The Deanes

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

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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 Deanes
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 543 28.5% 24.7%
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Tonbridge, TN9 2PH
Secondary 588 22.7% 26%
Mount Grace School
Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
Secondary 508 22.4% 23.4%
Witchford Village College
Ely, CB6 2JA
Secondary 752 22.8% 24.2%
The Axholme Academy
Crowle, DN17 4HU
Secondary 534 24.9% 23.6%
Daubeney Academy
Bedford, MK42 7PS
Secondary 507 20.6% 27.2%
Oakbank
Reading, RG7 1ER
Secondary 522 22.6% 26.4%
The Sele School
Hertford, SG14 2DG
Secondary 436 29.4% 26.4%
Sir Thomas Fremantle School
Winslow, MK18 3GH
Secondary 601 23.1% 22.6%
Walney School
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT
Secondary 489 22.1% 22.9%
The Skipton Academy
Skipton, BD23 1UQ
Secondary 591 28.3% 24.4%
Forest Hall School
Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8TZ
Secondary 498 30.7% 30.6%
Stalham High School
Norwich, NR12 9DG
Secondary 485 22% 27.6%
Charnwood College
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 584 23.2% 25.4%
Dedworth Middle School
Windsor, SL4 5PE
Secondary 552 21.9% 26.8%
Smithdon High School
Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Secondary 582 21% 22.4%
Axe Valley Academy
Axminster, EX13 5EA
Secondary 685 29.8% 27%
King's Academy Ringmer
Lewes, BN8 5RB
Secondary 611 22.8% 22.7%
Staindrop Academy
Darlington, DL2 3JU
Secondary 429 33.1% 26.1%
The Priory Pembroke Academy
Lincoln, LN3 4JP
Secondary 568 24.9% 25.2%
Alderman Peel High School
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB
Secondary 598 21.3% 23.2%
Holsworthy Community College
Holsworthy, EX22 6JD
Secondary 524 28.4% 27.7%
Marston Vale Middle School
Bedford, MK43 9NH
Secondary 599 18.5% 23%
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Reading, RG4 9LN
Secondary 456 30.5% 22.8%
Sanders Draper
Hornchurch, RM12 6RT
Secondary 667 24.6% 26.5%
Winterstoke Hundred Academy
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE
Secondary 677 27.2% 23%
North Walsham High School
North Walsham, NR28 9HZ
Secondary 617 25% 28.7%
Huntcliff School
Saltburn By the Sea, TS12 1HJ
Secondary 531 29.1% 27.5%
Sturminster Newton High School
Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DT
Secondary 621 26.5% 24.8%
Vista Academy Littleport
Ely, CB6 1EW
Secondary 505 21.5% 24.7%

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 Deanes
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 543 Sign in to see
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Bournemouth, BH8 9PW
Secondary 1,149
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW
Secondary 1,186
The Compton School
London, N12 0QG
Secondary 1,349
Linton Village College
Cambridge, CB21 4JB
Secondary 833
Teign School
Newton Abbot, TQ12 3JG
Secondary 1,048
Lipson Co-operative Academy
Plymouth, PL4 7PG
Secondary 1,108
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,062
Yavneh College
Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
Secondary 1,075
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
The Thomas Aveling School
Rochester, ME1 2UW
Secondary 1,235
St Clere's School
Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NW
Secondary 1,337
Etonbury Academy
Arlesey, SG15 6XS
Secondary 1,109
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,505
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,120
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,603
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,412
Woodcote High School
Coulsdon, CR5 2EH
Secondary 1,301
Chaucer School
Sheffield, S5 8NH
Secondary 823
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 978
St Peter's Collegiate Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU
Secondary 1,358
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,122
Tudor Grange Academy Redditch
Redditch, B98 7UH
Secondary 397
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Bradford, BD3 8HE
Secondary 879
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
Lowestoft, NR32 4PZ
Secondary 1,259
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,531
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,176
St Regis Church of England Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XG
Secondary 669
Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic and Church of England Academy
Runcorn, WA7 5YH
Secondary 374