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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Chester International School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 281 | 34.5% | 21% |
Pewsey Vale School
Pewsey, SN9 5EW |
Secondary | 346 | 38.7% | 23.7% |
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4HA |
Secondary | 347 | 20.2% | 15.6% |
Appleby Grammar School
Appleby-in-Westmorland, CA16 6XU |
Secondary | 346 | 20.8% | 14.7% |
Queen Elizabeth High School
Bromyard, HR7 4QS |
Secondary | 409 | 22.7% | 22% |
The Axholme Academy
Crowle, DN17 4HU |
Secondary | 534 | 24.9% | 23.6% |
Stradbroke High School
Eye, IP21 5JN |
Secondary | 353 | 20.7% | 20.4% |
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Dorchester, DT2 8SA |
Secondary | 460 | 25.4% | 16.1% |
The Rural Enterprise Academy
Penkridge, ST19 5PH |
Secondary | 235 | 38.9% | 24% |
The Sele School
Hertford, SG14 2DG |
Secondary | 436 | 29.4% | 26.4% |
Lakelands Academy
Ellesmere, SY12 0EA |
Secondary | 576 | 28.3% | 20% |
The Studio School Liverpool
Liverpool, L1 0BS |
Secondary | 293 | 30.2% | 25.4% |
Hadlow Rural Community School
Hadlow, TN11 0AU |
Secondary | 388 | 37.1% | 25.6% |
Cheshire Studio School
Knutsford, WA16 0EA |
Secondary | 120 | 21.7% | 22.5% |
Futures Institute Banbury
Banbury, OX16 9HY |
Secondary | 122 | 22.1% | 23.8% |
XP School
Doncaster, DN4 5NG |
Secondary | 247 | 28.2% | 26.5% |
Walney School
Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT |
Secondary | 489 | 22.1% | 22.9% |
Digitech Studio School
Bristol, BS30 8XQ |
Secondary | 593 | 31.2% | 20.3% |
Somerset Studio School
Radstock, BA3 3NQ |
Secondary | 127 | 43.7% | 21.4% |
IKB Academy
Bristol, BS31 1SP |
Secondary | 142 | 24.7% | 19% |
The Deanes
Benfleet, SS7 2TD |
Secondary | 543 | 28.5% | 24.7% |
Heathside Walton-on-Thames
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 2JP |
Secondary | 305 | 23.6% | 20% |
XP East
Doncaster, DN4 5NG |
Secondary | 293 | 30.6% | 22.3% |
Staindrop Academy
Darlington, DL2 3JU |
Secondary | 429 | 33.1% | 26.1% |
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
Reading, RG4 9LN |
Secondary | 456 | 30.5% | 22.8% |
St Mark's CofE School
Bath, BA1 6ND |
Secondary | 237 | 34.9% | 24.7% |
Whitelands Academy
Bicester, OX26 1AY |
Secondary | 467 | 33.2% | 18.6% |
Holy Family Catholic High School, A Voluntary Academy
Goole, DN14 9NS |
Secondary | 314 | 32.8% | 23.9% |
The Kingsbrook School
Aylesbury, HP22 7BR |
Secondary | 393 | 29.8% | 18.6% |
Nidderdale High School
Harrogate, HG3 5HL |
Secondary | 407 | 25.6% | 18.4% |
Building cost categories
We've chosen 0 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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