Beechen Cliff School

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 29 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
Beechen Cliff School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,224 17.2% 8.6%
Kingsbridge Academy
Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Secondary 1,249 14.4% 10.9%
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole, BH17 7EP
Secondary 1,248 13% 6.7%
Whitburn Church of England Academy
Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Secondary 1,206 14.5% 10.3%
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Lancaster, LA1 3EF
Secondary 1,290 12.5% 6.3%
Bristol Free School
Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Secondary 1,292 19.4% 13.2%
Poole Grammar School
Poole, BH17 9JU
Secondary 1,199 14.4% 4.8%
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge, DY8 2XS
Secondary 1,219 14.1% 10.5%
Keswick School
Keswick, CA12 5QB
Secondary 1,191 13.8% 8.2%
The Castle School
Taunton, TA1 5AU
Secondary 1,203 12.7% 12.4%
Farmor's School
Fairford, GL7 4JQ
Secondary 1,042 16.4% 9.2%
The Robert Smyth Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
Secondary 1,277 18.3% 10.1%
Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
Ruislip, HA4 8EE
Secondary 1,256 13.3% 10.6%
St Bede's Catholic College
Bristol, BS11 0SU
Secondary 1,315 10.7% 10.3%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Secondary 1,199 18.7% 7.9%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243 20.5% 9.8%
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Brentwood, CM15 9DA
Secondary 1,141 12.9% 8.5%
Nailsea School
Bristol, BS48 2HN
Secondary 1,157 17.5% 11.5%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200 16.1% 6.4%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,194 16% 7.4%
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ilkley, LS29 6AE
Secondary 1,215 13.1% 6.4%
The Cooper School
Bicester, OX26 4RS
Secondary 1,231 20.4% 11%
Matthew Arnold School
Oxford, OX2 9JE
Secondary 1,250 19.2% 10.6%
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281 12.6% 8%
Heathside School
Weybridge, KT13 8UZ
Secondary 1,231 17.6% 7%
Pinner High School
Pinner, HA5 1NB
Secondary 1,138 14.9% 10.8%
Walton High School
Stafford, ST17 0LJ
Secondary 1,271 14.5% 6.9%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,304 19.8% 10.2%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,191 19.6% 7.1%

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
Beechen Cliff School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,224 Sign in to see
Teign School
Newton Abbot, TQ12 3JG
Secondary 1,078
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter Road
Teignmouth, TQ14 9HZ
Secondary 832
Penair School
Truro, TR1 1TN
Secondary 1,239
Valley Park School
Maidstone, ME14 5DT
Secondary 1,597
Carshalton High School for Girls
Carshalton, SM5 2QX
Secondary 1,441
The Castle School
Taunton, TA1 5AU
Secondary 1,203
Roundwood Park School
Harpenden, AL5 3AE
Secondary 1,437
Hylands School
Chelmsford, CM1 3ET
Secondary 641
Chiltern Hills Academy
Chesham, HP5 2RG
Secondary 1,073
Moor End Academy
Huddersfield, HD4 5JA
Secondary 1,065
Chesterfield High School
Liverpool, L23 9YB
Secondary 1,631
Colchester County High School for Girls
Colchester, CO3 3US
Secondary 1,210
Wootton Upper School
Bedford, MK43 9HT
Secondary 868
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,605
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
Watford, WD25 0SS
Secondary 1,122
Woodcote High School
Coulsdon, CR5 2EH
Secondary 1,275
Lift Tamworth
Tamworth, B77 2NE
Secondary 607
Ralph Allen School
Bath, BA2 7AD
Secondary 1,383
City of Peterborough Academy
Peterborough, PE1 5LQ
Secondary 830
Attleborough Academy
Attleborough, NR17 2AJ
Secondary 921
Ellowes Hall Sports College
Dudley, DY3 2JH
Secondary 1,077
Liskeard School and Community College
Liskeard, PL14 3EA
Secondary 1,149
Meole Brace School
Shrewsbury, SY3 9DW
Secondary 1,340
George Pindar School
Scarborough, YO11 3LW
Secondary 727
St Regis Church of England Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XG
Secondary 793
St Peter's Catholic School
Guildford, GU1 2TN
Secondary 1,348
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Walsall, WS8 7QG
Secondary 745
The Giles Academy
Boston, PE22 9LD
Secondary 832
Carr Hill High School
Preston, PR4 2ST
Secondary 841