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 |
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Bishop Walsh Catholic School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,057 | 14% | 9% |
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL |
Secondary | 1,063 | 15.2% | 11.5% |
Sir Roger Manwood's School
Sandwich, CT13 9JX |
Secondary | 1,009 | 12% | 9% |
The King's School
Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA |
Secondary | 1,109 | 12.6% | 10.5% |
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge, DY8 2XS |
Secondary | 1,176 | 14.6% | 8.4% |
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Birmingham, B4 7QD |
Secondary | 987 | 15.3% | 10.9% |
Freman College
Buntingford, SG9 9BT |
Secondary | 996 | 17.1% | 9.1% |
Farmor's School
Fairford, GL7 4JQ |
Secondary | 1,035 | 15.5% | 8% |
Hanley Castle High School
Worcester, WR8 0BL |
Secondary | 1,087 | 13% | 12.5% |
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy
Leyland, PR26 9HH |
Secondary | 972 | 10.9% | 7.8% |
Formby High School
Liverpool, L37 3HW |
Secondary | 1,102 | 15.8% | 11% |
Chipping Norton School
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY |
Secondary | 1,002 | 14.4% | 11.7% |
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
St Albans, AL4 0TT |
Secondary | 1,067 | 14.4% | 10.7% |
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Brentwood, CM15 9DA |
Secondary | 1,108 | 11.8% | 7.9% |
The Holy Cross School
New Malden, KT3 5AR |
Secondary | 969 | 11.2% | 9.6% |
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR |
Secondary | 998 | 11.7% | 11% |
St Augustine's Catholic High School
Redditch, B97 5LX |
Secondary | 958 | 10% | 11% |
Wombourne High School
Wolverhampton, WV5 8BJ |
Secondary | 1,081 | 14.3% | 13.3% |
Hagley Catholic High School
Hagley, DY8 2XL |
Secondary | 1,115 | 12% | 11.4% |
St Gregory's Catholic Science College
Harrow, HA3 0NB |
Secondary | 1,161 | 12.2% | 10.1% |
Pinner High School
Pinner, HA5 1NB |
Secondary | 1,142 | 15.1% | 10% |
Walton High School
Stafford, ST17 0LJ |
Secondary | 1,160 | 11.6% | 6.1% |
Harris Academy Sutton
Sutton, SM2 5RD |
Secondary | 1,143 | 14.1% | 10.9% |
St Joseph's Catholic High School
Slough, SL2 5HW |
Secondary | 958 | 15.2% | 9.3% |
Thomas Alleyne's High School
Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU |
Secondary | 1,001 | 17.6% | 10.7% |
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR |
Secondary | 1,089 | 17.5% | 10.4% |
St Benedict's Catholic School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH |
Secondary | 976 | 15.2% | 10.9% |
St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School
London, TW1 4LT |
Secondary | 1,113 | 10.5% | 7.7% |
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW |
Secondary | 1,036 | 11.8% | 13% |
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH |
Secondary | 1,100 | 12.6% | 10.5% |
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 |
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Bishop Walsh Catholic School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,057 | Sign in to see | |
Bartley Green School
Birmingham, B32 3QJ |
Secondary | 947 | ||
Aston Manor Academy
Birmingham, B6 4PZ |
Secondary | 1,008 | ||
The Cheadle Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH |
Secondary | 423 | ||
The Westwood Academy
Coventry, CV4 8DY |
Secondary | 918 | ||
Great Torrington School
Torrington, EX38 7DJ |
Secondary | 876 | ||
Birkdale High School
Southport, PR8 3DT |
Secondary | 938 | ||
Greenbank High School
Southport, PR8 2LT |
Secondary | 1,050 | ||
Herschel Grammar School
Slough, SL1 3BW |
Secondary | 1,057 | ||
Hall Green School
Birmingham, B28 0AA |
Secondary | 919 | ||
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL |
Secondary | 732 | ||
The Cornerstone Academy
Poole, BH15 4BQ |
Secondary | 672 | ||
Fakenham Academy
Fakenham, NR21 9QT |
Secondary | 767 | ||
The Green School for Girls
Isleworth, TW7 5BB |
Secondary | 919 | ||
Hastings High School
Hinckley, LE10 2QE |
Secondary | 856 | ||
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
London, E9 7HD |
Secondary | 836 | ||
Chesterton Community Sports College
Newcastle, ST5 7LP |
Secondary | 886 | ||
Ridgewood High School
Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ |
Secondary | 580 | ||
Barr's Hill School
Coventry, CV1 4BU |
Secondary | 998 | ||
John O'Gaunt School
Hungerford, RG17 0AN |
Secondary | 453 | ||
Robert Barclay Academy
Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY |
Secondary | 758 | ||
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN |
Secondary | 1,252 | ||
Ludlow Church of England School
Ludlow, SY8 1GJ |
Secondary | 612 | ||
Trentham Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8PQ |
Secondary | 787 | ||
The Pedmore High School
Stourbridge, DY9 7HS |
Secondary | 659 | ||
The Sacred Heart Language College
Harrow, HA3 7AY |
Secondary | 808 | ||
Nether Stowe School
Lichfield, WS13 7NB |
Secondary | 765 | ||
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Workington, CA14 3EE |
Secondary | 515 | ||
Smestow Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 8HU |
Secondary | 616 | ||
Brighton Hill Community School
Basingstoke, RG22 4HS |
Secondary | 1,277 |