academy
London, N18 1NB
Secondary 1,386
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet, EN5 4DQ
Secondary 1,305
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, TQ2 7EL
Secondary 1,093
Kingsmead School
Enfield, EN1 1YQ
Secondary 1,560
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,444
Southend High School for Boys
Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RG
Secondary 1,340
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP
Secondary 1,618
South Dartmoor Community College
Ashburton, TQ13 7EW
Secondary 800
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Secondary 1,533
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,457
Aston Academy
Sheffield, S26 4SF
Secondary 1,597
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,147
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 759
Rossett School
Harrogate, HG2 9JP
Secondary 905
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,294
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,300
Cedars Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Secondary 948
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Secondary 1,425
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall, WS5 4PG
Secondary 1,519
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Bradford, BD9 6NA
Secondary 1,039
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,224
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,188
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,239
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG
Secondary 1,052
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT
Secondary 1,346
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,248