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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 1418.0 1245 - 1575
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 9.0% 6.0% - 12.0%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.9% 0% - 4.9%
Pupils with English as an additional language 14.0% 11.0% - 17.0%
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

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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
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
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
1479 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.85
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Higham Lane School index school
Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0BJ
1418 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.56
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
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
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
The Howard School
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
1508 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.24
Above average
Progress 8 score
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
1503 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.12
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
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD
1503 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Mark Rutherford School
Wentworth Drive, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 8PX
1298 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.03
Average
Progress 8 score
Caludon Castle School
Axholme Road, Wyken, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 5BD
1570 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
The Cooper School
Churchill Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS
1296 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.20
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
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
1359 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
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 Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Address Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
Pupils 1479 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.85 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Higham Lane School index school
Address Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0BJ
Pupils 1418 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 02 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.56 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 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 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 The Howard School
Address Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0BX
Pupils 1508 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 24 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.24 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Address Chatham Street, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7PS
Pupils 1503 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.12 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 St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Address Cutsyke Road, Featherstone, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD
Pupils 1503 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Mark Rutherford School
Address Wentworth Drive, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 8PX
Pupils 1298 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.03 Average Progress 8 score
School name Caludon Castle School
Address Axholme Road, Wyken, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 5BD
Pupils 1570 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Cooper School
Address Churchill Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS
Pupils 1296 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.20 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
School name The Maplesden Noakes School
Address Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Pupils 1359 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
-0.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
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