The Lenham 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
The Lenham School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 827 21.8% 28.8%
Carlton Keighley
Keighley, BD20 6EB
Secondary 795 20.3% 29.7%
Sunbury Manor School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LF
Secondary 944 20.7% 29%
Lightcliffe Academy
Halifax, HX3 8TL
Secondary 827 19.9% 31.7%
Testwood School
Southampton, SO40 3ZW
Secondary 854 16.3% 30.1%
The Dorcan Academy
Swindon, SN3 5DA
Secondary 889 24.8% 30.3%
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Colchester, CO2 8NJ
Secondary 924 20% 30.4%
Castle Manor Academy
Haverhill, CB9 9JE
Secondary 757 20.2% 29.2%
Ark Bolingbroke Academy
London, SW11 6BF
Secondary 770 19.4% 28.7%
Wykham Park
Banbury, OX16 9HY
Secondary 832 19.6% 31.5%
Albany Academy
Chorley, PR7 3AY
Secondary 723 20.9% 28.4%
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 743 20.8% 27.1%
The Queen Elizabeth Academy
Atherstone, CV9 1LZ
Secondary 724 22% 29.3%
Oakmoor School
Bordon, GU35 0JB
Secondary 882 18.3% 27%
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 731 21.5% 27.6%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864 20.5% 25.9%
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
Reading, RG1 5SL
Secondary 889 21.1% 27.9%
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary
Redcar, TS10 1PJ
Secondary 744 18.6% 29.6%
The Bishop David Brown School
Woking, GU21 5RF
Secondary 806 22.2% 27.2%
Upper Batley High School
Batley, WF17 0BJ
Secondary 793 17.6% 28%
The Green School for Boys
Isleworth, TW7 6AU
Secondary 774 21.8% 31.5%
Reading Girls' School
Reading, RG2 7PY
Secondary 905 23.5% 28.2%
Brannel School
St Austell, PL26 7RN
Secondary 932 20.8% 30.3%
Tottington High School
Bury, BL8 3LY
Secondary 875 17.9% 28.7%
The Whitehaven Academy
Whitehaven, CA28 8TY
Secondary 816 19.9% 30.1%
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ
Secondary 840 23% 27.3%
Dawlish College
Dawlish, EX7 0BY
Secondary 777 24.2% 28.5%
Thames Park Secondary School
Grays, RM17 5FP
Secondary 743 21.6% 29.1%
King Edward VI King's Norton School for Boys
Birmingham, B30 1DY
Secondary 825 22% 29.2%
Greenacre School
Chatham, ME5 0LP
Secondary 862 17.2% 27.3%

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 Lenham School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 827 Sign in to see
North Oxfordshire Academy
Banbury, OX16 0UD
Secondary 1,024
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Gloucester, GL2 0LF
Secondary 1,249
The Rochester Grammar School
Rochester, ME1 3BY
Secondary 1,171
Beths Grammar School
Bexley, DA5 1NE
Secondary 1,664
Penair School
Truro, TR1 1TN
Secondary 1,239
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Faversham, ME13 7BQ
Secondary 1,101
The Crypt School
Gloucester, GL2 5AE
Secondary 1,093
Norton College
Malton, YO17 9PT
Secondary 692
Crofton Academy
Wakefield, WF4 1NF
Secondary 1,061
Langley School
Solihull, B92 7ER
Secondary 1,047
Hounsdown School
Southampton, SO40 9FT
Secondary 1,281
Shirley High School Performing Arts College
Croydon, CR0 5EF
Secondary 786
The Marlborough Church of England School
Woodstock, OX20 1LP
Secondary 1,085
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3GP
Secondary 898
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,152
St Gregory's Catholic School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9XL
Secondary 1,179
Fowey River Academy
Fowey, PL23 1HE
Secondary 661
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury
Canterbury, CT1 3EN
Secondary 1,113
Hanham Woods Academy
Bristol, BS15 3LA
Secondary 844
Hagley Catholic High School
Hagley, DY8 2XL
Secondary 1,113
Newlands Girls' School
Maidenhead, SL6 5JB
Secondary 1,242
Kempston Academy
Bedford, MK42 7EB
Secondary 827
Brayton Academy
Selby, YO8 9QS
Secondary 933
Princes Risborough School
Princes Risborough, HP27 0DR
Secondary 1,101
Chancellor's School
Hatfield, AL9 7BN
Secondary 1,254
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,348
Woodhey High School
Bury, BL0 9QZ
Secondary 1,103
The Mandeville School
Aylesbury, HP21 8ES
Secondary 998
Crofton School
Fareham, PO14 2AT
Secondary 1,105