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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 1479.0 1359 - 1614
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 7.6% 3.6% - 11.6%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.4% 0% - 4.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 15.9% 11.9% - 19.9%
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

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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
Didcot Girls' School
Manor Crescent, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7AJ
1614 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.96
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School index school
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
1479 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.85
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Beaumont School
Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
1543 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Tomlinscote School
Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
1502 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.58
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Northampton School for Boys
Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5RT
1607 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.57
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Higham Lane School
Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0BJ
1418 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.56
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS
1368 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.53
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE
1362 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.51
Well 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
St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Duckworth Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2JR
1500 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.21
Above average
Progress 8 score
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
1575 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Caludon Castle School
Axholme Road, Wyken, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 5BD
1570 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
The Commonweal School
The Mall, Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4JE
1392 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.11
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
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
1359 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Didcot Girls' School
Address Manor Crescent, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7AJ
Pupils 1614 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.96 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School index school
Address Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
Pupils 1479 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.85 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Beaumont School
Address Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
Pupils 1543 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Tomlinscote School
Address Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
Pupils 1502 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.58 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Northampton School for Boys
Address Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5RT
Pupils 1607 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.57 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Higham Lane School
Address Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0BJ
Pupils 1418 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.56 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Hitchin Girls' School
Address Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS
Pupils 1368 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.53 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Address Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE
Pupils 1362 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.51 Well 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 St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy
Address Duckworth Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 2JR
Pupils 1500 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.21 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Address Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
Pupils 1575 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Caludon Castle School
Address Axholme Road, Wyken, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 5BD
Pupils 1570 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Commonweal School
Address The Mall, Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4JE
Pupils 1392 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.11 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 The Maplesden Noakes School
Address Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Pupils 1359 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
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