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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 1919.0 1587 - 2260
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Conurbation Conurbation
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 16.9% 10.9% - 22.9%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2.1% 0% - 8.1%
Pupils with English as an additional language 9.5% 3.5% - 15.5%
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

More about occupation total
These are costs associated with occupying the school building. They include energy, water, sewerage, rates, insurance, and catering.
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Supplies and services total

Interest charges for loans and banking

More about interest charges for loans and banking

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
Alderbrook School
Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1SN
1594 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.48
Above average
Progress 8 score
Gosforth Academy
Knightsbridge, Great North Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 2JH
1932 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.44
Progress 8 score
Wath Academy
Sandygate, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7NW
1983 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.39
Above average
Progress 8 score
Highfields School
Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 4NT
1690 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.38
Above average
Progress 8 score
Horizon Community College
Dodworth Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6PD
2004 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.34
Above average
Progress 8 score
Carlton le Willows Academy
Wood Lane, Gedling, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 4AA
1824 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.20
Above average
Progress 8 score
Whickham School
Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 5AR
1676 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
Meadowhead School Academy Trust index school
Dyche Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8BR
1919 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
St Thomas More Catholic High School
Lynn Road, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8LF
1609 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
Immanuel College
Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 9AQ
1668 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Rastrick High School
Field Top Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3XB
1734 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Aldridge School - A Science College
Tynings Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG
1604 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.11
Average
Progress 8 score
Harton Academy
Lisle Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 6DL
1631 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Below average
Progress 8 score
Ecclesfield School
Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 9WD
1711 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.32
Below average
Progress 8 score
St John Plessington Catholic College
Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7LF
1615 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Alderbrook School
Address Blossomfield Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1SN
Pupils 1594 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 April 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.48 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Gosforth Academy
Address Knightsbridge, Great North Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 2JH
Pupils 1932 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.44 Progress 8 score
School name Wath Academy
Address Sandygate, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7NW
Pupils 1983 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.39 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Highfields School
Address Boundary Way, Penn, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 4NT
Pupils 1690 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.38 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Horizon Community College
Address Dodworth Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6PD
Pupils 2004 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.34 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Carlton le Willows Academy
Address Wood Lane, Gedling, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG4 4AA
Pupils 1824 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.20 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Whickham School
Address Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 5AR
Pupils 1676 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
0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name Meadowhead School Academy Trust index school
Address Dyche Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8BR
Pupils 1919 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name St Thomas More Catholic High School
Address Lynn Road, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8LF
Pupils 1609 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
0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name Immanuel College
Address Leeds Road, Idle, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD10 9AQ
Pupils 1668 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Rastrick High School
Address Field Top Road, Rastrick, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, HD6 3XB
Pupils 1734 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name Aldridge School - A Science College
Address Tynings Lane, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG
Pupils 1604 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.11 Average Progress 8 score
School name Harton Academy
Address Lisle Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 6DL
Pupils 1631 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Ecclesfield School
Address Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 9WD
Pupils 1711 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.32 Below average Progress 8 score
School name St John Plessington Catholic College
Address Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7LF
Pupils 1615 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 November 2022
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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