Duke's Aldridge

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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
Duke's Aldridge
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 965 15.9% 39%
Walthamstow Academy
London, E17 5DP
Secondary 1,071 20.3% 40.5%
The Gateway Academy
Grays, RM16 4LU
Secondary 1,033 18.2% 40.9%
Harris Academy South Norwood
London, SE25 6AE
Secondary 1,023 17.6% 35.5%
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Telford, TF7 5HX
Secondary 1,063 15.4% 40.5%
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 995 13.6% 39.9%
The Basildon Upper Academy
Basildon, SS13 3HL
Secondary 916 16.9% 40.4%
Harris Academy Purley
South Croydon, CR2 6DT
Secondary 1,022 12.4% 38.6%
Landau Forte Academy, Amington
Tamworth, B77 4FF
Secondary 937 15.6% 36.9%
Ipswich Academy
Ipswich, IP3 0SP
Secondary 1,006 14.6% 39.6%
Co-op Academy Swinton
Manchester, M27 6JU
Secondary 992 17.5% 38%
The UCL Academy
Camden, NW3 3AQ
Secondary 1,017 17.4% 42.5%
Nottingham Girls' Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3LD
Secondary 911 11.9% 39.3%
John Whitgift Academy
Grimsby, DN37 9EH
Secondary 1,055 13% 37.8%
Parkside Academy
Crook, DL15 0QF
Secondary 883 13.4% 39.4%
Saint Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
London, NW10 4EP
Secondary 966 11.4% 40.1%
De Lacy Academy
Knottingley, WF11 0BZ
Secondary 870 15.7% 39.4%
Woodham Academy
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX
Secondary 1,027 18.3% 37.3%
The Bolsover School
Chesterfield, S44 6XA
Secondary 909 18.1% 37.1%
Manor Croft Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 7DW
Secondary 1,041 15.7% 37.8%
Bower Park Academy
Romford, RM1 4YY
Secondary 1,019 17.3% 35.7%
Lyng Hall School
Coventry, CV2 3JS
Secondary 990 14.9% 40.8%
Orchard Mead Academy
Leicester, LE5 1RT
Secondary 1,048 17.8% 37.8%
Leigh Academy Halley
London, SE3 8EP
Secondary 954 17.4% 36%
Trinity Academy Cathedral
Wakefield, WF2 8QF
Secondary 1,038 16.8% 41.4%
Arena Academy
Birmingham, B42 2PY
Secondary 1,042 14.8% 37.6%
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Slough, SL2 5AY
Secondary 870 13.9% 38.9%
Ark Pioneer Academy
Barnet, EN5 2BE
Secondary 1,000 16.2% 38.8%
Birches Head Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD
Secondary 954 15.3% 36.6%
Philips High School
Manchester, M45 7PH
Secondary 873 16.4% 37%

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
Duke's Aldridge
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 965 Sign in to see
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
London, SE19 2JH
Secondary 1,166
Accrington Academy
Accrington, BB5 4FF
Secondary 995
The Basildon Lower Academy
Basildon, SS14 1UX
Secondary 915
Maltby Academy
Rotherham, S66 8AB
Secondary 1,125
Lift Aylward
London, N18 1NB
Secondary 1,402
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
Barnet, EN5 4DQ
Secondary 1,314
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, TQ2 7EL
Secondary 1,100
Southend High School for Boys
Southend-on-Sea, SS0 0RG
Secondary 1,325
Westcliff High School for Girls
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BS
Secondary 1,342
Ravens Wood School
Bromley, BR2 8HP
Secondary 1,592
Glyn School
Epsom, KT17 1NB
Secondary 1,694
The Coopers' Company and Coborn School
Upminster, RM14 3HS
Secondary 1,550
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,092
Cheam High School
Sutton, SM3 8PW
Secondary 2,106
Wallington High School for Girls
Wallington, SM6 0PH
Secondary 1,549
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 760
Greenshaw High School
Sutton, SM1 3DY
Secondary 1,966
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Braintree, CM7 1WY
Secondary 1,258
King Edward VI Five Ways School
Birmingham, B32 4BT
Secondary 1,311
Carlton Academy
Nottingham, NG4 3SH
Secondary 1,371
Shelley College, A Share Academy
Huddersfield, HD8 8NL
Secondary 1,282
Rastrick High School
Brighouse, HD6 3XB
Secondary 1,783
Cedars Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Secondary 1,055
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Secondary 1,454
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,195
Wembley High Technology College
North Wembley, HA0 3NT
Secondary 1,554
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,482
Forest Gate Community School
London, E7 9BB
Secondary 1,347
Countesthorpe Academy
Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
Secondary 1,193