The Bicester 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
The Bicester School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,239 16.1% 13.2%
Midhurst Rother College
Midhurst, GU29 9DT
Secondary 1,168 21.4% 13.1%
Guilsborough Academy
Northampton, NN6 8QE
Secondary 1,327 17.3% 13.2%
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,179 13.4% 14.2%
Sawston Village College
Cambridge, CB22 3BP
Secondary 1,163 16.5% 14.3%
Bristol Free School
Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Secondary 1,277 16.8% 14%
Southfield School for Girls
Kettering, NN15 6HE
Secondary 1,186 14.8% 14.7%
Hounsdown School
Southampton, SO40 9FT
Secondary 1,300 13.2% 14.9%
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Colchester, CO5 0EW
Secondary 1,144 16.7% 12.9%
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,300 12.9% 12.8%
Knutsford Academy
Knutsford, WA16 0EA
Secondary 1,235 13.8% 11.2%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,226 17.9% 10%
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,330 14.6% 14.3%
Brockington College
Leicester, LE19 4AQ
Secondary 1,199 16.2% 15.2%
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%
Trinity School
Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
Secondary 1,151 16.7% 12.8%
Hethersett Academy
Norwich, NR9 3DB
Secondary 1,174 17% 15.3%
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,120 16.1% 12.6%
Ruislip High School
Ruislip, HA4 0BY
Secondary 1,291 17.8% 14.7%
The Kingston Academy
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Secondary 1,168 15% 13.3%
Prince William School
Oundle, PE8 4BS
Secondary 1,329 14.6% 12.7%
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College
York, YO42 2LL
Secondary 1,267 16% 12.9%
Richmond School
Richmond, DL10 7BQ
Secondary 1,239 17% 15.1%
Abbey Park School
Swindon, SN25 2ND
Secondary 1,180 18.2% 14.7%
Chancellor's School
Hatfield, AL9 7BN
Secondary 1,250 18% 15.1%
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%
The Hemel Hempstead School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TX
Secondary 1,316 14.4% 14.4%
Crofton School
Fareham, PO14 2AT
Secondary 1,103 17.7% 14.3%

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 Bicester School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,239 Sign in to see
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 1,055
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX
Secondary 1,023
Maltby Academy
Rotherham, S66 8AB
Secondary 1,116
Aylward Academy
London, N18 1NB
Secondary 1,386
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet, EN5 4DQ
Secondary 1,305
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, TQ2 7EL
Secondary 1,093
Kingsmead School
Enfield, EN1 1YQ
Secondary 1,560
William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
Lincoln, LN2 3JB
Secondary 1,444
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP
Secondary 1,618
South Dartmoor Community College
Ashburton, TQ13 7EW
Secondary 800
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford, TN24 9AL
Secondary 1,532
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Secondary 1,533
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,457
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,147
Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Cheltenham, GL51 3EF
Secondary 1,830
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 759
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,294
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,300
Cedars Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Secondary 948
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall, WS5 4PG
Secondary 1,519
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,224
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,461
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,188
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,492
Cheney School
Oxford, OX3 7QH
Secondary 1,681
Tomlinscote School
Camberley, GU16 8PY
Secondary 1,507
Duke's Aldridge
London, N17 0PG
Secondary 1,052
Holmleigh Park High School
Gloucester, GL4 0RT
Secondary 1,346
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,248