Buxton Community School

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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
Buxton Community School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,069 13.2% 23.3%
Upper Shirley High School
Southampton, SO15 7QU
Secondary 1,063 13.3% 25.2%
Enfield Grammar School
Enfield, EN2 6LN
Secondary 1,043 10.8% 25.2%
Light Hall School
Solihull, B90 2PZ
Secondary 1,062 14.4% 24.6%
Maghull High School
Liverpool, L31 7AW
Secondary 1,116 11.2% 24.8%
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
Isleworth, TW7 5LJ
Secondary 1,096 13.6% 25.8%
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Secondary 1,094 16.3% 21.9%
The Elizabethan Academy
Retford, DN22 7PY
Secondary 1,202 15.4% 22.6%
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NY
Secondary 1,116 16.1% 22%
Corby Technical School
Corby, NN17 1TD
Secondary 987 11.9% 21.9%
Altrincham College
Altrincham, WA15 8QW
Secondary 978 13.3% 23.9%
King James's School
Huddersfield, HD4 6SG
Secondary 1,054 13% 25%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 1,029 17.2% 20.5%
The King's School
Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Secondary 1,038 13.2% 23.3%
Jane Austen College
Norwich, NR3 1DD
Secondary 1,066 10.2% 23.2%
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
Secondary 1,047 14.5% 22.7%
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
Bedlington, NE22 6ED
Secondary 1,108 15.6% 24.1%
Mangotsfield School
Bristol, BS16 9LH
Secondary 1,122 14.8% 23.2%
The WREN School
Reading, RG30 2BB
Secondary 1,005 10.1% 23.6%
St Catherine's College
Eastbourne, BN23 7BL
Secondary 1,086 9.7% 23.1%
Bishop Douglass School Finchley
London, N2 0SQ
Secondary 1,003 12.9% 24.9%
Springfield School
Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
Secondary 1,103 16.5% 23.9%
Challney High School for Girls
Luton, LU4 9FJ
Secondary 1,042 12.9% 25.4%
The Whitstable School
Whitstable, CT5 1PX
Secondary 1,127 12.8% 21.8%
The Newark Academy
Newark, NG24 3AL
Secondary 1,147 11.3% 23.4%
The Garibaldi School
Mansfield, NG19 0JX
Secondary 970 9.7% 25.2%
Harris Academy Riverside
Purfleet, RM19 1QY
Secondary 1,079 12.8% 24.7%
Judgemeadow Community College
Leicester, LE5 6HP
Secondary 1,109 9.6% 20.9%
Wilsthorpe School
Nottingham, NG10 4WT
Secondary 1,209 12.4% 24.3%
Sedgefield Community College
Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
Secondary 988 15% 24.2%

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
Buxton Community School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,069 Sign in to see
Orchards Academy
Swanley, BR8 7TE
Secondary 553
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, HP6 5HA
Secondary 1,370
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
Ossett, WF5 0DG
Secondary 1,740
De Aston School
Market Rasen, LN8 3RF
Secondary 1,040
The Billericay School
Billericay, CM12 9LH
Secondary 1,700
King's Academy Prospect
Reading, RG30 4EX
Secondary 1,220
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Lincoln, LN6 9AF
Secondary 1,308
The Chase
Malvern, WR14 3NZ
Secondary 1,408
The Joseph Whitaker School
Mansfield, NG21 0AG
Secondary 1,371
Willenhall E-ACT Academy
Willenhall, WV12 4BD
Secondary 1,015
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN
Secondary 1,374
Salendine Nook High School Academy
Huddersfield, HD3 4GN
Secondary 1,413
King Charles I School
Kidderminster, DY10 1XA
Secondary 1,106
Ashton-on-Mersey School
Sale, M33 5BP
Secondary 1,512
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
Durham, DH7 0RD
Secondary 1,315
Sir Herbert Leon Academy
Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
Secondary 652
The Kimberley School
Nottingham, NG16 2NJ
Secondary 1,360
Haven High Academy
Boston, PE21 9HB
Secondary 1,325
The Holgate Academy
Nottingham, NG15 6PX
Secondary 1,237
The McAuley Catholic High School
Doncaster, DN3 3QF
Secondary 1,437
Charnwood College
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 584
Bruntcliffe Academy
Leeds, LS27 0LZ
Secondary 1,366
King Edward VI Grammar School
Louth, LN11 9LL
Secondary 927
Beckfoot Thornton
Bradford, BD13 3BH
Secondary 1,296
Swinton Academy
Mexborough, S64 8JW
Secondary 996
Spalding Academy
Spalding, PE11 2EJ
Secondary 1,420
Thornhill Academy
Sunderland, SR2 7NA
Secondary 597
Whitworth Park Academy
Spennymoor, DL16 7LN
Secondary 939
The Hinckley School
Hinckley, LE10 1LE
Secondary 1,171