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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 1230.0 1131 - 1361
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 2.4% 0% - 5.4%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.5% 0% - 3.5%
Pupils with English as an additional language 8.8% 5.8% - 11.8%
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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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

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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
St Peter's Catholic School
Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2TN
1329 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.45
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Chesham Grammar School
White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1BA
1313 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.88
Well above average
Progress 8 score
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX
1131 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.82
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir John Lawes School
Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
1342 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.79
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Tonbridge Grammar School
Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
1131 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.76
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR
1165 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.71
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
1261 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
South Wilts Grammar School
Stratford Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3JJ
1142 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.61
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Presdales School
Hoe Lane, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9NX
1162 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.58
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Exeter Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2ED
1178 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.55
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Roundwood Park School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE
1358 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.54
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Marling School index school
Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4HE
1230 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.50
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
1307 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.39
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
Bohunt School Wokingham
Remount Drive, Arborfield, Wokingham, RG2 9GB
1222 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.20
Above average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name St Peter's Catholic School
Address Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2TN
Pupils 1329 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
1.45 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Chesham Grammar School
Address White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1BA
Pupils 1313 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.88 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Address Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX
Pupils 1131 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 December 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.82 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir John Lawes School
Address Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
Pupils 1342 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.79 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Tonbridge Grammar School
Address Deakin Leas, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR
Pupils 1131 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
0.76 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Address West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR
Pupils 1165 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
0.71 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Address East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
Pupils 1261 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
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name South Wilts Grammar School
Address Stratford Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 3JJ
Pupils 1142 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.61 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Presdales School
Address Hoe Lane, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9NX
Pupils 1162 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 Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar School
Address Exeter Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2ED
Pupils 1178 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.55 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Roundwood Park School
Address Roundwood Park, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AE
Pupils 1358 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.54 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Marling School index school
Address Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4HE
Pupils 1230 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
0.50 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Hitchin Boys' School
Address Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
Pupils 1307 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
0.39 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 Bohunt School Wokingham
Address Remount Drive, Arborfield, Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Pupils 1222 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.20 Above average Progress 8 score
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