The Bishop David Brown 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 Bishop David Brown School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 806 22.2% 27.2%
Carlton Keighley
Keighley, BD20 6EB
Secondary 795 20.3% 29.7%
Sunbury Manor School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LF
Secondary 944 20.7% 29%
Coombeshead Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Secondary 874 21% 25.7%
Witchford Village College
Ely, CB6 2JA
Secondary 768 22.4% 25.9%
Castle Manor Academy
Haverhill, CB9 9JE
Secondary 757 20.2% 29.2%
Ark Bolingbroke Academy
London, SW11 6BF
Secondary 770 19.4% 28.7%
The Newbridge School
Coalville, LE67 3SJ
Secondary 814 21.9% 24%
Albany Academy
Chorley, PR7 3AY
Secondary 723 20.9% 28.4%
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 743 20.8% 27.1%
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
Wakefield, WF2 6EQ
Secondary 763 19.1% 26.5%
The Queen Elizabeth Academy
Atherstone, CV9 1LZ
Secondary 724 22% 29.3%
Jubilee High School
Addlestone, KT15 1TE
Secondary 667 20% 25%
Fareham Academy
Fareham, PO14 1JJ
Secondary 885 27.9% 27.8%
Oakmoor School
Bordon, GU35 0JB
Secondary 882 18.3% 27%
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 731 21.5% 27.6%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864 20.5% 25.9%
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Reading, RG1 5SL
Secondary 889 21.1% 27.9%
de Stafford School
Caterham, CR3 5YX
Secondary 816 28.7% 26.4%
The Lenham School
Maidstone, ME17 2LL
Secondary 827 21.8% 28.8%
Reading Girls' School
Reading, RG2 7PY
Secondary 905 23.5% 28.2%
Merstham Park School
Redhill, RH1 3PU
Secondary 669 19.2% 27.7%
The Grove School
Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
Secondary 831 18.3% 26.4%
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ
Secondary 840 23% 27.3%
Dawlish College
Dawlish, EX7 0BY
Secondary 777 24.2% 28.5%
Thames Park Secondary School
Grays, RM17 5FP
Secondary 743 21.6% 29.1%
Wolsingham School
Bishop Auckland, DL13 3DJ
Secondary 745 25.6% 27.6%
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
Birmingham, B30 1DY
Secondary 825 22% 29.2%
Greenacre School
Chatham, ME5 0LP
Secondary 862 17.2% 27.3%
Carr Hill High School
Preston, PR4 2ST
Secondary 841 20% 25.3%

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 Bishop David Brown School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 806 Sign in to see
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL
Secondary 1,051
Highsted Grammar School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4PT
Secondary 832
Fairfield High School for Girls
Manchester, M43 6AB
Secondary 992
Coleridge Community College
Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Secondary 575
Outwood Academy Foxhills
Scunthorpe, DN15 8LJ
Secondary 737
Stanchester Academy
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6UG
Secondary 812
Welland Park Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 9DR
Secondary 988
Whitstone
Shepton Mallet, BA4 5PF
Secondary 578
Melbourn Village College
Royston, SG8 6EF
Secondary 585
Amery Hill School
Alton, GU34 2BZ
Secondary 991
Burnt Mill Academy
Harlow, CM20 2NR
Secondary 952
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle
Horncastle, LN9 5AD
Secondary 788
Ibstock School
Ibstock, LE67 6NE
Secondary 741
Boston High School
Boston, PE21 9PF
Secondary 816
Fulham Cross Girls' School and Language College
London, SW6 6BP
Secondary 470
Beacon Academy
Cleethorpes, DN35 9NF
Secondary 666
Jubilee High School
Addlestone, KT15 1TE
Secondary 667
Newmarket Academy
Newmarket, CB8 0EB
Secondary 813
St Ives School
St Ives, TR26 2BB
Secondary 574
The Skipton Academy
Skipton, BD23 1UQ
Secondary 660
Shavington Academy
Shavington, CW2 5DH
Secondary 909
Clayton Hall Academy
Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 3DN
Secondary 783
Dereham Neatherd High School
Dereham, NR20 3AX
Secondary 1,141
Castle Hall Academy
Mirfield, WF14 9PH
Secondary 831
Dean Trust Rose Bridge
Wigan, WN1 3HD
Secondary 699
Rye College
Rye, TN31 7NQ
Secondary 616
Meols Cop High School
Southport, PR8 6JS
Secondary 910
Wellfield Academy
Leyland, PR25 2TP
Secondary 525
Glebelands School
Cranleigh, GU6 7AN
Secondary 760