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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 1877.0 1640 - 2093
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 12.3% 9.3% - 15.3%
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 6.6% 3.6% - 9.6%
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
Shoreham Academy
Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 6YT
1734 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 May 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.54
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
Hull Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO10 5ZA
1851 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.50
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Kennet School index school
Stoney Lane, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4LL
1877 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.35
Above average
Progress 8 score
King Alfred's
Portway, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BY
1705 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.28
Above average
Progress 8 score
Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0XS
1839 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.26
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Thomas Hardye School
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ET
2093 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2015
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.26
Progress 8 score
Twynham School
Sopers Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1JF
1802 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.23
Above average
Progress 8 score
Longsands Academy
Longsands Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1LQ
1688 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.11
Average
Progress 8 score
Rainham School for Girls
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
1668 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 April 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Wildern School
Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 4EJ
1921 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
Rodillian Academy
Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 3PS
1647 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
Plymstock School
Church Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9AZ
1682 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
Sheldon School
Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ
1640 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Billericay School
School Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH
1693 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.41
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Canterbury Academy
Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA
1844 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.55
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Shoreham Academy
Address Kingston Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 6YT
Pupils 1734 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 31 May 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.54 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
Address Hull Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO10 5ZA
Pupils 1851 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.50 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Kennet School index school
Address Stoney Lane, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 4LL
Pupils 1877 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.35 Above average Progress 8 score
School name King Alfred's
Address Portway, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BY
Pupils 1705 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
0.28 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Address Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, NR7 0XS
Pupils 1839 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.26 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Thomas Hardye School
Address Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ET
Pupils 2093 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2015
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.26 Progress 8 score
School name Twynham School
Address Sopers Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1JF
Pupils 1802 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.23 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Longsands Academy
Address Longsands Road, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1LQ
Pupils 1688 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.11 Average Progress 8 score
School name Rainham School for Girls
Address Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Pupils 1668 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 April 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Wildern School
Address Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 4EJ
Pupils 1921 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name Rodillian Academy
Address Longthorpe Lane, Lofthouse, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 3PS
Pupils 1647 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name Plymstock School
Address Church Road, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9AZ
Pupils 1682 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name Sheldon School
Address Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ
Pupils 1640 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
-0.26 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Billericay School
Address School Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9LH
Pupils 1693 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.41 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Canterbury Academy
Address Knight Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA
Pupils 1844 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.55 Well below average Progress 8 score
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