Gordon's School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 26 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
Gordon's School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 981 14.9% 2.5%
Tonbridge Grammar School
Tonbridge, TN9 2JR
Secondary 1,164 5.4% 2.2%
Reading School
Reading, RG1 5LW
Secondary 1,129 4.5% 3.7%
Hockerill Anglo-European College
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5HX
Secondary 926 21.9% 3.8%
Sir Roger Manwood's School
Sandwich, CT13 9JX
Secondary 1,016 13.2% 10.3%
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Faversham, ME13 7BQ
Secondary 1,101 5% 6.8%
The Crypt School
Gloucester, GL2 5AE
Secondary 1,093 8.5% 4.2%
Denmark Road High School
Gloucester, GL1 3JN
Secondary 1,013 10.2% 5.6%
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Marlow, SL7 2BR
Secondary 1,205 6% 3.1%
Sutton Grammar School
Sutton, SM1 4AS
Secondary 1,043 7.1% 1.2%
St Michael's Church of England High School
Chorley, PR7 1RS
Secondary 1,134 9.9% 3.3%
Keswick School
Keswick, CA12 5QB
Secondary 1,191 13.8% 8.2%
Yavneh College
Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
Secondary 1,042 12% 5%
Ranelagh School
Bracknell, RG12 9DA
Secondary 1,101 9% 5.5%
King Edward VI School
Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BE
Secondary 869 11.7% 2.1%
Waddesdon Church of England School
Aylesbury, HP18 0LQ
Secondary 1,015 19% 10.7%
Haberdashers' Adams
Newport, TF10 7BD
Secondary 1,072 8.9% 3.7%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200 16.1% 6.4%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,194 16% 7.4%
The Skinners' School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
Secondary 1,157 11.7% 4.6%
Heathside School
Weybridge, KT13 8UZ
Secondary 1,231 17.6% 7%
St Joseph's Catholic High School
Slough, SL2 5HW
Secondary 992 14.6% 10.9%
Fitzharrys School
Abingdon, OX14 1NP
Secondary 845 20.7% 9.2%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,191 19.6% 7.1%
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester, CO3 3ND
Secondary 1,060 7.7% 3.6%
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Rossendale, BB4 7BJ
Secondary 1,056 8.7% 5.5%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 29 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
Gordon's School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 981 Sign in to see
Macmillan Academy
Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG
Secondary 1,567
Outwood Grange Academy
Wakefield, WF1 2PF
Secondary 1,936
The Canterbury Academy
Canterbury, CT2 8QA
Secondary 1,993
Comberton Village College
Cambridge, CB23 7DU
Secondary 1,964
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
Secondary 1,442
William de Ferrers School
Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
Secondary 1,248
Shenley Brook End School
Milton Keynes, MK5 7ZT
Secondary 1,885
Uxbridge High School
Uxbridge, UB8 2PR
Secondary 1,345
Leigh Academy Mascalls
Tonbridge, TN12 6LT
Secondary 1,241
Stroud High School
Stroud, GL5 4HF
Secondary 1,106
E-Act Ousedale School
Newport Pagnell, MK16 0BJ
Secondary 2,268
Marling School
Stroud, GL5 4HE
Secondary 1,119
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Tamworth, B79 8AH
Secondary 938
The Thomas Hardye School
Dorchester, DT1 2ET
Secondary 2,051
Trinity School
Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Secondary 1,678
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Tenterden, TN30 6LT
Secondary 1,863
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,666
Coundon Court
Coventry, CV6 2AJ
Secondary 1,882
Alperton Community School
Wembley, HA0 4JE
Secondary 1,925
Paignton Academy
Paignton, TQ3 3WA
Secondary 1,582
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,606
Parrs Wood High School
Manchester, M20 5PG
Secondary 1,869
Louth Academy
Louth, LN11 9AW
Secondary 865
Jack Hunt Academy
Peterborough, PE3 9PY
Secondary 1,892
Wath Academy
Rotherham, S63 7NW
Secondary 2,040
The Oxford Academy
Oxford, OX4 6JZ
Secondary 1,113
The Royal Harbour Academy
Ramsgate, CT12 6RH
Secondary 1,016
The John Warner School
Hoddesdon, EN11 0QF
Secondary 821