The Sir John Colfox Academy

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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 Sir John Colfox Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 818 20.5% 23%
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road
Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
Secondary 943 17.8% 23.1%
Honiton Community College
Honiton, EX14 1QT
Secondary 748 19% 22.3%
West Hill School
Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
Secondary 847 17.4% 22.3%
Coombeshead Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Secondary 872 17.9% 22.7%
Great Torrington School
Torrington, EX38 7DJ
Secondary 876 23.9% 21.5%
Witchford Village College
Ely, CB6 2JA
Secondary 752 22.8% 24.2%
Writhlington School
Radstock, BA3 3NQ
Secondary 927 17.4% 24.5%
Ark Bolingbroke Academy
London, SW11 6BF
Secondary 771 19.2% 24.5%
The Newbridge School
Coalville, LE67 3SJ
Secondary 797 19.4% 22.4%
St Bernard's Catholic High School
Rotherham, S65 3BE
Secondary 811 19% 21%
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
Secondary 839 19.5% 20.6%
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 732 20.6% 23.8%
The Wilnecote School
Tamworth, B77 5LF
Secondary 916 20.4% 22.8%
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Secondary 734 19.6% 24.4%
Fakenham Academy
Fakenham, NR21 9QT
Secondary 767 18% 22.7%
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 770 18.8% 25.3%
Court Fields School
Wellington, TA21 8SW
Secondary 798 17.9% 20.2%
Notre Dame RC School
Plymouth, PL6 5HN
Secondary 765 17.7% 24.1%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 868 20.6% 24.2%
Hoe Valley School
Woking, GU22 0NH
Secondary 801 21.9% 21%
Marshland High School
Wisbech, PE14 7HA
Secondary 827 21.1% 25.4%
Callington Community College
Callington, PL17 7DR
Secondary 890 17.1% 24.4%
The Lenham School
Maidstone, ME17 2LL
Secondary 806 18.1% 24.6%
Stanley High School
Southport, PR9 9TF
Secondary 843 19.5% 24.5%
Barclay Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3RB
Secondary 916 19.1% 22.9%
Yate Academy
Yate, BS37 4DX
Secondary 818 16.3% 20.3%
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ
Secondary 794 22.3% 25.5%
Dawlish College
Dawlish, EX7 0BY
Secondary 749 21.1% 25.9%
Aylesford School
Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Secondary 903 21.9% 22.5%

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
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Gross internal floor area Average age of buildings
The Sir John Colfox Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 818 Sign in to see
Dixons City Academy
Bradford, BD5 7RR
Secondary 934
John Cabot Academy
Bristol, BS15 8BD
Secondary 1,280
Fulston Manor School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
Secondary 1,333
Kingsbridge Academy
Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Secondary 1,292
Plympton Academy
Plymouth, PL7 2RS
Secondary 1,145
Fernwood School
Nottingham, NG8 2FT
Secondary 1,433
Bishop Fox's School
Taunton, TA1 3HQ
Secondary 1,081
St Augustine Academy
Maidstone, ME16 8AE
Secondary 740
Nene Park Academy
Peterborough, PE2 7EA
Secondary 1,443
Richard Challoner School
New Malden, KT3 5PE
Secondary 1,073
Priory Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP
Secondary 1,505
Campion School
Leamington Spa, CV31 1QH
Secondary 1,170
Bourne Grammar School
Bourne, PE10 9JE
Secondary 1,726
Barnhill Community High School
Hayes, UB4 9LE
Secondary 1,576
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7JN
Secondary 1,321
The Gryphon School
Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
Secondary 1,514
Carleton High School
Pontefract, WF8 3NW
Secondary 1,021
Birchwood Community High School
Warrington, WA3 7PT
Secondary 915
Sir William Stanier School
Crewe, CW1 4EB
Secondary 699
Burnage Academy for Boys
Manchester, M19 1ER
Secondary 956
The Ripley Academy
Ripley, DE5 3JQ
Secondary 876
Finham Park 2
Coventry, CV4 9WT
Secondary 713
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
Redcar, TS10 1PJ
Secondary 730
Wyvern St Edmund's
Salisbury, SP1 1RE
Secondary 1,331
Ashton Park School
Bristol, BS3 2JL
Secondary 1,240
Royal Docks Academy
London, E16 3HS
Secondary 880
Heworth Grange School
Gateshead, NE10 0PT
Secondary 1,044
Treviglas Academy
Newquay, TR7 3JA
Secondary 869
The Holmesdale School
Snodland, ME6 5HS
Secondary 568