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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 1434 1080 - 1754
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 2.5% 0% - 11.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.6% 0% - 6.6%
Pupils with English as an additional language 34.9% 22.9% - 46.9%
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

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
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
1530 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.04
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Reading School
Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5LW
1104 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.02
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Colchester County High School for Girls
Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
1129 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.01
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Herschel Grammar School
Northampton Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3BW
1080 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.97
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Holt School
Holt Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1EE
1426 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.94
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Rochester Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
1184 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.81
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe index school
Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6QT
1434 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.68
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Aylesbury Grammar School
Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7RP
1337 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.52
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Surrey Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3PB
1528 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.50
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Burnham Grammar School
Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
1247 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 February 2017
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
Northampton School for Girls
Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6DG
1754 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Joseph's College
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
1171 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.45
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
1626 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.26
Above average
Progress 8 score
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Warden Hill Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7AE
1696 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.24
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Bede's Catholic College
Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0SU
1228 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Highworth Grammar School
Address Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
Pupils 1530 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.04 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Reading School
Address Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5LW
Pupils 1104 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.02 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Colchester County High School for Girls
Address Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
Pupils 1129 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.01 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Herschel Grammar School
Address Northampton Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3BW
Pupils 1080 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 19 September 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.97 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Holt School
Address Holt Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1EE
Pupils 1426 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.94 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Rochester Grammar School
Address Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
Pupils 1184 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.81 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe index school
Address Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6QT
Pupils 1434 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.68 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Aylesbury Grammar School
Address Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7RP
Pupils 1337 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.52 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Address Surrey Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3PB
Pupils 1528 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.50 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Burnham Grammar School
Address Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
Pupils 1247 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 February 2017
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Northampton School for Girls
Address Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6DG
Pupils 1754 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 December 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Joseph's College
Address London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
Pupils 1171 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.45 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Address Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
Pupils 1626 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.26 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Address Warden Hill Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7AE
Pupils 1696 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.24 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Bede's Catholic College
Address Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0SU
Pupils 1228 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.17 Average Progress 8 score
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