Leigh Academy Hugh Christie

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Running cost categories

We've chosen 29 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
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie (Your chosen school)	Secondary	782	16.2%	33.5%
Cleethorpes Academy Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX	Secondary	843	15.1%	32.6%
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy Waltham Abbey, EN9 1LF	Secondary	799	19%	31.9%
Thomas Knyvett College Ashford, TW15 3DU	Secondary	688	17.2%	35.4%
St Augustine Academy Maidstone, ME16 8AE	Secondary	736	21.6%	32.9%
Testwood School Southampton, SO40 3ZW	Secondary	854	16.3%	30.1%
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet Swanscombe, DA10 0BZ	Secondary	831	14%	33.9%
Campsmount Academy Doncaster, DN6 9AS	Secondary	747	14.4%	33.3%
St Joseph's College London, SE19 3HL	Secondary	810	13.5%	34.9%
Wykham Park Banbury, OX16 9HY	Secondary	832	19.6%	31.5%
Lodge Park Academy Corby, NN17 2JH	Secondary	801	18.4%	34.3%
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Sunderland, SR2 0SX	Secondary	845	15.9%	32%
Seahaven Academy Newhaven, BN9 9TD	Secondary	746	21.9%	33.3%
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, WV4 6AP	Secondary	771	13%	33.9%
Twickenham School Twickenham, TW2 6JW	Secondary	794	19.6%	32.9%
Bedlington Academy Bedlington, NE22 7DS	Secondary	828	16.2%	30.2%
Frederick Gent School Alfreton, DE55 2ER	Secondary	803	17.2%	33.7%
Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley, BD16 1TZ	Secondary	867	13.3%	35%
Ernulf Academy St. Neots, PE19 2SH	Secondary	743	17.9%	31.8%
Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW	Secondary	746	16.5%	35.8%
West Bromwich Collegiate Academy West Bromwich, B70 7LE	Secondary	783	16.3%	35.9%
The Giles Academy Boston, PE22 9LD	Secondary	832	15.8%	34%
Outwood Academy Hasland Hall Chesterfield, S41 0LP	Secondary	825	17%	32.2%
The King's CofE Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 1DP	Secondary	747	14.6%	33.9%
Longdendale High School Hyde, SK14 8LW	Secondary	784	13.9%	34.2%
Buckler's Mead School Yeovil, BA21 4NH	Secondary	799	16.6%	30.9%
The Hollins Accrington, BB5 2QY	Secondary	802	13.2%	32.9%
Longridge High School Preston, PR3 3AR	Secondary	814	16.5%	31.4%
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Basingstoke, RG22 6HA	Secondary	896	18%	33%

Building cost categories

We've chosen 29 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
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie (Your chosen school)	Secondary	782	Sign in to see
St Aidan's Church of England Academy Darlington, DL1 1LL	Secondary	597
Red House Academy Sunderland, SR5 5LN	Secondary	448
The Hastings Academy Hastings, TN35 5DN	Secondary	813
The Academy at Shotton Hall Peterlee, SR8 1AU	Secondary	1,164
Debden Park High School Loughton, IG10 2BQ	Secondary	1,060
Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy Bradford, BD3 0LT	Secondary	811
Co-op Academy Leeds Leeds, LS9 7HD	Secondary	971
The Matthew Arnold School Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 1PF	Secondary	961
The Bolsover School Chesterfield, S44 6XA	Secondary	909
Whitecross Hereford Hereford, HR4 0RN	Secondary	941
Wye School Wye, TN25 5EJ	Secondary	576
Wingfield Academy Rotherham, S61 4AU	Secondary	1,015
Yardleys School Birmingham, B11 3EY	Secondary	932
Ormiston Six Villages Academy Chichester, PO20 3UE	Secondary	698
Oasis Academy Arena London, SE25 4QL	Secondary	371
The Excel Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 6LG	Secondary	1,216
Christ's College, Guildford Guildford, GU1 1JY	Secondary	669
Sir Graham Balfour High School Stafford, ST16 1NR	Secondary	1,001
Park Vale Academy Nottingham, NG5 9AZ	Secondary	902
The Green School for Boys Isleworth, TW7 6AU	Secondary	774
Peacehaven Community School Peacehaven, BN10 8RB	Secondary	903
Lammas School London, E10 7LX	Secondary	574
Springwell Community College Chesterfield, S43 3NQ	Secondary	885
The Lowry Academy Manchester, M28 0SY	Secondary	924
Chessington School Chessington, KT9 2JS	Secondary	710
Dixons Fazakerley Academy Liverpool, L10 1LB	Secondary	808
St Paul's Catholic College Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA	Secondary	1,191
Rokeby School London, E16 4DD	Secondary	588