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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 1100 942 - 1267
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 20.5% 15.5% - 25.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 4.4% 0% - 9.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 1.8% 0% - 6.8%
Within your local authority - No
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The data below is from the latest year available. For maintained schools this is 2021 - 2022, academies from 2021 / 2022

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

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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 2021 - 2022, academies from 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Ferndown Upper School
Cherry Grove, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9EY
979 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.63
Progress 8 score
King Edward VI CEVC School
Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH
1193 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.26
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Blandford School
Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7SQ
1082 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.25
Above average
Progress 8 score
Priory School
Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XN
1134 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
Sandy Secondary School
Engayne Avenue, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1BL
1127 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2017
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
Frome Community College
Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
1267 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 April 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.07
Progress 8 score
Tiverton High School
Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6SQ
1229 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Patcham High School
Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8PB
1103 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2017
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Green Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4SR
1066 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 January 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
St Benedict's Catholic High School index school
Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8UG
1100 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
Christ The King College
Wellington Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QT
1176 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 14 July 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.17
Below average
Progress 8 score
Buxton Community School
College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9EA
1038 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
North Bromsgrove High School
School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1BA
948 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.27
Progress 8 score
Hugh Christie School
White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PU
942 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2017
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.66
Well below average
Progress 8 score
St Joseph's RC High School
Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 6HW
1005 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.73
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Ferndown Upper School
Address Cherry Grove, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9EY
Pupils 979 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
0.63 Progress 8 score
School name King Edward VI CEVC School
Address Grove Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BH
Pupils 1193 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.26 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Blandford School
Address Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7SQ
Pupils 1082 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.25 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Priory School
Address Mountfield Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2XN
Pupils 1134 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.17 Average Progress 8 score
School name Sandy Secondary School
Address Engayne Avenue, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1BL
Pupils 1127 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2017
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name Frome Community College
Address Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Pupils 1267 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 April 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.07 Progress 8 score
School name Tiverton High School
Address Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 6SQ
Pupils 1229 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Patcham High School
Address Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8PB
Pupils 1103 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2017
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn
Address Green Lane, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 4SR
Pupils 1066 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 January 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Benedict's Catholic High School index school
Address Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 8UG
Pupils 1100 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name Christ The King College
Address Wellington Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5QT
Pupils 1176 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 14 July 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.17 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Buxton Community School
Address College Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9EA
Pupils 1038 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name North Bromsgrove High School
Address School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1BA
Pupils 948 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 17 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.27 Progress 8 score
School name Hugh Christie School
Address White Cottage Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PU
Pupils 942 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2017
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.66 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name St Joseph's RC High School
Address Sefton Lane, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire, BL6 6HW
Pupils 1005 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.73 Well below average Progress 8 score
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