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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
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,531 17.3% 4.5%
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Watford, WD18 7JF
Secondary 1,557 11.4% 4.3%
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Reading, RG4 8LR
Secondary 1,563 12% 8.6%
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, HP6 5HA
Secondary 1,370 13.1% 2.8%
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
Secondary 1,435 15.4% 6.8%
Weydon School
Farnham, GU9 8UG
Secondary 1,643 12.5% 7.1%
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB
Secondary 1,696 15.9% 6%
Dame Alice Owen's School
Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
Secondary 1,479 11.8% 3.4%
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,507 10.2% 8.4%
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,457 9% 5.4%
Backwell School
Bristol, BS48 3BX
Secondary 1,630 16.4% 7.2%
Howard of Effingham School
Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Secondary 1,553 9% 7.5%
The Holt School
Wokingham, RG41 1EE
Secondary 1,418 9.2% 5.8%
St Clement Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 6EW
Secondary 1,596 14.6% 4.3%
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Secondary 1,411 19.1% 10.4%
Warden Park Secondary Academy
Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Secondary 1,528 17.9% 9.8%
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%
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,603 13.5% 7.6%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,346 14.9% 8.2%
Beaumont School
St Albans, AL4 0XB
Secondary 1,600 16.6% 4.9%
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,461 14.6% 10.5%
Tring School
Tring, HP23 5JD
Secondary 1,568 21.7% 7.9%
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,460 16.4% 7.5%
Tomlinscote School
Camberley, GU16 8PY
Secondary 1,507 13% 6.5%
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 3HP
Secondary 1,604 15.2% 7.8%
The Ashcombe School
Dorking, RH4 1LY
Secondary 1,497 17.9% 9.6%
Edgbarrow School
Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ
Secondary 1,490 10.2% 5.3%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,457 12.6% 8.9%
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,350 16.2% 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
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,531 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,149
Branston Community Academy
Lincoln, LN4 1LH
Secondary 1,243
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW
Secondary 1,186
The Compton School
London, N12 0QG
Secondary 1,349
The Mountbatten School
Romsey, SO51 5SY
Secondary 1,461
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,108
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,062
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,549
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,062
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,197
Severn Vale School
Gloucester, GL2 4PR
Secondary 1,354
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester, ME1 2UW
Secondary 1,235
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,311
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,520
Epsom and Ewell High School
Epsom, KT19 9JW
Secondary 1,042
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,505
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,120
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,412
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,226
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,330
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 823
The Harvey Grammar School
Folkestone, CT19 5JY
Secondary 1,027
St Peter's Collegiate Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU
Secondary 1,358
Esher Church of England High School
Esher, KT10 8AP
Secondary 1,173
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,082
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Sheffield, S13 9HJ
Secondary 1,003
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Secondary 543
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,176
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 374