The Blue Coat School Basingstoke

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
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 908 32%
John Madejski Academy
Reading, RG2 8AF
Secondary 872 15.2% 34.1%
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich
London, SE22 0AT
Secondary 880 16.8% 33.4%
Hammersmith Academy
London, W12 9JD
Secondary 913 14.8% 34.2%
Cleethorpes Academy
Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX
Secondary 856 13.4% 32.1%
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Brighton, BN41 2WS
Secondary 979 19.3% 30.2%
Ebbsfleet Academy
Swanscombe, DA10 0BZ
Secondary 841 11.9% 32.8%
Wykham Park
Banbury, OX16 9HY
Secondary 913 17.2% 29.6%
The Bolsover School
Chesterfield, S44 6XA
Secondary 884 16.8% 34%
Lodge Park Academy
Corby, NN17 2JH
Secondary 987 16% 31.7%
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Sunderland, SR2 0SX
Secondary 890 15% 30.7%
Kingsley Academy
Hounslow, TW3 1AX
Secondary 939 14.7% 30.6%
Birchwood Community High School
Warrington, WA3 7PT
Secondary 915 19.6% 30.9%
Wingfield Academy
Rotherham, S61 4AU
Secondary 995 18.4% 31.9%
Ursuline College
Westgate-on-Sea, CT8 8LX
Secondary 941 12.3% 29.4%
Thorns Collegiate Academy
Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU
Secondary 953 18.9% 31.8%
Granville Academy
Swadlincote, DE11 7JR
Secondary 889 20.6% 32.1%
Ashington Academy
Ashington, NE63 8DH
Secondary 956 16.3% 31.4%
Frederick Gent School
Alfreton, DE55 2ER
Secondary 809 15.5% 31.4%
Whitworth Park Academy
Spennymoor, DL16 7LN
Secondary 939 19.1% 33.9%
Bolder Academy
Isleworth, TW7 5DB
Secondary 919 17.5% 29.4%
Dixons Cottingley Academy
Bingley, BD16 1TZ
Secondary 883 12.7% 32.8%
Oasis Academy Sholing
Southampton, SO19 8PH
Secondary 1,032 17.1% 31.1%
Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy
Dewsbury, WF12 0HE
Secondary 929 19.8% 31.8%
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Slough, SL2 5AY
Secondary 877 14.3% 33.5%
Wey Valley Academy
Weymouth, DT3 5AN
Secondary 979 16.1% 33.7%
The Giles Academy
Boston, PE22 9LD
Secondary 841 15% 31.5%
Perryfields Academy
Oldbury, B68 0RG
Secondary 952 18.1% 31.8%
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Peterlee, SR8 1DE
Secondary 954 17% 32.8%
Outwood Academy Hindley
Wigan, WN2 4LG
Secondary 927 14.7% 30.9%

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
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 908 Sign in to see
Chislehurst School for Girls
Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Secondary 1,089
Sale Grammar School
Sale, M33 3NH
Secondary 1,333
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School
Chester, CH3 5XF
Secondary 1,179
Challney High School for Boys
Luton, LU4 9TJ
Secondary 1,201
St Michael's Church of England High School
Chorley, PR7 1RS
Secondary 1,139
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
Secondary 855
St Mark's West Essex Catholic School
Harlow, CM18 6AA
Secondary 1,067
The Romsey School
Romsey, SO51 8ZB
Secondary 1,158
Royal Latin School
Buckingham, MK18 1AX
Secondary 1,313
The Beacon School
Banstead, SM7 1AG
Secondary 1,136
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,346
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys
Isleworth, TW7 5LJ
Secondary 1,096
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 1,300
Waldegrave School
Twickenham, TW2 5LH
Secondary 1,460
Ratton School
Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
Secondary 1,177
The Robert Napier School
Gillingham, ME7 2LX
Secondary 1,050
The New Forest Academy
Southampton, SO45 2PA
Secondary 564
Blue Coat Church of England Academy
Walsall, WS1 2ND
Secondary 936
Four Dwellings Academy
Birmingham, B32 1RJ
Secondary 562
St Thomas More Catholic School
London, N22 5HN
Secondary 1,273
The Forest School
Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Secondary 792
Richard Hale School
Hertford, SG13 8EN
Secondary 1,218
The Skinners' School
Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9PG
Secondary 1,138
The Burgess Hill Academy
Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
Secondary 1,082
The Totteridge Academy
London, N20 8AZ
Secondary 951
The Friary School
Lichfield, WS13 7EW
Secondary 1,232
Cecil Jones Academy
Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4BU
Secondary 971
Wellfield School
Wingate, TS28 5AX
Secondary 912
Dover Christ Church Academy
Dover, CT16 2EG
Secondary 817