The Cedars Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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
The Cedars Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 985 19.5% 21.6%
Clyst Vale Community College
Exeter, EX5 3AJ
Secondary 937 23.2% 21.7%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 976 18.4% 21.7%
Flixton Girls School
Manchester, M41 5DR
Secondary 964 18.5% 19.5%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 997 17% 22.5%
Langley School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Secondary 1,047 20.5% 23.4%
The Magna Carta School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Secondary 1,030 16.9% 22.5%
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 1,044 15.8% 21.9%
Birkdale High School
Southport, PR8 3DT
Secondary 926 19.2% 21.6%
Epsom and Ewell High School
Epsom, KT19 9JW
Secondary 1,059 18.7% 19.5%
Greenbank High School
Southport, PR8 2LT
Secondary 1,039 17.1% 19.6%
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA
Secondary 967 17.3% 21.1%
Kingsbury Green Academy
Calne, SN11 8YH
Secondary 1,059 19.3% 22.4%
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
Secondary 925 16% 21.5%
Southborough High School
Surbiton, KT6 5AS
Secondary 928 18.6% 19.8%
Corby Technical School
Corby, NN17 1TD
Secondary 991 14.9% 22.3%
The Matthew Arnold School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 1PF
Secondary 961 19.1% 21.1%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 994 19.5% 21.9%
The Wilnecote School
Tamworth, B77 5LF
Secondary 915 21.6% 23%
The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy
Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Secondary 1,011 16.2% 23%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
The Thomas Alleyne Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3BE
Secondary 987 21.2% 21.4%
John Mason School
Abingdon, OX14 1JB
Secondary 995 20.2% 20.6%
Barclay Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3RB
Secondary 992 18.6% 21.3%
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 903 18.6% 22.5%
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Secondary 898 18.1% 21.5%
Patchway Community School
Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
Secondary 953 18.9% 21.7%
Mercia School
Sheffield, S7 2DY
Secondary 1,047 16.4% 22.7%
The Swan School
Oxford, OX2 7WP
Secondary 953 19.1% 19.2%
The Purbeck School
Wareham, BH20 4PF
Secondary 1,028 16.2% 20.7%

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
The Cedars Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 985 Sign in to see
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,411
Sandwich Technology School
Sandwich, CT13 0FA
Secondary 1,235
Arden
Solihull, B93 0PT
Secondary 1,817
Lampton Academy
Hounslow, TW3 4EP
Secondary 1,510
Invicta Grammar School
Maidstone, ME14 5DS
Secondary 1,645
Copleston High School
Ipswich, IP4 5HD
Secondary 1,937
Glenthorne High School
Sutton, SM3 9PS
Secondary 1,783
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry, CV1 2BA
Secondary 1,751
Springwest Academy
Feltham, TW13 7EF
Secondary 915
Ormiston Forge Academy
Cradley Heath, B64 6QU
Secondary 1,694
The Sittingbourne School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL
Secondary 1,591
Featherstone High School
Southall, UB2 5HF
Secondary 1,773
Shoeburyness High School
Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9LL
Secondary 1,749
Horsforth School
Leeds, LS18 5RF
Secondary 1,777
Bosworth Academy
Leicester, LE9 9JL
Secondary 1,559
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,218
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,443
Cleeve Park School
Sidcup, DA14 4JN
Secondary 1,010
Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Manchester, M23 2YS
Secondary 953
Seahaven Academy
Newhaven, BN9 9TD
Secondary 746
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864
Southgate School
Barnet, EN4 0BL
Secondary 1,414
Logic Studio School
Feltham, TW13 7EF
Secondary 328
Salesian School, Chertsey
Chertsey, KT16 9LU
Secondary 1,850
Boston Spa Academy
Wetherby, LS23 6RW
Secondary 1,458
Temple Moor High School
Leeds, LS15 0PT
Secondary 1,338
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
Birmingham, B37 6NU
Secondary 1,194
Grace College
Gateshead, NE9 6LE
Secondary 1,149
Iveshead School
Loughborough, LE12 9DB
Secondary 1,000