The WREN School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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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 WREN School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 979 10.6% 26.9%
Pyrland School
Taunton, TA2 7QP
Secondary 996 13.2% 28.9%
King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls
Birmingham, B17 8QB
Secondary 971 10.5% 30.2%
The Arnewood School
New Milton, BH25 6RS
Secondary 900 14.7% 24.8%
Upper Shirley High School
Southampton, SO15 7QU
Secondary 1,082 13.3% 29.3%
King Edward VI Aston School
Birmingham, B6 6DJ
Secondary 995 12.7% 24.9%
Montsaye Academy
Kettering, NN14 6BB
Secondary 1,030 14.7% 25.5%
Enfield Grammar School
Enfield, EN2 6LN
Secondary 1,026 11% 28.7%
Landau Forte Academy, QEMS
Tamworth, B79 8AH
Secondary 938 13.7% 25.4%
Baylis Court School
Slough, SL1 3AH
Secondary 905 11.6% 30.6%
Abbey College, Ramsey
Ramsey, PE26 1DG
Secondary 1,056 7.2% 25.4%
Harris Girls Academy Bromley
Beckenham, BR3 1QR
Secondary 1,097 8.9% 25.5%
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
Isleworth, TW7 5LJ
Secondary 1,033 14.3% 26.8%
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982 15.7% 26%
The Green School for Girls
Isleworth, TW7 5BB
Secondary 898 12.3% 26.4%
Nova Hreod Academy
Swindon, SN2 2NQ
Secondary 1,060 11.8% 25.8%
Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology
Nottingham, NG7 2PL
Secondary 916 11.6% 27.8%
Haileybury Turnford
Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU
Secondary 967 12.2% 29.8%
St Thomas Becket Catholic School
Northampton, NN3 6HT
Secondary 905 14.6% 27.8%
St Catherine's College
Eastbourne, BN23 7BL
Secondary 1,072 12.9% 25%
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
London, N2 0SQ
Secondary 1,013 13% 23.8%
Scalby Academy
Scarborough, YO12 6TH
Secondary 970 14.6% 27.9%
Norlington School and 6th Form
London, E10 6JZ
Secondary 903 11% 26.8%
Southlands High School
Chorley, PR7 2NJ
Secondary 932 7.5% 27.1%
Challney High School for Girls
Luton, LU4 9FJ
Secondary 1,046 13% 29.6%
The Garibaldi School
Mansfield, NG19 0JX
Secondary 988 12.2% 24.7%
Judgemeadow Community College
Leicester, LE5 6HP
Secondary 1,034 10.6% 23.8%
Stone Lodge School
Dartford, DA2 6FY
Secondary 1,055 14.8% 29.8%
The Grange Academy
Bushey, WD23 3AA
Secondary 935 13.4% 26.1%
Brook Mead Academy
Leicester, LE3 9BN
Secondary 852 11% 27.6%

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 WREN School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 979 Sign in to see
Oasis Academy Mayfield
Southampton, SO19 9NA
Secondary 884
Oasis Academy John Williams
Bristol, BS14 9BU
Secondary 863
E-ACT Heartlands Academy
Birmingham, B7 4QR
Secondary 833
All Saints Academy Dunstable
Dunstable, LU5 5AB
Secondary 564
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Tamworth, B77 4FF
Secondary 937
Colchester Academy
Colchester, CO4 3JL
Secondary 901
Harborne Academy
Birmingham, B15 3JL
Secondary 612
Harris Academy Beckenham
Beckenham, BR3 3SJ
Secondary 1,265
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Hatfield, AL10 8NL
Secondary 942
Lift Greenwood
Birmingham, B35 7NL
Secondary 950
Melior Community Academy
Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA
Secondary 817
Thistley Hough Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Secondary 1,095
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 731
Aureus School
Didcot, OX11 6FF
Secondary 485
Ditton Park Academy
Slough, SL3 7UX
Secondary 1,125
Fairfield High School
Bristol, BS7 9NL
Secondary 1,083
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281
Twickenham School
Twickenham, TW2 6JW
Secondary 794
Didsbury High School
Manchester, M20 2ET
Secondary 1,183
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Secondary 1,082
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Secondary 953
Harris Academy Riverside
Purfleet, RM19 1QY
Secondary 1,117
Bedlington Academy
Bedlington, NE22 7DS
Secondary 828
Dixons Cottingley Academy
Bingley, BD16 1TZ
Secondary 867
Ark Pioneer Academy
Barnet, EN5 2BE
Secondary 1,000
Pix Brook Academy
Stotfold, SG5 4HB
Secondary 865
Harris Academy Clapham
London, SW4 8LD
Secondary 891
The Highfield School
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
Secondary 979
The Deanery CofE Academy
Swindon, SN1 7DA
Secondary 768