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Comparing  to schools matching your chosen characteristics.
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This benchmark was created using the following criteria.
Characteristic Default school value Comparison criteria
Finance type Maintained Maintained
Number of pupils 1247.0 873 - 1380
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Conurbation Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 43.5% 33.5% - 53.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.96% 0% - 5.96%
Pupils with English as an additional language 9.6% 2.1% - 17.1%
Within your local authority - No
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The data below is from the latest year available. For maintained schools this is 2022 - 2023, academies from 2022 / 2023

Total expenditure

Staff total

Premises total

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Occupation total

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Supplies and services total

Interest charges for loans and banking

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This includes:

  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received

Community expenditure total

Special facilities total

More about special facilities total

This includes:

  • swimming pools and sports centres
  • boarding provision
  • rural studies and farm units
  • payments by your school to another school for the benefit of pupils at the other school
  • pupil inter-site travel, eg moving between sites
  • expenses relating to before and after school clubs
  • delegated home to school transport
  • indirect employee expenses and agency staff expenses relating to a special facility
  • purchase of trading items for re-sale, eg school uniforms, books, stationery
  • donations paid by the school to a charity
  • community education with a benefit to the pupils at the school

It excludes:

  • staff costs associated with managing and supporting the special facility for directly employed staff
  • staff teaching in the special facility
  • school trips
  • residential special schools
  • any community-focused expenditure
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School context data

School name Local authority School type Number of pupils
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The data below is from the latest year available. For maintained schools this is 2022 - 2023, academies from 2022 / 2023
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Ridgeway High School
Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9EB
873 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.30
Below average
Progress 8 score
Colmers School and Sixth Form College index school
Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9NY
1247 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.38
Below average
Progress 8 score
Philips High School
Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PH
882 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.38
Below average
Progress 8 score
All Saints Catholic High School
Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, L33 8XF
1127 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.39
Below average
Progress 8 score
St John Bosco Arts College
Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, Merseyside, L11 9DQ
1072 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.40
Below average
Progress 8 score
Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 9NX
939 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.41
Below average
Progress 8 score
Boldon School
New Road, Boldon Colliery, Tyne and Wear, NE35 9DZ
1032 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.47
Below average
Progress 8 score
Mortimer Community College
Reading Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4UG
1074 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 September 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.51
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Thamesview School
Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
955 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.69
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Gateacre School
Hedgefield Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 2RW
1161 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.74
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Denton Community College
Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, Lancashire, M34 3NG
1380 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 15 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.74
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Churchill Community College
Churchill Street, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7TN
1046 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.99
Well below average
Progress 8 score
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
Berrys Lane, Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3HE
910 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.01
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6JW
915 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.04
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Notre Dame Catholic College
180 Great Homer Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 5AF
1001 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.28
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Ridgeway High School
Address Noctorum Avenue, Noctorum, Prenton, Merseyside, CH43 9EB
Pupils 873 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.30 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Colmers School and Sixth Form College index school
Address Bristol Road South, Rednal, Birmingham, West Midlands, B45 9NY
Pupils 1247 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.38 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Philips High School
Address Higher Lane, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 7PH
Pupils 882 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.38 Below average Progress 8 score
School name All Saints Catholic High School
Address Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, Knowsley, Merseyside, L33 8XF
Pupils 1127 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.39 Below average Progress 8 score
School name St John Bosco Arts College
Address Storrington Avenue, Croxteth, Merseyside, L11 9DQ
Pupils 1072 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.40 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School
Address Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 9NX
Pupils 939 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.41 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Boldon School
Address New Road, Boldon Colliery, Tyne and Wear, NE35 9DZ
Pupils 1032 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.47 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Mortimer Community College
Address Reading Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 4UG
Pupils 1074 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.51 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Thamesview School
Address Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
Pupils 955 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.69 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Gateacre School
Address Hedgefield Road, Belle Vale, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 2RW
Pupils 1161 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.74 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Denton Community College
Address Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, Lancashire, M34 3NG
Pupils 1380 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 15 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.74 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Churchill Community College
Address Churchill Street, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7TN
Pupils 1046 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.99 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
Address Berrys Lane, Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 3HE
Pupils 910 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.01 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Engineering College
Address Glenburn Road, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6JW
Pupils 915 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.04 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Notre Dame Catholic College
Address 180 Great Homer Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L5 5AF
Pupils 1001 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.28 Well below average Progress 8 score
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