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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Idsall School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,238 | 10.5% | 13.9% |
Brooke Weston Academy
Great Oakley, NN18 8LA |
Secondary | 1,187 | 11.7% | 14.7% |
Samuel Ward Academy
Haverhill, CB9 0LD |
Secondary | 1,177 | 10.7% | 15.3% |
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF |
Secondary | 1,179 | 13.4% | 14.2% |
Manor Church of England Academy
York, YO26 6PA |
Secondary | 1,162 | 10.6% | 12.8% |
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS |
Secondary | 1,254 | 7.8% | 14.1% |
Congleton High School
Congleton, CW12 4NS |
Secondary | 1,270 | 9.6% | 12.6% |
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Burntwood, WS7 3QW |
Secondary | 1,130 | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY |
Secondary | 1,294 | 10.1% | 14.3% |
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham, B32 4BT |
Secondary | 1,301 | 6.8% | 16.2% |
Hounsdown School
Southampton, SO40 9FT |
Secondary | 1,300 | 13.2% | 14.9% |
The Sandon School
Chelmsford, CM2 7AQ |
Secondary | 1,278 | 12% | 13.2% |
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW |
Secondary | 1,232 | 9.6% | 12.3% |
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL |
Secondary | 1,300 | 12.9% | 12.8% |
The Becket School
West Bridgford, NG2 7QY |
Secondary | 1,186 | 6.8% | 14.2% |
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX |
Secondary | 1,311 | 8.6% | 12.1% |
John Ferneley College
Melton Mowbray, LE13 1LH |
Secondary | 1,182 | 10.3% | 15.5% |
Hungerhill School
Doncaster, DN3 2JY |
Secondary | 1,177 | 12.2% | 16% |
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ |
Secondary | 1,300 | 9.7% | 13.6% |
Queensbury Academy
Dunstable, LU6 3BU |
Secondary | 1,195 | 13.3% | 12.1% |
All Hallows Catholic College
Macclesfield, SK11 8LB |
Secondary | 1,238 | 14.3% | 13.7% |
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Wolverhampton, WV6 0BY |
Secondary | 1,178 | 5.4% | 12.2% |
Chew Valley School
Bristol, BS40 8QB |
Secondary | 1,205 | 11.5% | 14.7% |
John Taylor Free School
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 9SA |
Secondary | 1,258 | 13.4% | 16.8% |
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Leicester, LE4 0FJ |
Secondary | 1,148 | 11.8% | 14.5% |
Cheslyn Hay Academy
Walsall, WS6 7JQ |
Secondary | 1,262 | 12.3% | 15.3% |
The Friary School
Lichfield, WS13 7EW |
Secondary | 1,232 | 10.3% | 15.4% |
The Thomas Adams School
Shrewsbury, SY4 5UB |
Secondary | 1,226 | 14.6% | 14.4% |
St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull, B91 3NZ |
Secondary | 1,317 | 14.7% | 13.1% |
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Clitheroe, BB7 9JA |
Secondary | 1,129 | 11.8% | 13.7% |
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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Idsall School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 1,238 | Sign in to see | |
Ashcroft Technology Academy
London, SW15 2UT |
Secondary | 1,488 | ||
Redhill Academy
Nottingham, NG5 8GX |
Secondary | 1,592 | ||
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP |
Secondary | 1,222 | ||
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Peterborough, PE1 2UE |
Secondary | 1,251 | ||
Rainham School for Girls
Gillingham, ME8 0BX |
Secondary | 1,630 | ||
The Polesworth School
Tamworth, B78 1QT |
Secondary | 1,468 | ||
Saltash Community School
Saltash, PL12 4AY |
Secondary | 1,202 | ||
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9SH |
Secondary | 1,899 | ||
Sawston Village College
Cambridge, CB22 3BP |
Secondary | 1,163 | ||
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT |
Secondary | 1,634 | ||
Gravesend Grammar School
Gravesend, DA12 2PR |
Secondary | 1,465 | ||
The Magna Carta School
Staines, TW18 3HJ |
Secondary | 1,077 | ||
Wymondham High Academy
Wymondham, NR18 0QT |
Secondary | 1,605 | ||
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH |
Secondary | 1,319 | ||
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Gravesend, DA11 0JE |
Secondary | 1,394 | ||
Blenheim High School
Epsom, KT19 9BH |
Secondary | 1,374 | ||
Hellesdon High School
Norwich, NR6 5SB |
Secondary | 1,584 | ||
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
Liverpool, L17 3AA |
Secondary | 917 | ||
Crawshaw Academy
Pudsey, LS28 9HU |
Secondary | 1,123 | ||
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Derby, DE22 1JD |
Secondary | 1,458 | ||
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Grantham, NG31 9AU |
Secondary | 1,188 | ||
Wigston College
Wigston, LE18 2DS |
Secondary | 276 | ||
Smithills School
Bolton, BL1 6JS |
Secondary | 1,194 | ||
Harper Green School
Bolton, BL4 0DH |
Secondary | 1,134 | ||
Great Wyrley Academy
Walsall, WS6 6LQ |
Secondary | 558 | ||
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Birmingham, B27 7XY |
Secondary | 1,186 | ||
St Peter's Catholic School
Solihull, B91 3NZ |
Secondary | 1,317 | ||
The Emmbrook School
Wokingham, RG41 1JP |
Secondary | 1,277 | ||
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW |
Secondary | 1,036 |