Old Buckenham High 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
Old Buckenham High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 495 16.9% 19.7%
Stour Valley Community School
Sudbury, CO10 8PJ
Secondary 579 17.1% 17.1%
Ansford Academy
Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ
Secondary 547 19.7% 17.1%
Christ Church Academy
Stone, ST15 8JD
Secondary 539 12.1% 18.6%
Sir William Romney's School
Tetbury, GL8 8AE
Secondary 511 22.2% 19.6%
The Academy, Selsey
Chichester, PO20 9EH
Secondary 494 19.1% 22.2%
Mount Grace School
Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ
Secondary 508 22.4% 23.4%
Melbourn Village College
Royston, SG8 6EF
Secondary 638 14.1% 22.1%
Brooklands Middle School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PF
Secondary 601 22.5% 18%
Stradbroke High School
Eye, IP21 5JN
Secondary 353 20.7% 20.4%
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3FU
Secondary 673 15% 18.3%
Shipston High School
Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4DY
Secondary 595 20% 20%
Church Stretton School
Church Stretton, SY6 6EX
Secondary 545 15.4% 17.6%
Tenbury High Ormiston Academy
Tenbury Wells, WR15 8XA
Secondary 456 19.5% 16.9%
The Lacon Childe School
Kidderminster, DY14 8PE
Secondary 548 17.7% 19.3%
Ridgewood High School
Stourbridge, DY8 3NQ
Secondary 580 16.8% 21.9%
The Ongar Academy
Ongar, CM5 0AN
Secondary 556 10.5% 22.4%
Smithdon High School
Hunstanton, PE36 5HY
Secondary 582 21% 22.4%
St Benedict's Catholic High School
Alcester, B49 6PX
Secondary 567 19.6% 22.1%
The Trinity School
Colchester, CO4 6ED
Secondary 420 20.1% 16.2%
Houlton School
RUGBY, CV23 1ED
Secondary 543 15.5% 19.6%
Ludlow Church of England School
Ludlow, SY8 1GJ
Secondary 612 16.7% 20.8%
Alderman Peel High School
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB
Secondary 598 21.3% 23.2%
Brewood Middle CofE Academy
Stafford, ST19 9DS
Secondary 421 13.5% 18.8%
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School
Verwood, BH31 6JF
Secondary 426 14.6% 17.4%
Marston Vale Middle School
Bedford, MK43 9NH
Secondary 599 18.5% 23%
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Scarborough, YO12 5LH
Secondary 589 14.6% 18.9%
Hope Valley College
Hope Valley, S33 6SD
Secondary 543 20.5% 20.7%
Orsett Heath Academy
Grays, RM16 4DG
Secondary 343 18.1% 20.5%
Ferndown Middle School
Ferndown, BH22 9UP
Secondary 601 15.6% 18.5%

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
Old Buckenham High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 495 Sign in to see
Stour Valley Community School
Sudbury, CO10 8PJ
Secondary 579
Pewsey Vale School
Pewsey, SN9 5EW
Secondary 346
Brooklands Middle School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PF
Secondary 601
Queen Elizabeth High School
Bromyard, HR7 4QS
Secondary 409
Stradbroke High School
Eye, IP21 5JN
Secondary 353
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3FU
Secondary 673
Woodfield Academy
Redditch, B98 7HH
Secondary 578
The Sele School
Hertford, SG14 2DG
Secondary 436
Acle Academy
Norwich, NR13 3ER
Secondary 621
Christ The King Voluntary Academy
Nottingham, NG5 7JZ
Secondary 850
Castle Donington College
Derby, DE74 2LN
Secondary 659
Iceni Secondary Academy
Thetford, IP26 4PE
Secondary 752
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Halstead, CO9 2HR
Secondary 776
Oasis Academy South Bank
London, SE1 7HS
Secondary 717
Alde Valley Academy
Leiston, IP16 4BG
Secondary 643
Thomas Middlecott Academy
Boston, PE20 1JS
Secondary 589
Stalham High School
Norwich, NR12 9DG
Secondary 485
St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School
London, SE9 2SU
Secondary 633
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
Glossop, SK13 8DR
Secondary 582
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE
Secondary 554
Long Stratton High School
Norwich, NR15 2XR
Secondary 695
The Hyndburn Academy
Blackburn, BB1 4ED
Secondary 621
Alderman Peel High School
Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB
Secondary 598
Broadland High Ormiston Academy
Norwich, NR12 8QN
Secondary 761
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9SD
Secondary 594
Kidsgrove Secondary School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4DL
Secondary 302
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Rossendale, BB4 6SJ
Secondary 493
Parkfields Middle School
Dunstable, LU5 6AB
Secondary 460
Ferndown Middle School
Ferndown, BH22 9UP
Secondary 601