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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Walney School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 489 | 22.1% | 22.9% |
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Tonbridge, TN9 2PH |
Secondary | 588 | 22.7% | 26% |
Caistor Yarborough Academy
Market Rasen, LN7 6QZ |
Secondary | 536 | 17.2% | 24.3% |
The Cheadle Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH |
Secondary | 423 | 20.3% | 23.2% |
Sir William Romney's School
Tetbury, GL8 8AE |
Secondary | 511 | 22.2% | 19.6% |
Kingstone High School
Hereford, HR2 9HJ |
Secondary | 606 | 20.6% | 23.4% |
The Academy, Selsey
Chichester, PO20 9EH |
Secondary | 494 | 19.1% | 22.2% |
Whitstone
Shepton Mallet, BA4 5PF |
Secondary | 585 | 20% | 21.7% |
Mount Grace School
Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ |
Secondary | 508 | 22.4% | 23.4% |
Queen Elizabeth High School
Bromyard, HR7 4QS |
Secondary | 409 | 22.7% | 22% |
The Axholme Academy
Crowle, DN17 4HU |
Secondary | 534 | 24.9% | 23.6% |
Looe Community Academy
Looe, PL13 1NQ |
Secondary | 537 | 19.7% | 25% |
Dorchester Middle School
Dorchester, DT1 2HS |
Secondary | 554 | 20.8% | 24.9% |
Oakbank
Reading, RG7 1ER |
Secondary | 522 | 22.6% | 26.4% |
Sir Thomas Fremantle School
Winslow, MK18 3GH |
Secondary | 601 | 23.1% | 22.6% |
St Ives School
St Ives, TR26 2BB |
Secondary | 587 | 17.6% | 24.2% |
Charnwood College
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ |
Secondary | 584 | 23.2% | 25.4% |
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Glossop, SK13 8DR |
Secondary | 582 | 18% | 24.9% |
West Craven High School
Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB |
Secondary | 616 | 17.9% | 26.3% |
Avon Valley Academy
Salisbury, SP4 8HH |
Secondary | 507 | 22.7% | 18.9% |
Smithdon High School
Hunstanton, PE36 5HY |
Secondary | 582 | 21% | 22.4% |
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Alcester, B49 6PX |
Secondary | 567 | 19.6% | 22.1% |
Mullion School
Helston, TR12 7EB |
Secondary | 561 | 23.4% | 20.9% |
King's Academy Ringmer
Lewes, BN8 5RB |
Secondary | 611 | 22.8% | 22.7% |
The Priory Pembroke Academy
Lincoln, LN3 4JP |
Secondary | 568 | 24.9% | 25.2% |
Alderman Peel High School
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB |
Secondary | 598 | 21.3% | 23.2% |
Marston Vale Middle School
Bedford, MK43 9NH |
Secondary | 599 | 18.5% | 23% |
Hope Valley College
Hope Valley, S33 6SD |
Secondary | 543 | 20.5% | 20.7% |
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Runcorn, WA7 1QU |
Secondary | 598 | 18.1% | 23.7% |
Vista Academy Littleport
Ely, CB6 1EW |
Secondary | 505 | 21.5% | 24.7% |
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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Walney School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 489 | Sign in to see | |
Ark Charter Academy
Southsea, PO5 4HL |
Secondary | 876 | ||
Cleethorpes Academy
Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX |
Secondary | 856 | ||
Trinity Church of England School, Belvedere
Belvedere, DA17 6HT |
Secondary | 1,083 | ||
Pool Academy
Redruth, TR15 3PZ |
Secondary | 633 | ||
The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Fordingbridge, SP6 1EZ |
Secondary | 1,073 | ||
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Burntwood, WS7 3QW |
Secondary | 1,130 | ||
Honiton Community College
Honiton, EX14 1QT |
Secondary | 748 | ||
Crispin School Academy
Street, BA16 0AD |
Secondary | 1,052 | ||
East Point Academy
Lowestoft, NR33 0UQ |
Secondary | 866 | ||
Garstang Community Academy
Preston, PR3 1YE |
Secondary | 819 | ||
Amersham School
Amersham, HP7 9HH |
Secondary | 1,063 | ||
Waddesdon Church of England School
Aylesbury, HP18 0LQ |
Secondary | 1,007 | ||
St Augustine's Catholic College
Trowbridge, BA14 9EN |
Secondary | 966 | ||
Pegasus Academy
Dudley, DY1 2DU |
Secondary | 649 | ||
St Catherine's Catholic School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QJ |
Secondary | 1,039 | ||
The Martin High School Anstey
Leicester, LE7 7EB |
Secondary | 858 | ||
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Chesterfield, S41 8AG |
Secondary | 1,350 | ||
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Wakefield, WF2 6EQ |
Secondary | 734 | ||
Tabor Academy
Braintree, CM7 5XP |
Secondary | 971 | ||
Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
Blackburn, BB2 7AD |
Secondary | 861 | ||
Eden Girls' School, Slough
Slough, SL1 4AA |
Secondary | 619 | ||
Standish Community High School
Wigan, WN6 0NX |
Secondary | 1,297 | ||
St James's Church of England High School
Bolton, BL4 9RU |
Secondary | 1,052 | ||
Henley Bank High School
Gloucester, GL3 4QF |
Secondary | 826 | ||
Co-op Academy Bebington
Wirral, CH63 2PS |
Secondary | 1,125 | ||
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
Birmingham, B45 0EU |
Secondary | 420 | ||
North Walsham High School
North Walsham, NR28 9HZ |
Secondary | 617 | ||
Hermitage Academy
Chester le Street, DH2 3AD |
Secondary | 1,000 | ||
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
Birmingham, B23 5XA |
Secondary | 1,138 |