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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 1328.0 1143 - 1520
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 10.1% 8.1% - 12.1%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2.6% 0.6% - 4.6%
Pupils with English as an additional language 10.4% 8.4% - 12.4%
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

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 2022 - 2023, academies from 2022 / 2023
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
1236 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NL
1394 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.59
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Bristol Free School
Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
1217 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.33
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Howard School
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
1508 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.24
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Castle School
Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
1199 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.21
Above average
Progress 8 score
Furze Platt Senior School
Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
1512 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
Southfield School for Girls
Lewis Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE
1169 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD
1503 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Abbey Park School
The Learning Campus, Redhouse Way, Swindon, SN25 2ND
1153 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.03
Average
Progress 8 score
Chosen Hill School index school
Brookfield Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2PL
1328 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.05
Average
Progress 8 score
The Marlborough Science Academy
Watling Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2QA
1290 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
Moulton School and Science College
Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD
1389 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.21
Below average
Progress 8 score
Samuel Ward Academy
Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
1219 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.23
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Chalfonts Community College
Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8TP
1336 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.34
Below average
Progress 8 score
Birchwood High School
Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD
1418 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.45
Below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Dane Court Grammar School
Address Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Pupils 1236 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
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Monk's Walk School
Address Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NL
Pupils 1394 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.59 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Bristol Free School
Address Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Pupils 1217 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.33 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Howard School
Address Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Pupils 1508 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.24 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Castle School
Address Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Pupils 1199 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.21 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Furze Platt Senior School
Address Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
Pupils 1512 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
0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name Southfield School for Girls
Address Lewis Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE
Pupils 1169 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Address Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD
Pupils 1503 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
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Abbey Park School
Address The Learning Campus, Redhouse Way, Swindon, SN25 2ND
Pupils 1153 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.03 Average Progress 8 score
School name Chosen Hill School index school
Address Brookfield Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2PL
Pupils 1328 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.05 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Marlborough Science Academy
Address Watling Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2QA
Pupils 1290 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name Moulton School and Science College
Address Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD
Pupils 1389 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.21 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Samuel Ward Academy
Address Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Pupils 1219 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.23 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Chalfonts Community College
Address Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8TP
Pupils 1336 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.34 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Birchwood High School
Address Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD
Pupils 1418 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.45 Below average Progress 8 score
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