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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 1402.0 1200 - 1567
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 5.9% 2.9% - 8.9%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2.0% 0% - 5.0%
Pupils with English as an additional language 11.2% 8.2% - 14.2%
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
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
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
1200 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.01
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
Beaumont School
Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
1543 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
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
Tomlinscote School
Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
1502 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.58
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS
1368 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.53
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Thornden School
Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DW
1466 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.51
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Southend High School for Girls
Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ
1245 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 09 December 2011
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.49
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
The Boswells School
Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6LY
1491 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.29
Above average
Progress 8 score
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7AJ
1567 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.28
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Castle School
Park Road, Thornbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS35 1HT
1520 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.26
Above average
Progress 8 score
Oaklands Catholic School index school
Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7BW
1402 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.23
Above average
Progress 8 score
Moulton School and Science College
Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD
1389 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.21
Below 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 Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Address Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
Pupils 1200 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.01 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 Beaumont School
Address Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
Pupils 1543 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 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 Tomlinscote School
Address Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
Pupils 1502 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.58 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Hitchin Girls' School
Address Highbury Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RS
Pupils 1368 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 June 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.53 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Thornden School
Address Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DW
Pupils 1466 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.51 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Southend High School for Girls
Address Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ
Pupils 1245 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
0.49 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 The Boswells School
Address Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6LY
Pupils 1491 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.29 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Rainham Mark Grammar School
Address Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7AJ
Pupils 1567 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.28 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Castle School
Address Park Road, Thornbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS35 1HT
Pupils 1520 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.26 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Oaklands Catholic School index school
Address Stakes Hill Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7BW
Pupils 1402 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.23 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Moulton School and Science College
Address Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD
Pupils 1389 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.21 Below average Progress 8 score
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