Heathside School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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 1,231 17.6% 7%
Queen Elizabeth School
LA6 2HJ
Secondary 1,156 22.2% 7.5%
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP
Secondary 1,248 13% 6.7%
Whitburn Church of England Academy
Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Secondary 1,206 14.5% 10.3%
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, HP6 5HA
Secondary 1,368 15.1% 2.4%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Secondary 1,290 12.5% 6.3%
Poole Grammar School
Poole, BH17 9JU
Secondary 1,199 14.4% 4.8%
Keswick School
Keswick, CA12 5QB
Secondary 1,191 13.8% 8.2%
The Robert Smyth Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
Secondary 1,277 18.3% 10.1%
West Kirby Grammar School
Wirral, CH48 5DP
Secondary 1,186 11.9% 7.3%
Cams Hill School
Fareham, PO16 8AH
Secondary 1,237 13.7% 12.4%
Hinchley Wood School
Esher, KT10 0AQ
Secondary 1,381 14.5% 5.1%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Secondary 1,199 18.7% 7.9%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,383 17.6% 8.7%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243 20.5% 9.8%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200 16.1% 6.4%
Hitchin Boys' School
Hitchin, SG5 1JB
Secondary 1,357 18.7% 6.9%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,194 16% 7.4%
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Secondary 1,215 13.1% 6.4%
The Skinners' School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
Secondary 1,157 11.7% 4.6%
The Cooper School
Bicester, OX26 4RS
Secondary 1,231 20.4% 11%
Matthew Arnold School
Oxford, OX2 9JE
Secondary 1,250 19.2% 10.6%
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281 12.6% 8%
Walton High School
Stafford, ST17 0LJ
Secondary 1,271 14.5% 6.9%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,304 19.8% 10.2%
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,126 21.1% 11.3%
Beechen Cliff School
Bath, BA2 4RE
Secondary 1,224 17.2% 8.6%
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,348 21.2% 5.4%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,191 19.6% 7.1%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,366 13.5% 10.8%

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 1,231 Sign in to see
Oldfield School
Bath, BA1 9AB
Secondary 1,277
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT
Secondary 1,215
Bournemouth School for Girls
Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ
Secondary 1,260
Rodborough
Godalming, GU8 5BZ
Secondary 880
Perins School
Alresford, SO24 9BS
Secondary 1,166
Staffordshire University Academy
Cannock, WS12 4JH
Secondary 674
East Bergholt High School
Colchester, CO7 6RJ
Secondary 896
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' School
Upminster, RM14 2QR
Secondary 829
Cox Green School
Maidenhead, SL6 3AX
Secondary 1,184
Parkside Academy
Crook, DL15 0QF
Secondary 883
Altwood Church of England School
Maidenhead, SL6 4PU
Secondary 794
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200
Lift Winton
Andover, SP10 2PS
Secondary 1,034
Hobart High School
Norwich, NR14 6JU
Secondary 697
The Portsmouth Academy
Portsmouth, PO1 5PF
Secondary 1,243
Woking High School
Woking, GU21 4TJ
Secondary 1,209
St John Fisher Catholic College
Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 2SJ
Secondary 1,094
Smithdon High School
Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Secondary 564
Hornchurch High School
Hornchurch, RM12 4AJ
Secondary 718
Springfield School
Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
Secondary 1,120
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,304
Farnham Heath End
Farnham, GU9 9BN
Secondary 1,077
Flegg High Ormiston Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR29 4QD
Secondary 686
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9SD
Secondary 613
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
Secondary 913
Onslow St Audrey's School
Hatfield, AL10 8AB
Secondary 808
Thornaby Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DB
Secondary 484
Crofton School
Fareham, PO14 2AT
Secondary 1,105
Greenacre School
Chatham, ME5 0LP
Secondary 862