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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 909.0 712 - 1117
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Conurbation Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 37.2% 28.2% - 46.2%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 4.4% 0% - 13.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 17.7% 8.7% - 26.7%
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

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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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  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received

Community expenditure total

Special facilities total

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  • 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

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  • 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
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 9SR
 759 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
Holly Lodge Girls' College
140 Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 7LE
 956 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
Bishop Challoner Catholic School
352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
 829 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Selborne Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 5JQ
 764 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Burnside College
St Peter's Road, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7LQ
 1011 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College index school
Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
 909 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.19
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
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
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
St John Fisher Catholic High School
Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 7RN
 999 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.71
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Bedford High School
Manchester Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 2LU
 1081 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.73
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Astley Cooper School
St Agnell's Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7HL
 913 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.82
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 Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Address Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 9SR
Pupils 759 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name Holly Lodge Girls' College
Address 140 Mill Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L12 7LE
Pupils 956 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Address 352 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LB
Pupils 829 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Address Selborne Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 5JQ
Pupils 764 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Burnside College
Address St Peter's Road, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7LQ
Pupils 1011 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Barlow RC High School and Specialist Science College index school
Address Parrs Wood Road, East Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6BX
Pupils 909 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.19 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 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 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 St John Fisher Catholic High School
Address Baytree Road, Springfield, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 7RN
Pupils 999 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.71 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Bedford High School
Address Manchester Road, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 2LU
Pupils 1081 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.73 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Astley Cooper School
Address St Agnell's Lane, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7HL
Pupils 913 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.82 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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