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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Vista  Academy Littleport
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Secondary | 505 | 21.5% | 24.7% | 
| 
                                Leigh Academy Tonbridge
                                 Tonbridge, TN9 2PH  | 
                            Secondary | 588 | 22.7% | 26% | 
| 
                                Caistor Yarborough Academy
                                 Market Rasen, LN7 6QZ  | 
                            Secondary | 536 | 17.2% | 24.3% | 
| 
                                The Cheadle Academy
                                 Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH  | 
                            Secondary | 423 | 20.3% | 23.2% | 
| 
                                Kingstone High School
                                 Hereford, HR2 9HJ  | 
                            Secondary | 606 | 20.6% | 23.4% | 
| 
                                The Academy, Selsey
                                 Chichester, PO20 9EH  | 
                            Secondary | 494 | 19.1% | 22.2% | 
| 
                                Mount Grace School
                                 Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ  | 
                            Secondary | 508 | 22.4% | 23.4% | 
| 
                                Selwood Academy
                                 Frome, BA11 2EF  | 
                            Secondary | 598 | 22.1% | 26.6% | 
| 
                                The Axholme Academy
                                 Crowle, DN17 4HU  | 
                            Secondary | 534 | 24.9% | 23.6% | 
| 
                                Looe Community Academy
                                 Looe, PL13 1NQ  | 
                            Secondary | 537 | 19.7% | 25% | 
| 
                                Daubeney Academy
                                 Bedford, MK42 7PS  | 
                            Secondary | 507 | 20.6% | 27.2% | 
| 
                                Dorchester Middle School
                                 Dorchester, DT1 2HS  | 
                            Secondary | 554 | 20.8% | 24.9% | 
| 
                                Oakbank
                                 Reading, RG7 1ER  | 
                            Secondary | 522 | 22.6% | 26.4% | 
| 
                                The Sele School
                                 Hertford, SG14 2DG  | 
                            Secondary | 436 | 29.4% | 26.4% | 
| 
                                St Ives School
                                 St Ives, TR26 2BB  | 
                            Secondary | 587 | 17.6% | 24.2% | 
| 
                                Walney School
                                 Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3JT  | 
                            Secondary | 489 | 22.1% | 22.9% | 
| 
                                Alde Valley Academy
                                 Leiston, IP16 4BG  | 
                            Secondary | 643 | 18.2% | 26.7% | 
| 
                                Stalham High School
                                 Norwich, NR12 9DG  | 
                            Secondary | 485 | 22% | 27.6% | 
| 
                                Charnwood College
                                 Loughborough, LE11 4SQ  | 
                            Secondary | 584 | 23.2% | 25.4% | 
| 
                                St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
                                 Glossop, SK13 8DR  | 
                            Secondary | 582 | 18% | 24.9% | 
| 
                                Dedworth Middle School
                                 Windsor, SL4 5PE  | 
                            Secondary | 552 | 21.9% | 26.8% | 
| 
                                Smithdon High School
                                 Hunstanton, PE36 5HY  | 
                            Secondary | 582 | 21% | 22.4% | 
| 
                                St Benedict's Catholic High School
                                 Alcester, B49 6PX  | 
                            Secondary | 567 | 19.6% | 22.1% | 
| 
                                The Deanes
                                 Benfleet, SS7 2TD  | 
                            Secondary | 543 | 28.5% | 24.7% | 
| 
                                The Priory Pembroke Academy
                                 Lincoln, LN3 4JP  | 
                            Secondary | 568 | 24.9% | 25.2% | 
| 
                                Alderman Peel High School
                                 Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1RB  | 
                            Secondary | 598 | 21.3% | 23.2% | 
| 
                                Marston Vale Middle School
                                 Bedford, MK43 9NH  | 
                            Secondary | 599 | 18.5% | 23% | 
| 
                                North Walsham High School
                                 North Walsham, NR28 9HZ  | 
                            Secondary | 617 | 25% | 28.7% | 
| 
                                Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
                                 Runcorn, WA7 1QU  | 
                            Secondary | 598 | 18.1% | 23.7% | 
| 
                                Thames Park Secondary School
                                 Grays, RM17 5FP  | 
                            Secondary | 570 | 15.2% | 26.1% | 
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                Vista  Academy Littleport
                                 (Your chosen school)  | 
                            Secondary | 505 | Sign in to see | |
| 
                                South Nottinghamshire Academy
                                 Nottingham, NG12 2FQ  | 
                            Secondary | 893 | ||
| 
                                Dixons Kings Academy
                                 Bradford, BD7 2AN  | 
                            Secondary | 849 | ||
| 
                                Ormiston Endeavour Academy
                                 Ipswich, IP1 6SG  | 
                            Secondary | 679 | ||
| 
                                Salvatorian Roman Catholic College
                                 Harrow, HA3 5DY  | 
                            Secondary | 706 | ||
| 
                                King's Leadership Academy Warrington
                                 Warrington, WA1 4PF  | 
                            Secondary | 789 | ||
| 
                                Greenwood Academy
                                 Birmingham, B35 7NL  | 
                            Secondary | 972 | ||
| 
                                Meopham School
                                 Gravesend, DA13 0AH  | 
                            Secondary | 1,006 | ||
| 
                                North Cambridge Academy
                                 Cambridge, CB4 2JF  | 
                            Secondary | 687 | ||
| 
                                The Archer Academy
                                 London, N2 8GA  | 
                            Secondary | 809 | ||
| 
                                The Reach Free School
                                 Rickmansworth, WD3 8AB  | 
                            Secondary | 757 | ||
| 
                                Sir Thomas Fremantle School
                                 Winslow, MK18 3GH  | 
                            Secondary | 601 | ||
| 
                                The Queen Elizabeth Academy
                                 Atherstone, CV9 1LZ  | 
                            Secondary | 717 | ||
| 
                                The Island Free School
                                 Ventnor, PO38 1BG  | 
                            Secondary | 623 | ||
| 
                                Ingleby Manor Free School & Sixth Form
                                 Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0FA  | 
                            Secondary | 653 | ||
| 
                                Eden Girls' School, Coventry
                                 Coventry, CV1 4FS  | 
                            Secondary | 609 | ||
| 
                                Trinity Academy
                                 London, SW2 1QS  | 
                            Secondary | 626 | ||
| 
                                Sybil Andrews Academy
                                 Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 7QB  | 
                            Secondary | 640 | ||
| 
                                Maiden Erlegh School in Reading
                                 Reading, RG1 5SL  | 
                            Secondary | 889 | ||
| 
                                The Ongar Academy
                                 Ongar, CM5 0AN  | 
                            Secondary | 556 | ||
| 
                                Hoe Valley School
                                 Woking, GU22 0NH  | 
                            Secondary | 801 | ||
| 
                                Beckfoot Upper Heaton
                                 Bradford, BD9 6AL  | 
                            Secondary | 723 | ||
| 
                                David Nieper Academy
                                 Alfreton, DE55 7JA  | 
                            Secondary | 777 | ||
| 
                                XP East
                                 Doncaster, DN4 5NG  | 
                            Secondary | 293 | ||
| 
                                Da Vinci Academy
                                 Derby, DE21 4ET  | 
                            Secondary | 711 | ||
| 
                                Atlantic Academy
                                 Bideford, EX39 5DW  | 
                            Secondary | 246 | ||
| 
                                Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
                                 Slough, SL2 5AY  | 
                            Secondary | 877 | ||
| 
                                Pakefield High School
                                 Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ  | 
                            Secondary | 690 | ||
| 
                                Winterstoke Hundred Academy
                                 Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE  | 
                            Secondary | 677 | ||
| 
                                Whitelands Academy
                                 Bicester, OX26 1AY  | 
                            Secondary | 467 | ||