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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 1393.0 1284 - 1503
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 6.5% 4.5% - 8.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.8% 0% - 3.8%
Pupils with English as an additional language 4.1% 2.1% - 6.1%
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

More about occupation total
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

More about interest charges for loans and banking

This includes:

  • interest paid on overdrafts and other liabilities

It excludes:

  • interest received

Special facilities total

More about special facilities total

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
Painsley Catholic College
Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1LH
1310 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Balcarras School
East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8QF
1383 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 May 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.70
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Beechen Cliff School
Kipling Avenue, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4RE
1284 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.48
Above average
Progress 8 score
Christleton High School index school
Village Road, Christleton, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 7AD
1393 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
Downend School
Westerleigh Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6XA
1361 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.35
Above average
Progress 8 score
Hillview School for Girls
Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HE
1496 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.34
Above average
Progress 8 score
Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY
1503 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.20
Progress 8 score
The Ashcombe School
Ashcombe Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1LY
1478 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT
1398 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
The Petersfield School
Cranford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3LU
1400 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
The Stanway School
Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0QA
1401 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Hele's School
Seymour Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4LT
1341 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Tytherington School
Manchester Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2EE
1373 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
South Bromsgrove High
Charford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3NL
1334 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.09
Progress 8 score
Magdalen College School
Waynflete Avenue, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 6FB
1432 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 March 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.21
Below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Painsley Catholic College
Address Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1LH
Pupils 1310 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Balcarras School
Address East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 8QF
Pupils 1383 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 May 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.70 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Beechen Cliff School
Address Kipling Avenue, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4RE
Pupils 1284 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.48 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Christleton High School index school
Address Village Road, Christleton, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 7AD
Pupils 1393 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Downend School
Address Westerleigh Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6XA
Pupils 1361 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.35 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Hillview School for Girls
Address Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HE
Pupils 1496 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
0.34 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Vandyke Upper School
Address Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY
Pupils 1503 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.20 Progress 8 score
School name The Ashcombe School
Address Ashcombe Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1LY
Pupils 1478 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Address Hookstone Drive, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PT
Pupils 1398 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.17 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Petersfield School
Address Cranford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3LU
Pupils 1400 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Stanway School
Address Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0QA
Pupils 1401 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Hele's School
Address Seymour Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4LT
Pupils 1341 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Tytherington School
Address Manchester Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2EE
Pupils 1373 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name South Bromsgrove High
Address Charford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 3NL
Pupils 1334 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
-0.09 Progress 8 score
School name Magdalen College School
Address Waynflete Avenue, Brackley, Northamptonshire, NN13 6FB
Pupils 1432 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 March 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.21 Below average Progress 8 score
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