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Characteristic Default school value Comparison criteria
Finance type Academy Academies
Number of pupils 825 724 - 918
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Town and fringe, Urban and city, Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 68.1% 48.1% - 88.1%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.8% 0% - 11.8%
Pupils with English as an additional language 17.2% 2.2% - 32.2%
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 2021 / 2022

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It excludes:

  • interest received

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 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Ormiston Denes Academy
Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
 753 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 July 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.05
Average
Progress 8 score
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
 838 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
Unity City Academy index school
Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
 918 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.31
Below average
Progress 8 score
Birkenhead Park School
Park Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY
 757 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.40
Below average
Progress 8 score
Shenley Academy
Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4HE
 825 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 July 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.50
Below average
Progress 8 score
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3GP
 900 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.56
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
 916 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.56
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Prescot School
Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, Merseyside, L34 3NB
 855 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.61
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Smith's Wood Academy
Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
 899 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.68
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Oldershaw School
Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4RJ
 934 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.80
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Ormiston NEW Academy
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 6SE
 867 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.88
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Academy of St Nicholas
51 Horrocks Avenue, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 5NY
 901 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.94
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Chaucer School
Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 8NH
 835 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.02
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Hartsdown Academy
George V Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 5RE
 773 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.45
Well below average
Progress 8 score
South Shore Academy
St Anne's Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2AR
 779 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.54
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Ormiston Denes Academy
Address Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4AH
Pupils 753 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 July 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.05 Average Progress 8 score
School name Blackpool Aspire Academy
Address Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY3 7LS
Pupils 838 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name Unity City Academy index school
Address Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
Pupils 918 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.31 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Birkenhead Park School
Address Park Road South, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH43 4UY
Pupils 757 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.40 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Shenley Academy
Address Shenley Lane, Northfield, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4HE
Pupils 825 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 July 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.50 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Address Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3GP
Pupils 900 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.56 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Saint Paul's Catholic High School
Address Firbank Road, Newall Green, Manchester, M23 2YS
Pupils 916 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.56 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Prescot School
Address Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, Liverpool, Merseyside, L34 3NB
Pupils 855 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.61 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Smith's Wood Academy
Address Windward Way, Smith's Wood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE
Pupils 899 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.68 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Oldershaw School
Address Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 4RJ
Pupils 934 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.80 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Ormiston NEW Academy
Address Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 6SE
Pupils 867 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.88 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Academy of St Nicholas
Address 51 Horrocks Avenue, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, L19 5NY
Pupils 901 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.94 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Chaucer School
Address Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 8NH
Pupils 835 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.02 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Hartsdown Academy
Address George V Avenue, Margate, Kent, CT9 5RE
Pupils 773 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
-1.45 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name South Shore Academy
Address St Anne's Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2AR
Pupils 779 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
-1.54 Well below average Progress 8 score
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