Sidmouth College

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
Sidmouth College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 854 20.8% 22.2%
Clyst Vale Community College
Exeter, EX5 3AJ
Secondary 937 23.2% 21.7%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 976 18.4% 21.7%
Cottingham High School
Cottingham, HU16 5PX
Secondary 876 19.9% 21.4%
Stanchester Academy
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, TA14 6UG
Secondary 812 19.1% 19.6%
Coombeshead Academy
Newton Abbot, TQ12 1PT
Secondary 874 21% 25.7%
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Secondary 894 17% 22.4%
Birkdale High School
Southport, PR8 3DT
Secondary 926 19.2% 21.6%
The Newbridge School
Coalville, LE67 3SJ
Secondary 814 21.9% 24%
St Bernard's Catholic High School
Rotherham, S65 3BE
Secondary 821 21.2% 22.6%
Gosford Hill School
Kidlington, OX5 2NT
Secondary 848 21.9% 21.2%
The Wilnecote School
Tamworth, B77 5LF
Secondary 915 21.6% 23%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
Glenmoor Academy
Bournemouth, BH10 4EX
Secondary 892 17.3% 22.8%
Court Fields School
Wellington, TA21 8SW
Secondary 826 18% 22.3%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864 20.5% 25.9%
Outwood Academy Bydales
Redcar, TS11 6AR
Secondary 825 18.4% 22.2%
Robert Barclay Academy
Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY
Secondary 792 18.9% 22.2%
Callington Community College
Callington, PL17 7DR
Secondary 862 20.5% 24%
Stanley High School
Southport, PR9 9TF
Secondary 837 21.9% 23.8%
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 903 18.6% 22.5%
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Secondary 898 18.1% 21.5%
Patchway Community School
Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
Secondary 953 18.9% 21.7%
Yate Academy
Yate, BS37 4DX
Secondary 801 16.2% 20.6%
Theale Green School
Reading, RG7 5DA
Secondary 808 22.6% 22.2%
Winterstoke Hundred Academy
Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE
Secondary 835 25.2% 22.4%
Bury Church of England High School
Bury, BL9 0TS
Secondary 828 23.2% 21.4%
King Edward VI Community College
Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Secondary 909 23.1% 21.3%
Aylesford School
Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Secondary 909 22.2% 23%
Anthony Gell School
Matlock, DE4 4DX
Secondary 781 21.9% 22%

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
Sidmouth College
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 854 Sign in to see
Landau Forte College
Derby, DE1 2LF
Secondary 1,247
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Darlington, DL1 1LL
Secondary 597
Red House Academy
Sunderland, SR5 5LN
Secondary 448
De Warenne Academy
Doncaster, DN12 3JY
Secondary 760
Ormiston Venture Academy
Gorleston, NR31 7JJ
Secondary 902
St Aldhelm's Academy
Poole, BH12 4HS
Secondary 841
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,164
Haygrove School
Bridgwater, TA6 7HW
Secondary 1,061
Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy
Bradford, BD3 0LT
Secondary 811
Chulmleigh Community College
Chulmleigh, EX18 7AA
Secondary 742
The Academy, Selsey
Chichester, PO20 9EH
Secondary 501
Nottingham Girls' Academy
Nottingham, NG8 3LD
Secondary 911
Dene Magna School
Mitcheldean, GL17 0DU
Secondary 1,006
Easington Academy
Peterlee, SR8 3AY
Secondary 788
Beamont Collegiate Academy
Warrington, WA2 8PX
Secondary 897
Outwood Academy Brumby
Scunthorpe, DN16 1NT
Secondary 737
Wye School
Wye, TN25 5EJ
Secondary 576
Winton Academy
Bournemouth, BH10 4HT
Secondary 907
Ormiston Six Villages Academy
Chichester, PO20 3UE
Secondary 698
Oasis Academy Arena
London, SE25 4QL
Secondary 371
Christ's College, Guildford
Guildford, GU1 1JY
Secondary 669
Ealing Fields Church of England High School
London, W5 4EJ
Secondary 763
Park Lane Academy
Halifax, HX3 9LG
Secondary 472
Alvechurch CofE Middle School
Birmingham, B48 7TA
Secondary 438
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 903
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy
Richmond, DL10 7DA
Secondary 607
Broadoak Academy
Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP
Secondary 739
Chessington School
Chessington, KT9 2JS
Secondary 710
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie
Tonbridge, TN10 4PU
Secondary 782