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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 839.0 723 - 959
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 13.3% 10.3% - 16.3%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.2% 0% - 4.2%
Pupils with English as an additional language 11.0% 8.0% - 14.0%
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

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

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
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
900 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.57
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Woodbrook Vale School
Grasmere Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2ST
837 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.43
Above average
Progress 8 score
Great Western Academy
William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2PP
878 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.08
Average
Progress 8 score
Arrow Vale High School index school
Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
839 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Progress 8 score
The Beaconsfield School
Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ
848 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
The Windsor Boys' School
1 Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5EH
959 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Progress 8 score
Rushden Academy
Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
852 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.01
Average
Progress 8 score
Barclay Academy
Walkern Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3RB
814 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
Diss High School
Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
948 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
Whitecross Hereford
Three Elms Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 0RN
940 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.11
Average
Progress 8 score
Clayton Hall Academy
Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
832 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Birkdale High School
Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT
890 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
Magna Academy
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8RE
946 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Newbridge School
Forest Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3SJ
798 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.44
Below average
Progress 8 score
Theale Green School
Church Street, Reading, RG7 5DA
723 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.70
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Address Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
Pupils 900 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.57 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Woodbrook Vale School
Address Grasmere Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2ST
Pupils 837 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 February 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.43 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Great Western Academy
Address William Morris Way, Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, SN25 2PP
Pupils 878 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.08 Average Progress 8 score
School name Arrow Vale High School index school
Address Matchborough Way, Redditch, B98 0GF
Pupils 839 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 05 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Progress 8 score
School name The Beaconsfield School
Address Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ
Pupils 848 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Windsor Boys' School
Address 1 Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5EH
Pupils 959 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Progress 8 score
School name Rushden Academy
Address Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
Pupils 852 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.01 Average Progress 8 score
School name Barclay Academy
Address Walkern Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3RB
Pupils 814 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name Diss High School
Address Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
Pupils 948 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name Whitecross Hereford
Address Three Elms Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 0RN
Pupils 940 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.11 Average Progress 8 score
School name Clayton Hall Academy
Address Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
Pupils 832 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Birkdale High School
Address Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT
Pupils 890 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name Magna Academy
Address Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8RE
Pupils 946 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Newbridge School
Address Forest Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3SJ
Pupils 798 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 22 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.44 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Theale Green School
Address Church Street, Reading, RG7 5DA
Pupils 723 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
-0.70 Well below average Progress 8 score
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