Hitchin Boys' 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
Hitchin Boys' School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,357 18.7% 6.9%
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
Secondary 1,442 17.8% 7.1%
Sponne School
Towcester, NN12 6DJ
Secondary 1,422 17% 11%
Dame Alice Owen's School
Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
Secondary 1,468 12.9% 3.5%
Davenant Foundation School
Loughton, IG10 2LD
Secondary 1,242 11.6% 7.9%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Secondary 1,290 12.5% 6.3%
Parmiter's School
Watford, WD25 0UU
Secondary 1,464 10.8% 6.4%
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471 15.1% 9.7%
The Robert Smyth Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
Secondary 1,277 18.3% 10.1%
Sir John Lawes School
Harpenden, AL5 4QP
Secondary 1,356 14.2% 7.7%
Hitchin Girls' School
Hitchin, SG4 9RS
Secondary 1,356 13.8% 7.2%
St Albans Girls' School
St Albans, AL3 6DB
Secondary 1,428 13.5% 9.8%
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN
Secondary 1,342 15% 10.9%
Hinchley Wood School
Esher, KT10 0AQ
Secondary 1,381 14.5% 5.1%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Secondary 1,199 18.7% 7.9%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,383 17.6% 8.7%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243 20.5% 9.8%
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,467 16.8% 8.5%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200 16.1% 6.4%
Orleans Park School
Twickenham, TW1 3BB
Secondary 1,394 11.8% 7.1%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,194 16% 7.4%
Matthew Arnold School
Oxford, OX2 9JE
Secondary 1,250 19.2% 10.6%
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281 12.6% 8%
Heathside School
Weybridge, KT13 8UZ
Secondary 1,231 17.6% 7%
Walton High School
Stafford, ST17 0LJ
Secondary 1,271 14.5% 6.9%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,304 19.8% 10.2%
Tadcaster Grammar School
Tadcaster, LS24 9NB
Secondary 1,500 17.8% 9.5%
Beechen Cliff School
Bath, BA2 4RE
Secondary 1,224 17.2% 8.6%
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,348 21.2% 5.4%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,191 19.6% 7.1%

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
Hitchin Boys' School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,357 Sign in to see
Haberdashers' Hatcham College
London, SE14 5SF
Secondary 1,404
Lift Clacton
Clacton on Sea, CO15 3JL
Secondary 1,535
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BP
Secondary 1,293
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Watford, WD18 0AE
Secondary 1,430
Denbigh High School
Luton, LU3 1HE
Secondary 1,125
Pate's Grammar School
Cheltenham, GL51 0HG
Secondary 1,288
Dartford Grammar School
Dartford, DA1 2HW
Secondary 1,543
Ninestiles, an Academy
Birmingham, B27 7QG
Secondary 1,500
Reading School
Reading, RG1 5LW
Secondary 1,129
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Secondary 1,290
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529
Sir John Leman High School
Beccles, NR34 9PG
Secondary 1,441
Plume School
Maldon, CM9 6AB
Secondary 1,789
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Norwich, NR1 3PB
Secondary 1,573
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH
Secondary 1,413
The Henry Box School
Witney, OX28 4AX
Secondary 1,075
George Dixon Academy
Birmingham, B16 9GD
Secondary 1,032
Westbourne Academy
Ipswich, IP1 5JN
Secondary 1,038
Wrenn School
Wellingborough, NN8 2DQ
Secondary 1,469
Northgate High School
Dereham, NR19 2EU
Secondary 1,187
Chase High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RT
Secondary 1,324
The Kingsway School
Cheadle, SK8 4QX
Secondary 1,292
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Bolton, BL6 7RU
Secondary 1,585
Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Dartford, DA1 2NT
Secondary 1,248
Brentwood County High School
Brentwood, CM14 4JF
Secondary 1,106
Royds Hall, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD3 4HA
Secondary 867
Eastlea Community School
London, E16 4NP
Secondary 689
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Harrogate, HG2 8PT
Secondary 1,283
Sacred Heart Catholic Academy
Liverpool, L23 5TF
Secondary 658