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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 1149.0 962 - 1332
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 1.1% 0% - 11.1%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.2% 0% - 10.2%
Pupils with English as an additional language 31.6% 21.6% - 41.6%
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
Beaconsfield High School
Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1RR
1270 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 December 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.04
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Colchester County High School for Girls index school
Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
1149 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.99
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Reading School
Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5LW
1119 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.97
Well above average
Progress 8 score
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
The Rochester Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
1182 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.83
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Loreto College
Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3RQ
962 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2013
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.78
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Aylesbury Grammar School
Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7RP
1332 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0TT
1037 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.70
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Joseph's College
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
1156 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Burnham Grammar School
Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
1264 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.63
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Lawrence Sheriff School
Clifton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AG
1079 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.57
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Mary's Catholic School
Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ
1158 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.38
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Alban's Catholic High School
Digby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3NJ
1023 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ
1121 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.68
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Birches Head Academy
Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DD
1024 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.87
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Beaconsfield High School
Address Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1RR
Pupils 1270 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 December 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.04 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Colchester County High School for Girls index school
Address Norman Way, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US
Pupils 1149 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
0.99 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Reading School
Address Erleigh Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5LW
Pupils 1119 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
0.97 Well above average Progress 8 score
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 The Rochester Grammar School
Address Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
Pupils 1182 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.83 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Loreto College
Address Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3RQ
Pupils 962 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2013
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.78 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Aylesbury Grammar School
Address Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 7RP
Pupils 1332 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Address Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0TT
Pupils 1037 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
0.70 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Joseph's College
Address London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
Pupils 1156 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Burnham Grammar School
Address Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG
Pupils 1264 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
0.63 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Lawrence Sheriff School
Address Clifton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AG
Pupils 1079 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 30 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.57 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Mary's Catholic School
Address Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ
Pupils 1158 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
0.38 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Alban's Catholic High School
Address Digby Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 3NJ
Pupils 1023 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.10 Average Progress 8 score
School name St John Fisher Catholic College
Address Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ
Pupils 1121 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.68 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Birches Head Academy
Address Birches Head Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DD
Pupils 1024 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
-0.87 Well below average Progress 8 score
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