Idsall 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
Idsall School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,171 12% 16.8%
Brooke Weston Academy
Great Oakley, NN18 8LA
Secondary 1,182 12.2% 16%
Samuel Ward Academy
Haverhill, CB9 0LD
Secondary 1,153 12.3% 16.6%
Chislehurst School for Girls
Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Secondary 1,166 12.1% 16.3%
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,204 14% 15%
Brookfield Community School
Chesterfield, S40 3NS
Secondary 1,170 15.5% 17%
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,246 12% 15.4%
St Edward's College
Liverpool, L12 1LF
Secondary 1,162 15.3% 16.4%
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Burntwood, WS7 3QW
Secondary 1,128 15.8% 15.9%
Chesterton Community College
Cambridge, CB4 3NY
Secondary 1,130 11.6% 16%
The Coleshill School
Birmingham, B46 3EX
Secondary 1,201 11.8% 20.2%
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,258 10.9% 16.1%
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Harlow, CM18 6AA
Secondary 1,082 11.7% 17.6%
Chelmer Valley High School
Chelmsford, CM1 7ER
Secondary 1,157 15.3% 16.7%
John Ferneley College
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1LH
Secondary 1,194 11.9% 18.2%
Cox Green School
Maidenhead, SL6 3AX
Secondary 1,184 15% 17.5%
Hungerhill School
Doncaster, DN3 2JY
Secondary 1,177 11.5% 19.1%
Sacred Heart High School
London, W6 7DG
Secondary 1,124 14.6% 16.6%
Brockington College
Leicester, LE19 4AQ
Secondary 1,199 14.6% 16.4%
St Gregory's Catholic School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9XL
Secondary 1,179 10.2% 17.7%
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
Mansfield, NG19 6BW
Secondary 1,135 12.3% 18%
Hagley Catholic High School
Hagley, DY8 2XL
Secondary 1,113 11.6% 14.1%
St Thomas More Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Nuneaton, CV10 7EX
Secondary 1,095 12.4% 17.7%
Chew Valley School
Bristol, BS40 8QB
Secondary 1,189 13.6% 15%
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE4 0FJ
Secondary 1,167 11.2% 14.3%
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE5 6HN
Secondary 1,145 13.7% 17.1%
Cheslyn Hay Academy
Walsall, WS6 7JQ
Secondary 1,269 12% 16.4%
The Friary School
Lichfield, WS13 7EW
Secondary 1,220 11.8% 16.6%
The Thomas Adams School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB
Secondary 1,207 13.2% 16.7%
Huish Episcopi Academy
LANGPORT, TA10 9SS
Secondary 1,250 12.1% 17.7%

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
Idsall School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,171 Sign in to see
Ashcroft Technology Academy
London, SW15 2UT
Secondary 1,511
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP
Secondary 1,248
Rainham School for Girls
Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Secondary 1,625
Saltash Community School
Saltash, PL12 4AY
Secondary 1,150
Sawston Village College
Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Secondary 1,195
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT
Secondary 1,622
The Magna Carta School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Secondary 1,030
The Commonweal School
Swindon, SN1 4JE
Secondary 1,384
Wymondham High Academy
Wymondham, NR18 0QT
Secondary 1,642
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH
Secondary 1,327
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Gravesend, DA11 0JE
Secondary 1,430
Quarrydale Academy
Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU
Secondary 1,279
Blenheim High School
Epsom, KT19 9BH
Secondary 1,394
Blackfen School for Girls
Sidcup, DA15 9NU
Secondary 1,403
Hellesdon High School
Norwich, NR6 5SB
Secondary 1,528
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Liverpool, L17 3AA
Secondary 933
Crawshaw Academy
Pudsey, LS28 9HU
Secondary 1,110
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,467
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Derby, DE22 1JD
Secondary 1,508
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Grantham, NG31 9AU
Secondary 1,202
Wigston College
Wigston, LE18 2DS
Secondary 265
Harper Green School
Bolton, BL4 0DH
Secondary 1,128
Great Wyrley Academy
Walsall, WS6 6LQ
Secondary 576
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Birmingham, B27 7XY
Secondary 1,167
Q3 Academy Tipton
Tipton, DY4 7NR
Secondary 1,572
Cecil Jones Academy
Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
Secondary 1,016
St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull, B91 3NZ
Secondary 1,313
The Emmbrook School
Wokingham, RG41 1JP
Secondary 1,311
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
Secondary 1,035