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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 770.0 484 - 1093
School phase All-through All-through
Urban / rural location Urban and city Town and fringe, Urban and city, Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 9.4% 0% - 24.4%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.0% 0% - 13.0%
Pupils with English as an additional language 14.0% 0% - 34.0%
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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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
King's Academy Binfield
St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS
1051 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.32
Above average
Progress 8 score
King James Academy Royston
Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7JH
1004 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
-2.53
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.31
Above average
Progress 8 score
Cobham Free School
Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1TF
928 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
-0.87
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.24
Average
Progress 8 score
Priory Academy index school
Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JA
770 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
-0.37
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.23
Average
Progress 8 score
Holy Trinity School
Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BY
737 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2022
-0.40
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
Kents Hill Park all-through school
Kents Hill Park, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ
931 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2022
-0.53
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)
Wilderness Lane, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9DD
924 pupils All-through phase Not rated ofsted rating
-2.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
King's Oak Academy
Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS15 4JT
1004 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
-4.27
Well below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.19
Average
Progress 8 score
DSLV E-ACT Academy
Hawke Road, Southbrook, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4LJ
1039 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
-0.73
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.30
Average
Progress 8 score
Polam Hall School
Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA
787 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 October 2021
-0.83
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.34
Average
Progress 8 score
Chichester Free School
Hunston Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1NP
1027 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2019
-0.07
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.46
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Gatwick School
23 Gatwick Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9TP
935 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
-2.57
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.94
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Armfield Academy
488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1TL
1105 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.01
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Unity Academy Blackpool
Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0TS
994 pupils All-through phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
-0.23
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.27
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Lipa Primary and High School
Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BT
484 pupils All-through phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 July 2017
-1.37
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name King's Academy Binfield
Address St. Georges Park, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG42 4FS
Pupils 1051 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
0.32 Above average Progress 8 score
School name King James Academy Royston
Address Garden Walk, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 7JH
Pupils 1004 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-2.53 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.31 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Cobham Free School
Address Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 1TF
Pupils 928 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-0.87 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.24 Average Progress 8 score
School name Priory Academy index school
Address Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4JA
Pupils 770 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-0.37 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.23 Average Progress 8 score
School name Holy Trinity School
Address Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 2BY
Pupils 737 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-0.40 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name Kents Hill Park all-through school
Address Kents Hill Park, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ
Pupils 931 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-0.53 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Harleston Sancroft Academy (a 3-16 Church of England School)
Address Wilderness Lane, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9DD
Pupils 924 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating Not rated ofsted rating
Key stage 2 progress
-2.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name King's Oak Academy
Address Brook Road, Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS15 4JT
Pupils 1004 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
-4.27 Well below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.19 Average Progress 8 score
School name DSLV E-ACT Academy
Address Hawke Road, Southbrook, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4LJ
Pupils 1039 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 April 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-0.73 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.30 Average Progress 8 score
School name Polam Hall School
Address Grange Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5PA
Pupils 787 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-0.83 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.34 Average Progress 8 score
School name Chichester Free School
Address Hunston Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 1NP
Pupils 1027 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-0.07 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.46 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Gatwick School
Address 23 Gatwick Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9TP
Pupils 935 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-2.57 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.94 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Armfield Academy
Address 488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1TL
Pupils 1105 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.01 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Unity Academy Blackpool
Address Warbreck Hill Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY2 0TS
Pupils 994 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 06 July 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-0.23 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.27 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Lipa Primary and High School
Address Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BT
Pupils 484 pupils
Phase of education All-through phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 July 2017
Key stage 2 progress
-1.37 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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