St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

Schools we chose for benchmarking

These are the 2 sets of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's spending against.

Choose your own set of schools

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
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,055 15.8% 23.3%
Haygrove School
Bridgwater, TA6 7HW
Secondary 1,061 13.5% 21.9%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 997 17% 22.5%
Lode Heath School
Solihull, B91 2HW
Secondary 1,155 15.8% 23.7%
Montsaye Academy
Kettering, NN14 6BB
Secondary 1,030 14.7% 25.5%
The Magna Carta School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Secondary 1,030 16.9% 22.5%
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 1,044 15.8% 21.9%
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,027 12.1% 23%
Maghull High School
Liverpool, L31 7AW
Secondary 1,107 12.7% 24.5%
Kingsbury Green Academy
Calne, SN11 8YH
Secondary 1,059 19.3% 22.4%
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Secondary 1,104 17.4% 24.3%
Hawkley Hall High School
Wigan, WN3 5NY
Secondary 1,164 16.9% 24.4%
Corby Technical School
Corby, NN17 1TD
Secondary 991 14.9% 22.3%
Crawshaw Academy
Pudsey, LS28 9HU
Secondary 1,110 16.9% 23.4%
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 982 15.7% 26%
The Bromfords School
Wickford, SS12 0LZ
Secondary 1,136 16% 21.9%
The King's School
Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Secondary 1,042 14.5% 24%
The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy
Ilfracombe, EX34 9JB
Secondary 1,011 16.2% 23%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
Jane Austen College
Norwich, NR3 1DD
Secondary 1,107 12.7% 22.6%
Ditton Park Academy
Slough, SL3 7UX
Secondary 1,125 15.3% 23.1%
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
Secondary 1,030 15.2% 23.5%
St Catherine's College
Eastbourne, BN23 7BL
Secondary 1,072 12.9% 25%
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
London, N2 0SQ
Secondary 1,013 13% 23.8%
The Whitstable School
Whitstable, CT5 1PX
Secondary 1,113 15.9% 25.7%
Mercia School
Sheffield, S7 2DY
Secondary 1,047 16.4% 22.7%
Sedgefield Community College
Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
Secondary 981 18% 24.9%
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Manchester, M25 1JH
Secondary 1,067 11.8% 21.9%
The Purbeck School
Wareham, BH20 4PF
Secondary 1,028 16.2% 20.7%
Parkside School
Bradford, BD13 5AD
Secondary 1,105 18.9% 22.9%

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
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,055 Sign in to see
Somervale Secondary School
Radstock, BA3 2JD
Secondary 795
The Coleshill School
Birmingham, B46 3EX
Secondary 1,201
Chesham Grammar School
Chesham, HP5 1BA
Secondary 1,326
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 1,044
Birkdale High School
Southport, PR8 3DT
Secondary 926
Biddulph High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AR
Secondary 771
Chatham Grammar
Chatham, ME5 7EH
Secondary 950
Witchford Village College
Ely, CB6 2JA
Secondary 768
Greenbank High School
Southport, PR8 2LT
Secondary 1,039
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre
Surbiton, KT6 4TU
Secondary 1,207
Beacon Hill Academy
Dudley, DY3 1BP
Secondary 1,090
De Lacy Academy
Knottingley, WF11 0BZ
Secondary 870
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form
Nottingham, NG12 5FF
Secondary 1,026
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes
Bootle, L20 6AQ
Secondary 671
The County High School, Leftwich
Northwich, CW9 8EZ
Secondary 1,050
Bristnall Hall Academy
Oldbury, B68 9PA
Secondary 1,103
Trafalgar School
Portsmouth, PO2 9RJ
Secondary 1,045
de Stafford School
Caterham, CR3 5YX
Secondary 816
Wyvern Academy
Darlington, DL3 9SH
Secondary 503
Ludlow Church of England School
Ludlow, SY8 1GJ
Secondary 623
Stanley High School
Southport, PR9 9TF
Secondary 837
Ferryhill School
Ferryhill, DL17 8RW
Secondary 733
Tottington High School
Bury, BL8 3LY
Secondary 875
The Valley Leadership Academy
Bacup, OL13 0TG
Secondary 589
Corpus Christi Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Leeds, LS9 0TT
Secondary 844
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Workington, CA14 3EE
Secondary 517
Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ
Secondary 970
Walderslade School
Chatham, ME5 0LE
Secondary 810
Philips High School
Manchester, M45 7PH
Secondary 873