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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 1419.0 1252 - 1582
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 7.7% 3.7% - 11.7%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.8% 0% - 4.8%
Pupils with English as an additional language 20.3% 16.3% - 24.3%
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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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
Aylesbury High School
Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SX
1305 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.91
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Westcliff High School for Girls
Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS
1333 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.89
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Albans Girls' School index school
Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DB
1419 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.85
Well above average
Progress 8 score
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SQ
1291 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.74
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Surrey Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3PB
1582 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.69
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Bede's Catholic College
Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0SU
1268 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.57
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Nunnery Wood High School
Spetchley Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2LT
1483 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.49
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Norton Knatchbull School
Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
1252 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.43
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Gregory's Catholic School
Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
1339 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.25
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Crispin's School
London Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1SS
1384 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.23
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
Waingels
Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 4RF
1376 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Matthew Arnold School
Arnolds Way, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE
1314 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.07
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
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
Comparison schools
School name Aylesbury High School
Address Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7SX
Pupils 1305 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 December 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.91 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Westcliff High School for Girls
Address Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS
Pupils 1333 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
0.89 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Albans Girls' School index school
Address Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6DB
Pupils 1419 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.85 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Address Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SQ
Pupils 1291 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.74 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Address Surrey Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3PB
Pupils 1582 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
0.69 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Bede's Catholic College
Address Long Cross, Lawrence Weston, Bristol, BS11 0SU
Pupils 1268 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.57 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Nunnery Wood High School
Address Spetchley Road, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 2LT
Pupils 1483 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.49 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Norton Knatchbull School
Address Hythe Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0QJ
Pupils 1252 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
0.43 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Gregory's Catholic School
Address Reynolds Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XL
Pupils 1339 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
0.25 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Crispin's School
Address London Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1SS
Pupils 1384 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.23 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 Waingels
Address Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 4RF
Pupils 1376 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Matthew Arnold School
Address Arnolds Way, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE
Pupils 1314 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
0.07 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 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
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