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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 1,543 16.6% 5.6%
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, HP6 5HA
Secondary 1,368 15.1% 2.4%
Wymondham College
Wymondham, NR18 9SZ
Secondary 1,442 17.8% 7.1%
The Ecclesbourne School
Belper, DE56 4GS
Secondary 1,576 10.7% 6.5%
Weydon School
Farnham, GU9 8UG
Secondary 1,666 12.6% 7.4%
Dame Alice Owen's School
Potters Bar, EN6 2DU
Secondary 1,468 12.9% 3.5%
Rickmansworth School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Secondary 1,550 11.6% 5.7%
Thornden School
Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
Secondary 1,451 9.1% 6.1%
Howard of Effingham School
Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Secondary 1,504 10.3% 8.2%
The Holt School
Wokingham, RG41 1EE
Secondary 1,454 8.6% 5.5%
St Clement Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 6EW
Secondary 1,592 14% 4.6%
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT
Secondary 1,622 14.1% 8.7%
Warden Park Secondary Academy
Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP
Secondary 1,538 19.6% 11.1%
Rosebery School
Epsom, KT18 7NQ
Secondary 1,476 10.6% 5.7%
Hinchley Wood School
Esher, KT10 0AQ
Secondary 1,381 14.5% 5.1%
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,605 14.3% 8.5%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,383 17.6% 8.7%
Beaumont School
St Albans, AL4 0XB
Secondary 1,651 16.4% 5%
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,443 14.7% 11.1%
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,467 16.8% 8.5%
Didcot Girls' School
Didcot, OX11 7AJ
Secondary 1,643 15.2% 11.2%
Tomlinscote School
Camberley, GU16 8PY
Secondary 1,502 14.1% 6.9%
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 3HP
Secondary 1,583 15.6% 8.7%
The Ashcombe School
Dorking, RH4 1LY
Secondary 1,513 20.1% 10.1%
Edgbarrow School
Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ
Secondary 1,482 11.2% 5.6%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489 15.5% 11.4%
High Storrs School
Sheffield, S11 7LH
Secondary 1,670 18.1% 8.1%
Tadcaster Grammar School
Tadcaster, LS24 9NB
Secondary 1,500 17.8% 9.5%
Poynton High School
Stockport, SK12 1PU
Secondary 1,500 12.9% 8.2%
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,348 21.2% 5.4%

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 1,543 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,178
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW
Secondary 1,236
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,204
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,098
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,084
Queensmead School
Ruislip, HA4 0LS
Secondary 1,500
Hillview School for Girls
Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Secondary 1,560
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,027
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Slough, SL1 2PU
Secondary 1,179
Severn Vale School
Gloucester, GL2 4PR
Secondary 1,353
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester, ME1 2UW
Secondary 1,213
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,323
Cams Hill School
Fareham, PO16 8AH
Secondary 1,237
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,573
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,144
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,436
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243
Robert May's School
Hook, RG29 1NA
Secondary 1,320
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 801
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982
Biddick Academy
Washington, NE38 8AL
Secondary 1,070
Esher Church of England High School
Esher, KT10 8AP
Secondary 1,131
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1RR
Secondary 1,269
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,072
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Sheffield, S13 9HJ
Secondary 996
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Secondary 595
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,149
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 367