Cheney School

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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
Cheney School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,681 22% 22.6%
Northampton Academy
Northampton, NN3 8NH
Secondary 1,704 15.9% 22.7%
Shoreham Academy
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YT
Secondary 1,756 19.5% 15.5%
Westlands School
Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Secondary 1,776 14.8% 24.9%
Wales High School
Sheffield, S26 5QQ
Secondary 1,842 19.3% 22.3%
Bodmin College
Bodmin, PL31 1DD
Secondary 1,559 20.3% 26.8%
Herne Bay High School
Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
Secondary 1,586 14.6% 25.9%
Newquay Tretherras
Newquay, TR7 3BH
Secondary 1,728 16.3% 18.4%
Ryde Academy
Ryde, PO33 3LN
Secondary 1,480 25.5% 25.3%
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry, CV1 2BA
Secondary 1,728 16.9% 22.1%
Whickham School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Secondary 1,675 16.1% 19.8%
Highams Park School
London, E4 9PJ
Secondary 1,541 16% 22.5%
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,606 16.3% 20.9%
Plume School
Maldon, CM9 6AB
Secondary 1,738 16.7% 20.6%
Aldridge School - A Science College
Walsall, WS9 0BG
Secondary 1,599 13.6% 22.3%
Burntwood School
London, SW17 0AQ
Secondary 1,541 16.2% 21.6%
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,608 17.6% 18%
Woolwich Polytechnic School
London, SE28 8AT
Secondary 1,547 21.3% 25.5%
North Chadderton School
Oldham, OL9 0BN
Secondary 1,580 14.3% 21%
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
Norwich, NR4 6PP
Secondary 1,739 13.5% 21.6%
Ryburn Valley High School
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF
Secondary 1,654 15% 21.6%
Malet Lambert
Hull, HU8 0JD
Secondary 1,680 17.6% 19.2%
Highfields School
Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
Secondary 1,736 18.9% 27%
Immanuel College
Bradford, BD10 9AQ
Secondary 1,705 17.5% 25.6%
Kelvin Hall School
Hull, HU5 4QH
Secondary 1,615 17.8% 27.2%
Sprowston Community Academy
Norwich, NR7 8NE
Secondary 1,659 20.9% 20.2%
Three Rivers Academy
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5EJ
Secondary 1,457 17.4% 22.2%
Ecclesfield School
Sheffield, S35 9WD
Secondary 1,736 21.8% 27.1%
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Secondary 1,786 20.5% 23.4%
The City of Leicester College
Leicester, LE5 6LN
Secondary 1,635 14.7% 22.9%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
Cheney School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,681 Sign in to see
Harris Academy Peckham
London, SE15 5DZ
Secondary 607
Kingsmead School
Enfield, EN1 1YQ
Secondary 1,560
Arden
Solihull, B93 0PT
Secondary 1,820
Bodmin College
Bodmin, PL31 1DD
Secondary 1,559
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7ET
Secondary 1,375
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,444
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Altrincham, WA14 2RS
Secondary 1,389
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
York, YO10 5ZA
Secondary 1,843
Ringwood School Academy
Ringwood, BH24 1SE
Secondary 1,583
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,507
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,457
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Winscombe, BS25 5QN
Secondary 1,590
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
Swindon, SN4 9DJ
Secondary 1,603
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Secondary 1,411
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,510
Sacred Heart Catholic High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 9YH
Secondary 1,387
Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
Secondary 1,530
Bosworth Academy
Leicester, LE9 9JL
Secondary 1,613
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,330
Belle Vue Girls' Academy
Bradford, BD9 6NA
Secondary 1,039
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,461
Tomlinscote School
Camberley, GU16 8PY
Secondary 1,507
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,239
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
London, E1 4SD
Secondary 1,356
Richmond School
Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Secondary 1,239
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Leicester, LE2 6FU
Secondary 1,172
The John Roan School
London, SE3 7QR
Secondary 1,146
Eckington School
Sheffield, S21 4GN
Secondary 1,235
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, CO3 3ND
Secondary 1,018