Pleckgate High School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 26 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
Pleckgate High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,352 14.4% 23.4%
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy
Dartford, DA1 1QE
Secondary 1,342 16.6% 23.7%
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Northampton, NN2 6JW
Secondary 1,358 12.5% 21.1%
Holyrood Academy
Chard, TA20 1JL
Secondary 1,323 15.6% 22.6%
Chestnut Grove Academy
London, SW12 8JZ
Secondary 1,324 17.8% 24.2%
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Droitwich Spa, WR9 0AA
Secondary 1,281 13.8% 22.7%
Bexleyheath Academy
Bexleyheath, DA6 7DA
Secondary 1,395 18.9% 24.9%
The Joseph Whitaker School
Mansfield, NG21 0AG
Secondary 1,371 13.2% 21.1%
Bishopshalt School
Uxbridge, UB8 3RF
Secondary 1,292 15.8% 22.6%
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT
Secondary 1,310 13.3% 23.7%
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,330 17% 22.1%
Abbeyfield School
Northampton, NN4 8BU
Secondary 1,377 15.3% 21.3%
St Thomas More Catholic School
London, N22 5HN
Secondary 1,273 16.3% 24.2%
Mildenhall College Academy
Mildenhall, IP28 7JX
Secondary 1,330 15.9% 22.1%
Westfield Academy
Watford, WD18 6NS
Secondary 1,341 13.7% 22.5%
Hollingworth Academy
Rochdale, OL16 3DR
Secondary 1,339 13.6% 24.3%
The McAuley Catholic High School
Doncaster, DN3 3QF
Secondary 1,437 13.1% 22.7%
Bruntcliffe Academy
Leeds, LS27 0LZ
Secondary 1,366 16.2% 23.2%
The Kingsway School
Cheadle, SK8 4QX
Secondary 1,309 14.6% 22.7%
Driffield School and Sixth Form
Driffield, YO25 5HR
Secondary 1,384 14.4% 21.8%
Spalding Academy
Spalding, PE11 2EJ
Secondary 1,420 14.9% 24.8%
Westfield School
Sheffield, S20 1HQ
Secondary 1,317 18.5% 24.2%
Friesland School
Sandiacre, NG10 5AF
Secondary 1,283 16.3% 24.1%
The Park Community School
Barnstaple, EX32 9AX
Secondary 1,420 16% 23.1%
Laurence Jackson School
Guisborough, TS14 6RD
Secondary 1,239 16.1% 24.6%
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
Cleckheaton, BD19 3AQ
Secondary 1,236 16.5% 23.5%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 25 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
Pleckgate High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,352 Sign in to see
The King's Academy
Middlesbrough, TS8 0GA
Secondary 1,392
Samworth Church Academy
Mansfield, NG18 2DY
Secondary 1,014
Manchester Enterprise Academy
Wythenshawe, M22 9RH
Secondary 1,248
Park Hall Academy
Birmingham, B36 9HF
Secondary 1,269
Manchester Communication Academy
Manchester, M40 8NT
Secondary 1,267
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,170
The Long Eaton School
Nottingham, NG10 3NP
Secondary 1,113
Coombeshead Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Secondary 872
The Farnley Academy
Leeds, LS12 5EU
Secondary 1,492
The Elizabethan Academy
Retford, DN22 7PY
Secondary 1,202
Cedar Mount Academy
Gorton, M18 7DT
Secondary 830
St John Plessington Catholic College
Wirral, CH63 7LF
Secondary 1,579
Outwood Academy Carlton
Barnsley, S71 3EW
Secondary 1,113
William Brookes School
Much Wenlock, TF13 6NB
Secondary 904
Wardle Academy
Rochdale, OL12 9RD
Secondary 1,367
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,345
Winterhill School
Rotherham, S61 2BD
Secondary 928
St James School
Exeter, EX4 8NN
Secondary 982
Smith's Wood Academy
Birmingham, B36 0UE
Secondary 784
The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
Liverpool, L6 7UR
Secondary 892
Trinity Academy Grammar
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2NW
Secondary 991
The Laurel Academy
Mexborough, S64 9SD
Secondary 705
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Burnley, BB10 3AA
Secondary 1,287
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
Prescot, L35 2XG
Secondary 726