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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 976 488 - 1464
School phase All-through All-through
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 15.2% 1.2% - 29.2%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.4% 0% - 8.4%
Pupils with English as an additional language 3.6% 0% - 14.1%
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 2021 / 2022

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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 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Park Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UE
1217 pupils All-through phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2013
1.40
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Cavendish School
Eldon Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1UE
1347 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.39
Above average
Progress 8 score
Chetwynde School
Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 0NY
500 pupils All-through phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
1.67
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Aylesford School Warwick
Tapping Way, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6XR
1262 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 April 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
West Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6DF
1279 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2019
0.60
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Cobham Free School
Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1TF
840 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2017
0.10
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
Cromwell Community College
Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
1332 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 September 2016
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Polam Hall School
Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA
741 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 October 2021
0.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Gildredge House
Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8AB
1233 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Priory Academy
Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JA
749 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2017
-2.37
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Holy Trinity School
Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BY
741 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2022
-1.33
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
King James Academy Royston index school
Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7JH
976 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Progress 8 score
King's Oak Academy
Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS15 4JT
1069 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.58
Well below average
Progress 8 score
King's Academy Binfield
St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS
781 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
The Beaulieu Park School
Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
809 pupils All-through phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name The King's (The Cathedral) School
Address Park Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UE
Pupils 1217 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2013
Key stage 2 progress
1.40 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Cavendish School
Address Eldon Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1UE
Pupils 1347 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 21 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.39 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Chetwynde School
Address Rating Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 0NY
Pupils 500 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
1.67 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name Aylesford School Warwick
Address Tapping Way, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6XR
Pupils 1262 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 April 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Address West Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6DF
Pupils 1279 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
0.60 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Cobham Free School
Address Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1TF
Pupils 840 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2017
Key stage 2 progress
0.10 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name Cromwell Community College
Address Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU
Pupils 1332 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 September 2016
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Polam Hall School
Address Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA
Pupils 741 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
0.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Gildredge House
Address Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 8AB
Pupils 1233 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Priory Academy
Address Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JA
Pupils 749 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 June 2017
Key stage 2 progress
-2.37 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name Holy Trinity School
Address Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BY
Pupils 741 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-1.33 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name King James Academy Royston index school
Address Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7JH
Pupils 976 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Progress 8 score
School name King's Oak Academy
Address Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS15 4JT
Pupils 1069 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.58 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name King's Academy Binfield
Address St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS
Pupils 781 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name The Beaulieu Park School
Address Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
Pupils 809 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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