Heathside 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
Heathside School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,262 16.6% 5.5%
Queen Elizabeth School
LA6 2HJ
Secondary 1,185 19.9% 7%
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP
Secondary 1,222 13.7% 7%
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, HP6 5HA
Secondary 1,370 13.1% 2.8%
Newstead Wood School
Orpington, BR6 9SA
Secondary 1,264 10.4% 4.8%
Davenant Foundation School
Loughton, IG10 2LD
Secondary 1,257 12.4% 7%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Secondary 1,269 13.3% 5.4%
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Marlow, SL7 2BR
Secondary 1,191 7.7% 3.2%
Poole Grammar School
Poole, BH17 9JU
Secondary 1,199 13.8% 4.3%
The Holt School
Wokingham, RG41 1EE
Secondary 1,418 9.2% 5.8%
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge, DY8 2XS
Secondary 1,176 14.6% 8.4%
The Robert Smyth Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
Secondary 1,201 15.4% 7.8%
Sir John Lawes School
Harpenden, AL5 4QP
Secondary 1,348 12.8% 7.3%
Rosebery School
Epsom, KT18 7NQ
Secondary 1,422 9.6% 5.8%
Hinchley Wood School
Esher, KT10 0AQ
Secondary 1,354 13.4% 4.8%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Secondary 1,230 15.5% 7.4%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,346 14.9% 8.2%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,226 17.9% 10%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,181 15.4% 5.8%
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Grantham, NG31 9AU
Secondary 1,188 11.1% 6.4%
Hitchin Boys' School
Hitchin, SG5 1JB
Secondary 1,317 18.3% 6.5%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,218 16.2% 7.5%
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Secondary 1,195 11.5% 5.8%
Richard Hale School
Hertford, SG13 8EN
Secondary 1,218 14.1% 7.1%
Walton High School
Stafford, ST17 0LJ
Secondary 1,160 11.6% 6.1%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,252 18.9% 9.3%
Beechen Cliff School
Bath, BA2 4RE
Secondary 1,210 13.5% 8.5%
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,350 16.2% 5%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,169 17.8% 6.8%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,334 12.7% 10.5%

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
Heathside School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,262 Sign in to see
Kingsmead Academy
Taunton, TA4 2NE
Secondary 925
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT
Secondary 1,204
Bournemouth School for Girls
Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ
Secondary 1,209
Perins School
Alresford, SO24 9BS
Secondary 1,156
Staffordshire University Academy
Cannock, WS12 4JH
Secondary 663
East Bergholt High School
Colchester, CO7 6RJ
Secondary 893
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
Upminster, RM14 2QR
Secondary 820
The Rudheath Senior Academy
Northwich, CW9 7DT
Secondary 593
Cox Green School
Maidenhead, SL6 3AX
Secondary 1,204
Parkside Academy
Crook, DL15 0QF
Secondary 918
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,181
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 732
Winton Community Academy
Andover, SP10 2PS
Secondary 1,000
Hobart High School
Norwich, NR14 6JU
Secondary 674
The Portsmouth Academy
Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
Secondary 1,217
Woking High School
Woking, GU21 4TJ
Secondary 1,202
Court Fields School
Wellington, TA21 8SW
Secondary 798
St John Fisher Catholic College
Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
Secondary 1,095
Hornchurch High School
Hornchurch, RM12 4AJ
Secondary 769
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,252
Farnham Heath End
Farnham, GU9 9BN
Secondary 1,092
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,095
Flegg High Ormiston Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR29 4QD
Secondary 766
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
Secondary 929
Nether Stowe School
Lichfield, WS13 7NB
Secondary 765
All Saints' Church of England Academy
Weymouth, DT4 9BJ
Secondary 765
Onslow St Audrey's School
Hatfield, AL10 8AB
Secondary 793
Outwood Academy Hindley
Wigan, WN2 4LG
Secondary 927
Crofton School
Fareham, PO14 2AT
Secondary 1,103