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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 1200.0 1040 - 1342
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 5.8% 2.8% - 8.8%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.1% 0% - 3.1%
Pupils with English as an additional language 10.9% 7.9% - 13.9%
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
St Peter's Catholic School
Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2TN
1329 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.45
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School index school
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
1200 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.01
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The King's School, Grantham
Brook Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP
1188 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.83
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir John Lawes School
Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
1342 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.79
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
1096 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
1261 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Bournemouth School
East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
1163 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2011
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
St Birinus School
Mereland Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8AZ
1040 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
Bournemouth School for Girls
Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ
1179 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.40
Above average
Progress 8 score
Haberdashers' Adams
High Street, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7BD
1055 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.40
Above average
Progress 8 score
Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
1307 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.39
Above average
Progress 8 score
Park House School
239 Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6NQ
1074 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.29
Above average
Progress 8 score
Southfield School for Girls
Lewis Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE
1169 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 April 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Hagley Catholic High School
Brake Lane, Hagley, Worcestershire, DY8 2XL
1086 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.04
Average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name St Peter's Catholic School
Address Horseshoe Lane East, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2TN
Pupils 1329 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
1.45 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School index school
Address Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
Pupils 1200 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.01 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The King's School, Grantham
Address Brook Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP
Pupils 1188 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.83 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir John Lawes School
Address Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
Pupils 1342 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.79 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Oakwood Park Grammar School
Address Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
Pupils 1096 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Address East Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 3EF
Pupils 1261 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
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Bournemouth School
Address East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
Pupils 1163 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2011
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 St Birinus School
Address Mereland Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8AZ
Pupils 1040 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Bournemouth School for Girls
Address Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ
Pupils 1179 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 11 October 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.40 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Haberdashers' Adams
Address High Street, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7BD
Pupils 1055 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.40 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Hitchin Boys' School
Address Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB
Pupils 1307 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.39 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Park House School
Address 239 Andover Road, Newbury, RG14 6NQ
Pupils 1074 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
0.29 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Southfield School for Girls
Address Lewis Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HE
Pupils 1169 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
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
School name Hagley Catholic High School
Address Brake Lane, Hagley, Worcestershire, DY8 2XL
Pupils 1086 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.04 Average Progress 8 score
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