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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 1860 1184 - 2482
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 7.1% 1.1% - 13.1%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.2% 0% - 7.2%
Pupils with English as an additional language 30.3% 22.3% - 38.3%
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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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
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8UD
1542 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
The Holt School
Holt Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1EE
1408 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
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
1182 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.81
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Mary's College, Voluntary Catholic Academy
Cranbrook Avenue, Hull, HU6 7TN
2508 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.77
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Cherwell School
Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7EE
2007 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.75
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Maiden Erlegh School index school
Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS
1863 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.69
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6QT
1424 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
1332 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
1582 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.50
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Hazelwick School
Hazelwick School Close, Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1SX
1879 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
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
1766 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
Burnham Grammar School
Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
1264 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
1615 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
1649 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
1268 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 1542 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 The Holt School
Address Holt Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1EE
Pupils 1408 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
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 1182 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
0.81 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Mary's College, Voluntary Catholic Academy
Address Cranbrook Avenue, Hull, HU6 7TN
Pupils 2508 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.77 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Cherwell School
Address Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7EE
Pupils 2007 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.75 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Maiden Erlegh School index school
Address Silverdale Rd, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS
Pupils 1863 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.69 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Address Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6QT
Pupils 1424 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 1332 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 1582 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 Hazelwick School
Address Hazelwick School Close, Three Bridges, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1SX
Pupils 1879 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
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Northampton School for Girls
Address Spinney Hill Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 6DG
Pupils 1766 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 Burnham Grammar School
Address Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
Pupils 1264 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
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Address Hitchin Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 4AE
Pupils 1615 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 1649 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 1268 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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