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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 1479 1309 - 1615
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 22.2% 19.2% - 25.2%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.7% 0.7% - 6.7%
Pupils with English as an additional language 3.9% 0.9% - 6.9%
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
Castleford Academy index school
Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4JQ
1479 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 10 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.40
Above average
Progress 8 score
Torquay Academy
Cricketfield Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7NU
1406 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 February 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.29
Above average
Progress 8 score
Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7TD
1604 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.22
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Pingle Academy
Coronation Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QA
1400 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.11
Average
Progress 8 score
Minsthorpe Community College
Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 2UJ
1588 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA
1511 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4HL
1355 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.27
Below average
Progress 8 score
Bodmin College
Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DD
1555 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.36
Below average
Progress 8 score
Herne Bay High School
Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
1615 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.43
Below average
Progress 8 score
Bideford College
Abbotsham Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 3AR
1380 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.44
Below average
Progress 8 score
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL
1395 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.50
Below average
Progress 8 score
Chichester High School
Kingsham Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8EB
1354 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.54
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The King Edmund School
Vaughan Close, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1TL
1573 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.79
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Chickerell Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9SY
1521 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The King Alfred School an Academy
Burnham Road, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3EE
1309 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Castleford Academy index school
Address Ferrybridge Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4JQ
Pupils 1479 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 10 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.40 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Torquay Academy
Address Cricketfield Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7NU
Pupils 1406 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.29 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Wade Deacon High School
Address Birchfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 7TD
Pupils 1604 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
0.22 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Pingle Academy
Address Coronation Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0QA
Pupils 1400 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.11 Average Progress 8 score
School name Minsthorpe Community College
Address Minsthorpe Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 2UJ
Pupils 1588 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Address Catcote Road, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA
Pupils 1511 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.10 Average Progress 8 score
School name Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Address Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4HL
Pupils 1355 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.27 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Bodmin College
Address Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DD
Pupils 1555 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.36 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Herne Bay High School
Address Bullockstone Road, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7NS
Pupils 1615 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
-0.43 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Bideford College
Address Abbotsham Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 3AR
Pupils 1380 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.44 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Address Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent, TN24 9AL
Pupils 1395 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
-0.50 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Chichester High School
Address Kingsham Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8EB
Pupils 1354 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.54 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The King Edmund School
Address Vaughan Close, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1TL
Pupils 1573 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 07 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.79 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Address Chickerell Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9SY
Pupils 1521 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
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The King Alfred School an Academy
Address Burnham Road, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3EE
Pupils 1309 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
N/A Progress 8 score
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