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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 1260 1156 - 1349
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 4% 1% - 7%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1% 0% - 4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 7.9% 4.9% - 10.9%
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
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
1192 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.91
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Tonbridge Grammar School
Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
1156 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.63
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Southend High School for Girls
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ
1252 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 December 2011
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.62
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir John Lawes School
Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
1335 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.58
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR
1164 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.56
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Southend High School for Boys
Prittlewell Chase, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RG
1317 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 10 December 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.53
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Bournemouth School
East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
1165 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2011
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
Presdales School
Hoe Lane, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9NX
1160 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.43
Above average
Progress 8 score
Marling School
Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4HE
1214 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.42
Above average
Progress 8 score
Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
1286 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.41
Above average
Progress 8 score
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Glen Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7BJ
1291 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.37
Above average
Progress 8 score
Roundwood Park School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE
1349 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.32
Above average
Progress 8 score
Wallingford School
St George's Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8HH
1308 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2017
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.30
Above average
Progress 8 score
Lancaster Royal Grammar School index school
East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
1260 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.16
Average
Progress 8 score
Devonport High School for Boys
Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP
1269 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Address Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
Pupils 1192 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
0.91 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Tonbridge Grammar School
Address Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
Pupils 1156 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.63 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Southend High School for Girls
Address Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ
Pupils 1252 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 December 2011
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.62 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir John Lawes School
Address Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
Pupils 1335 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
0.58 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Address West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR
Pupils 1164 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.56 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Southend High School for Boys
Address Prittlewell Chase, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RG
Pupils 1317 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 10 December 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.53 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Bournemouth School
Address East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
Pupils 1165 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2011
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Presdales School
Address Hoe Lane, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9NX
Pupils 1160 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
0.43 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Marling School
Address Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4HE
Pupils 1214 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.42 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Hitchin Boys' School
Address Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
Pupils 1286 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.41 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Address Glen Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 7BJ
Pupils 1291 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.37 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Roundwood Park School
Address Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE
Pupils 1349 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
0.32 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Wallingford School
Address St George's Road, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8HH
Pupils 1308 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2017
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.30 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Lancaster Royal Grammar School index school
Address East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
Pupils 1260 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.16 Average Progress 8 score
School name Devonport High School for Boys
Address Paradise Road, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 5QP
Pupils 1269 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
0.10 Average Progress 8 score
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