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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 1268.0 1078 - 1466
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 5.0% 2.0% - 8.0%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.3% 0% - 4.3%
Pupils with English as an additional language 21.5% 18.5% - 24.5%
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
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
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
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RW
1163 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.90
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Albans Girls' 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
John Hampden Grammar School
Marlow Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1SZ
1223 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.83
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
St George's School
Sun Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4TD
1369 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 September 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Skinners' School
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
1118 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.71
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Bede's Catholic College index school
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
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 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 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
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
The Emmbrook School
Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1JP
1199 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.35
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 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 Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Address Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RW
Pupils 1163 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
0.90 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Albans Girls' 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 John Hampden Grammar School
Address Marlow Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1SZ
Pupils 1223 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 15 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.83 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 St George's School
Address Sun Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4TD
Pupils 1369 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 September 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Skinners' School
Address St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PG
Pupils 1118 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.71 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Bede's Catholic College index school
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 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 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 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 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 The Emmbrook School
Address Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 1JP
Pupils 1199 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
-0.35 Below average Progress 8 score
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