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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Fairlands Middle School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 434 | 10.1% | 12.7% |
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy
Alford, LN13 9HY |
Secondary | 529 | 4.5% | 12.7% |
Linslade School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2PA |
Secondary | 625 | 12% | 10.4% |
Ansford Academy
Castle Cary, BA7 7JJ |
Secondary | 547 | 19.7% | 17.1% |
Bowland High
Clitheroe, BB7 4QS |
Secondary | 590 | 9.3% | 9% |
Sexey's School
Bruton, BA10 0DF |
Secondary | 686 | 11.7% | 8.6% |
Cartmel Priory CofE School
Grange-over-Sands, LA11 7SA |
Secondary | 366 | 14.5% | 12.8% |
LeAF Studio
Bournemouth, BH11 9JW |
Secondary | 447 | 20.3% | 14.4% |
Wigston College
Wigston, LE18 2DS |
Secondary | 276 | 7.3% | 12% |
Bridgnorth Endowed School
Bridgnorth, WV16 4ER |
Secondary | 591 | 12% | 11% |
Woodhouse Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7DR |
Secondary | 411 | 8% | 12.7% |
Marlwood School
Bristol, BS35 3LA |
Secondary | 546 | 17.3% | 14% |
Allenbourn Middle School
Wimborne, BH21 1PL |
Secondary | 541 | 15.3% | 15.3% |
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Wimborne, BH21 7AB |
Secondary | 591 | 14.4% | 13.2% |
Codsall Middle School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1PB |
Secondary | 513 | 12.5% | 17.2% |
Hexham Middle School
Hexham, NE46 3JB |
Secondary | 599 | 7.7% | 13.9% |
Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School
Wedmore, BS28 4ND |
Secondary | 655 | 10.1% | 13.6% |
Trevelyan Middle School
Windsor, SL4 3LL |
Secondary | 565 | 17.4% | 13.1% |
Alvechurch CofE Middle School
Birmingham, B48 7TA |
Secondary | 440 | 12.1% | 8.4% |
Kirkburton Middle School
Huddersfield, HD8 0TJ |
Secondary | 503 | 15.1% | 14.5% |
Barlby High School
Selby, YO8 5JP |
Secondary | 525 | 7.3% | 10.5% |
Oldfields Hall Middle School
Uttoxeter, ST14 7PL |
Secondary | 517 | 16.3% | 13.3% |
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School
Verwood, BH31 6JF |
Secondary | 426 | 14.6% | 17.4% |
Lockyer's Middle School
Wimborne, BH21 3HQ |
Secondary | 456 | 14.9% | 12.9% |
Ovingham Middle School
Prudhoe, NE42 6DE |
Secondary | 340 | 13.5% | 10.9% |
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
Richmond, DL10 7DA |
Secondary | 608 | 13.2% | 11% |
Ferndown Middle School
Ferndown, BH22 9UP |
Secondary | 601 | 15.6% | 18.5% |
The High School Leckhampton
Cheltenham, GL51 3FS |
Secondary | 392 | 18.6% | 9.9% |
Avanti Grange Secondary School
Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD |
Secondary | 297 | 15.5% | 9.4% |
Pioneer Secondary Academy
Stoke Poges, SL2 4QB |
Secondary | 559 | 8.2% | 9.7% |
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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Fairlands Middle School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 434 | Sign in to see | |
Woodland Middle School Academy
Bedford, MK45 1NP |
Secondary | 712 | ||
Daubeney Academy
Bedford, MK42 7PS |
Secondary | 507 | ||
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Dorchester, DT2 8SA |
Secondary | 460 | ||
Bedford Free School
Bedford, MK42 9AD |
Secondary | 529 | ||
Breckland School
Brandon, IP27 0PE |
Secondary | 607 | ||
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Nuneaton, CV13 6BF |
Secondary | 778 | ||
William Lovell Church of England Academy
Boston, PE22 8AA |
Secondary | 327 | ||
Ipsley CofE Middle School
Redditch, B98 0UB |
Secondary | 649 | ||
The Charter School Bermondsey
London, SE16 4EE |
Secondary | 442 | ||
Leeds Jewish Free School
Leeds, LS17 7TN |
Secondary | 136 | ||
Ralph Sadleir School
Ware, SG11 1TF |
Secondary | 319 | ||
Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School
Taunton, TA4 4SW |
Secondary | 368 | ||
De Salis Studio College
Hayes, UB4 8JP |
Secondary | 152 | ||
St Bede's Catholic Middle School
Redditch, B98 7HA |
Secondary | 652 | ||
London Enterprise Academy
London, E1 1RD |
Secondary | 487 | ||
Broadstone Middle School
Broadstone, BH18 8AE |
Secondary | 670 | ||
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Wimborne, BH21 7AB |
Secondary | 591 | ||
Bolton Muslim Girls School
Bolton, BL3 6TQ |
Secondary | 720 | ||
Somercotes Academy
Louth, LN11 7PN |
Secondary | 457 | ||
Codsall Middle School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1PB |
Secondary | 513 | ||
Kirkburton Middle School
Huddersfield, HD8 0TJ |
Secondary | 503 | ||
Mullion School
Helston, TR12 7EB |
Secondary | 561 | ||
Penkridge Middle School
Stafford, ST19 5BW |
Secondary | 481 | ||
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School
Verwood, BH31 6JF |
Secondary | 426 | ||
CHS South
Manchester, M21 7SX |
Secondary | 1,026 | ||
Highfield Middle School
Prudhoe, NE42 6EY |
Secondary | 402 | ||
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Scarborough, YO12 5LH |
Secondary | 589 | ||
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Dorchester, DT1 2DZ |
Secondary | 721 | ||
St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham
Hexham, NE46 2DD |
Secondary | 186 |