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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 Academy Academies
Number of pupils 1333 1193 - 1443
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Conurbation Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 24.7% 20.7% - 28.7%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.7% 0% - 5.7%
Pupils with English as an additional language 4.5% 0.5% - 8.5%
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

Total expenditure

Staff total

Premises total

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Occupation total

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These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.
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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

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 2022 - 2023, academies from 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
The Farnley Academy
Chapel Lane, Farnley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5EU
1490 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.62
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Thorp Academy
Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, NE40 3AH
1418 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 April 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.33
Above average
Progress 8 score
Park Hall Academy
Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9HF
1267 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.23
Above average
Progress 8 score
Carlton Academy
Coningswath Road, Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 3SH
1308 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
Kirk Balk Academy
West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 9HX
1332 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
Middleton Technology School
Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GT
1346 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Chesterfield High School
Chesterfield Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9YB
1438 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Walsall Academy
Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
1368 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.05
Average
Progress 8 score
Forge Valley School
Wood Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 5HG
1484 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.12
Average
Progress 8 score
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Kirkley Drive, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7RA
1341 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Colne Valley High School
Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5SP
1426 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.27
Below average
Progress 8 score
Hope Academy index school
Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0AQ
1351 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.35
Below average
Progress 8 score
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 2LP
1338 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.51
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Southmoor Academy
Ryhope Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7TF
1464 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 September 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.52
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Westfield School
Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ
1245 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name The Farnley Academy
Address Chapel Lane, Farnley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 5EU
Pupils 1490 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.62 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Thorp Academy
Address Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, NE40 3AH
Pupils 1418 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 April 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.33 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Park Hall Academy
Address Water Orton Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9HF
Pupils 1267 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.23 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Carlton Academy
Address Coningswath Road, Carlton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 3SH
Pupils 1308 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.10 Average Progress 8 score
School name Kirk Balk Academy
Address West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 9HX
Pupils 1332 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name Middleton Technology School
Address Kenyon Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 2GT
Pupils 1346 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
-0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Chesterfield High School
Address Chesterfield Road, Crosby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L23 9YB
Pupils 1438 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Walsall Academy
Address Lichfield Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, WS3 3LX
Pupils 1368 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.05 Average Progress 8 score
School name Forge Valley School
Address Wood Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 5HG
Pupils 1484 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.12 Average Progress 8 score
School name Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Address Kirkley Drive, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7RA
Pupils 1341 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Colne Valley High School
Address Gillroyd Lane, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5SP
Pupils 1426 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
-0.27 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Hope Academy index school
Address Ashton Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0AQ
Pupils 1351 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.35 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Address Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 2LP
Pupils 1338 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.51 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Southmoor Academy
Address Ryhope Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7TF
Pupils 1464 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.52 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Westfield School
Address Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ
Pupils 1245 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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