Schools we chose for benchmarking
These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
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Wixams Academy
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 928 | 15% | 17.8% |
Maltings Academy
Witham, CM8 1EP |
Secondary | 893 | 11.6% | 20% |
The Queen Katherine School
Kendal, LA9 6PJ |
Secondary | 936 | 15.8% | 16.8% |
Coombe Dean School
Plymouth, PL9 8ES |
Secondary | 997 | 16.2% | 17.5% |
Kingsmead Academy
Taunton, TA4 2NE |
Secondary | 925 | 13.8% | 17.1% |
Preston School Academy
Yeovil, BA21 3JD |
Secondary | 984 | 14% | 19.1% |
The Chantry School
Worcester, WR6 6QA |
Secondary | 878 | 12.9% | 16.2% |
Flixton Girls School
Manchester, M41 5DR |
Secondary | 947 | 16.9% | 16.8% |
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF |
Secondary | 981 | 14.3% | 19.3% |
East Bergholt High School
Colchester, CO7 6RJ |
Secondary | 893 | 18.8% | 15.7% |
Caldew School
Carlisle, CA5 7NN |
Secondary | 980 | 16.8% | 16.8% |
Casterton College Rutland
Stamford, PE9 4AT |
Secondary | 943 | 17.2% | 16.2% |
Wootton Upper School
Bedford, MK43 9HT |
Secondary | 890 | 16.1% | 18.1% |
The Weston Road Academy
Stafford, ST18 0YG |
Secondary | 974 | 16% | 16.8% |
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA |
Secondary | 1,008 | 17.2% | 18.8% |
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD |
Secondary | 918 | 16.9% | 20% |
Eggar's School
Alton, GU34 4EQ |
Secondary | 858 | 14.8% | 17.6% |
The Beaconsfield School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1SJ |
Secondary | 838 | 17% | 17.8% |
St Aidan's Catholic Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7HJ |
Secondary | 946 | 11.1% | 16.8% |
The Ferrers School
Rushden, NN10 8LF |
Secondary | 930 | 12.3% | 17.2% |
Winton Academy
Bournemouth, BH10 4HT |
Secondary | 910 | 16.2% | 17.6% |
Attleborough Academy
Attleborough, NR17 2AJ |
Secondary | 933 | 9.1% | 17.6% |
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Blackburn, BB2 6DF |
Secondary | 875 | 13.2% | 16.8% |
Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School
Blackburn, BB2 7AD |
Secondary | 861 | 13.5% | 16.4% |
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Stafford, ST17 9AB |
Secondary | 954 | 15.8% | 20.3% |
Sir Graham Balfour High School
Stafford, ST16 1NR |
Secondary | 974 | 18% | 17.2% |
Brayton Academy
Selby, YO8 9QS |
Secondary | 895 | 14.1% | 16.2% |
Larkmead School
Abingdon, OX14 1RF |
Secondary | 916 | 15.7% | 17.1% |
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR |
Secondary | 901 | 15.8% | 20.3% |
Mercia School
Sheffield, S7 2DY |
Secondary | 913 | 15.6% | 19.7% |
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
School | Type | Number of pupils | Gross internal floor area | Average age of buildings |
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Wixams Academy
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 928 | Sign in to see | |
New Rickstones Academy
Witham, CM8 2SD |
Secondary | 1,162 | ||
The Hereford Church of England Academy
Hereford, HR2 7NG |
Secondary | 616 | ||
All Saints Academy Dunstable
Dunstable, LU5 5AB |
Secondary | 643 | ||
Ormiston Bushfield Academy
Peterborough, PE2 5RQ |
Secondary | 1,198 | ||
Colchester Academy
Colchester, CO4 3JL |
Secondary | 921 | ||
Ipswich Academy
Ipswich, IP3 0SP |
Secondary | 1,046 | ||
Harris Academy Beckenham
Beckenham, BR3 3SJ |
Secondary | 1,233 | ||
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Hatfield, AL10 8NL |
Secondary | 949 | ||
Bedminster Down School
Bristol, BS13 7DQ |
Secondary | 1,042 | ||
Melior Community Academy
Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA |
Secondary | 873 | ||
Thistley Hough Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ |
Secondary | 1,091 | ||
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE |
Secondary | 964 | ||
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS |
Secondary | 770 | ||
Aureus School
Didcot, OX11 6FF |
Secondary | 545 | ||
Workington Academy
Workington, CA14 4EB |
Secondary | 1,280 | ||
Eden Boys' School, Birmingham
Birmingham, B42 2SY |
Secondary | 620 | ||
Charlton School
Telford, TF1 3FA |
Secondary | 1,233 | ||
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Peterborough, PE7 8HR |
Secondary | 1,251 | ||
Royal Greenwich Trust School
London, SE7 8LJ |
Secondary | 844 | ||
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR |
Secondary | 1,089 | ||
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Maidstone, ME14 5GQ |
Secondary | 767 | ||
Katherine Warington School
Harpenden, AL5 5FH |
Secondary | 924 | ||
Dixons Cottingley Academy
Bingley, BD16 1TZ |
Secondary | 883 | ||
Castle View School
Canvey Island, SS8 7FH |
Secondary | 1,043 | ||
Pix Brook Academy
Stotfold, SG5 4HB |
Secondary | 721 | ||
Harris Academy Clapham
London, SW4 8LD |
Secondary | 767 | ||
Ark Blake Academy
Croydon, CR0 6NA |
Secondary | 665 | ||
Gloucester Academy
Gloucester, GL4 6RN |
Secondary | 896 | ||
Mark Hall Academy
Harlow, CM17 9LR |
Secondary | 789 |