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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 507.0 396 - 628
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 15.2% 8.2% - 22.2%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.4% 0% - 10.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 15.4% 8.4% - 22.4%
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
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
477 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.16
Average
Progress 8 score
The Skipton Academy
Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UQ
474 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Hundens Lane, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 1LL
551 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
The Suthers School
Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3NH
484 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
Mount Grace School index school
Church Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1EZ
507 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Sandybed Lane, Stepney, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5LH
599 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.24
Average
Progress 8 score
Whitstone
Charlton Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5PF
555 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.30
Below average
Progress 8 score
Kings College Guildford
Southway, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8DU
465 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 July 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.30
Average
Progress 8 score
The Sele School
Welwyn Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2DG
423 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.45
Below average
Progress 8 score
Greater Peterborough UTC
Park Crescent Campus, Park Crescent, Peterborough, PE1 4DZ
437 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.50
Progress 8 score
UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5RQ
489 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.51
Progress 8 score
Merstham Park School
Taynton Drive, Redhill, RH1 3PU
521 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.60
Well below average
Progress 8 score
WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8DY
498 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.67
Progress 8 score
Church Hill Middle School
Wood Piece Lane, Church Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 9LR
404 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 January 2019
0.53
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Dedworth Middle School
Smiths Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5PE
521 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 June 2022
-1.77
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Address Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
Pupils 477 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.16 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Skipton Academy
Address Gargrave Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UQ
Pupils 474 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Aidan's Church of England Academy
Address Hundens Lane, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 1LL
Pupils 551 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Suthers School
Address Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3NH
Pupils 484 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name Mount Grace School index school
Address Church Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1EZ
Pupils 507 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
Address Sandybed Lane, Stepney, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5LH
Pupils 599 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.24 Average Progress 8 score
School name Whitstone
Address Charlton Road, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5PF
Pupils 555 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.30 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Kings College Guildford
Address Southway, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 8DU
Pupils 465 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 July 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.30 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Sele School
Address Welwyn Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2DG
Pupils 423 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.45 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Greater Peterborough UTC
Address Park Crescent Campus, Park Crescent, Peterborough, PE1 4DZ
Pupils 437 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.50 Progress 8 score
School name UTC Reading
Address Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5RQ
Pupils 489 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.51 Progress 8 score
School name Merstham Park School
Address Taynton Drive, Redhill, RH1 3PU
Pupils 521 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.60 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Address Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8DY
Pupils 498 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.67 Progress 8 score
School name Church Hill Middle School
Address Wood Piece Lane, Church Hill, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 9LR
Pupils 404 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.53 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Dedworth Middle School
Address Smiths Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5PE
Pupils 521 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-1.77 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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