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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 1409.0 1258 - 1575
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 16.3% 10.3% - 22.3%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.4% 0% - 9.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 29.0% 23.0% - 35.0%
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
Spalding Academy
Neville Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2EJ
1382 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 2FR
1424 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.51
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Thetford Academy
Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1LH
1258 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 March 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.31
Above average
Progress 8 score
Pleckgate High School
Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8QA
1335 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.28
Above average
Progress 8 score
Wrenn School
London Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2DQ
1365 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
The Westgate School
Cippenham Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 5AH
1338 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Kettering Science Academy
Deeble Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7AA
1404 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
St Joseph's Catholic College index school
Ocotal Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LR
1409 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Stroud Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0DD
1509 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 January 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Trinity Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 6JW
1404 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1JD
1338 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
Weston Favell Academy
Booth Lane South, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3EZ
1429 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 24 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.22
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Chalk Hills Academy
Leagrave High St, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE
1575 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.24
Below average
Progress 8 score
Abbeyfield School
Mereway, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 8BU
1347 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.29
Below average
Progress 8 score
Stantonbury School
Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6BN
1489 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.18
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Spalding Academy
Address Neville Avenue, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 2EJ
Pupils 1382 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Address Sandpits Lane, Keresley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 2FR
Pupils 1424 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
0.51 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Thetford Academy
Address Croxton Road, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1LH
Pupils 1258 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 March 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.31 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Pleckgate High School
Address Pleckgate Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 8QA
Pupils 1335 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.28 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Wrenn School
Address London Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 2DQ
Pupils 1365 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Westgate School
Address Cippenham Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 5AH
Pupils 1338 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Kettering Science Academy
Address Deeble Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7AA
Pupils 1404 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Joseph's Catholic College index school
Address Ocotal Way, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3LR
Pupils 1409 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Address Stroud Road, Tuffley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL4 0DD
Pupils 1509 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 January 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Malcolm Arnold Academy
Address Trinity Avenue, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN2 6JW
Pupils 1404 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
Address Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 1JD
Pupils 1338 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.17 Average Progress 8 score
School name Weston Favell Academy
Address Booth Lane South, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 3EZ
Pupils 1429 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 24 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.22 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Chalk Hills Academy
Address Leagrave High St, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE
Pupils 1575 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.24 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Abbeyfield School
Address Mereway, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 8BU
Pupils 1347 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.29 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Stantonbury School
Address Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK14 6BN
Pupils 1489 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
-1.18 Well below average Progress 8 score
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