City Academy

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
City Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 667 12% 54.7%
Harris Academy Peckham
London, SE15 5DZ
Secondary 607 17.5% 50.1%
Oasis Academy Enfield
Enfield, EN3 7XH
Secondary 778 12.7% 50.2%
Red House Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5LN
Secondary 464 18.1% 54.1%
E-ACT Heartlands Academy
Birmingham, B7 4QR
Secondary 846 16.6% 59.5%
E-ACT Shenley Academy
Birmingham, B29 4HE
Secondary 822 21.3% 55.8%
North Shore Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2AY
Secondary 767 21.1% 54.6%
Harborne Academy
Birmingham, B15 3JL
Secondary 614 19.2% 51.7%
Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre
Birmingham, B32 3AE
Secondary 657 9.5% 48.6%
City Heights E-ACT Academy
London, SW2 3PW
Secondary 552 17.5% 52.3%
Sir Herbert Leon Academy
Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
Secondary 652 16.6% 51.5%
Four Dwellings Academy
Birmingham, B32 1RJ
Secondary 562 14.9% 57.4%
Ark All Saints Academy
London, SE5 0UB
Secondary 594 19.9% 56.4%
Ark Boulton Academy
Birmingham, B11 2QG
Secondary 893 16.7% 51.3%
Jewellery Quarter Academy
Birmingham, B1 3AA
Secondary 657 11.3% 52.7%
Erdington Academy
Birmingham, B24 8RE
Secondary 957 15.7% 52.2%
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
London, N19 3EU
Secondary 664 16.8% 54.4%
City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
London, N1 5JU
Secondary 783 12% 50.9%
Da Vinci Academy
Derby, DE21 4ET
Secondary 711 14.4% 52.2%
St James Academy
Dudley, DY1 3JE
Secondary 866 13.6% 49.9%
Holy Trinity Catholic School
Birmingham, B10 0AX
Secondary 742 14.3% 49.5%
Bishop Young Church of England Academy
Leeds, LS14 6NU
Secondary 779 14.6% 55.6%
Castle View Academy
Portsmouth, PO6 4QP
Secondary 687 17.5% 51.5%
The Albion Academy
Salford, M6 6QT
Secondary 894 16% 54.6%
Hazel Wood High School
Bury, BL9 7QT
Secondary 728 12.1% 48.8%
St Regis Church of England Academy
Wolverhampton, WV6 8XG
Secondary 669 19.9% 49.9%
Brownhills Ormiston Academy
Walsall, WS8 7QG
Secondary 721 19.6% 48.3%
The Lowry Academy
Manchester, M28 0SY
Secondary 882 12.5% 56.1%
St Hild's Church of England School
Hartlepool, TS24 9PB
Secondary 670 22.5% 54.9%
Trinity Academy Leeds
Leeds, LS9 7QL
Secondary 722 13.2% 55.6%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 0 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