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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 1353.0 1165 - 1548
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 9.6% 7.6% - 11.6%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2.1% 0.1% - 4.1%
Pupils with English as an additional language 8.1% 6.1% - 10.1%
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 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
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
1236 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
North End, Durham, DH1 4NG
1408 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.65
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NL
1394 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.59
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Ralph Allen School
Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7AD
1371 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.50
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Seaford Head School
Arundel Road, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 4LX
1376 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.36
Above average
Progress 8 score
St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy index school
Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8AG
1353 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 October 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.36
Above average
Progress 8 score
Bristol Free School
Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
1217 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.33
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Boswells School
Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6LY
1491 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.29
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Blue School
Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2NR
1464 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.27
Above average
Progress 8 score
Wood Green School
Woodstock Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1DX
1225 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.11
Average
Progress 8 score
Furze Platt Senior School
Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
1512 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
Leventhorpe
Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9BY
1478 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 January 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
Samuel Ward Academy
Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
1219 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.23
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Marches School
Morda Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2AR
1459 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.34
Below average
Progress 8 score
John Ferneley College
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1LH
1178 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.47
Below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Dane Court Grammar School
Address Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Pupils 1236 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
Address North End, Durham, DH1 4NG
Pupils 1408 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.65 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Monk's Walk School
Address Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7NL
Pupils 1394 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.59 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Ralph Allen School
Address Claverton Down Road, Combe Down, Bath, Somerset, BA2 7AD
Pupils 1371 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.50 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Seaford Head School
Address Arundel Road, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 4LX
Pupils 1376 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.36 Above average Progress 8 score
School name St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy index school
Address Newbold Road, Upper Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 8AG
Pupils 1353 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 03 October 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.36 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Bristol Free School
Address Concorde Drive, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Pupils 1217 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.33 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Boswells School
Address Burnham Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 6LY
Pupils 1491 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 February 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.29 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Blue School
Address Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2NR
Pupils 1464 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.27 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Wood Green School
Address Woodstock Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1DX
Pupils 1225 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.11 Average Progress 8 score
School name Furze Platt Senior School
Address Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
Pupils 1512 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
0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name Leventhorpe
Address Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9BY
Pupils 1478 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 January 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name Samuel Ward Academy
Address Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Pupils 1219 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.23 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Marches School
Address Morda Road, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 2AR
Pupils 1459 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.34 Below average Progress 8 score
School name John Ferneley College
Address Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1LH
Pupils 1178 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.47 Below average Progress 8 score
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