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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 947 825 - 1057
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 16.5% 13.5% - 19.5%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2.6% 0% - 5.6%
Pupils with English as an additional language 8.4% 5.4% - 11.4%
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 2021 / 2022

Total expenditure

Staff total

Premises total

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Occupation total

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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

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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 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Magna Academy
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8RE
926 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 December 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.16
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Woodbrook Vale School
Grasmere Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2ST
832 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 February 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.46
Above average
Progress 8 score
Diss High School
Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
919 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
Birkdale High School
Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT
857 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.08
Average
Progress 8 score
Alec Hunter Academy
Stubbs Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3NR
982 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Bohunt School Worthing
65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
914 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.16
Average
Progress 8 score
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
914 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.25
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Cedars Academy
Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4GH
1000 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.25
Below average
Progress 8 score
Larkmead School
Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RF
825 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Below average
Progress 8 score
Farnham Heath End
Hale Reeds, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9BN
1012 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.27
Below average
Progress 8 score
Clayton Hall Academy
Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
862 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 22 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.29
Below average
Progress 8 score
Mangotsfield School
Rodway Hill, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LH
1050 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.35
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Arnewood School
Gore Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6RS
1057 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.41
Below average
Progress 8 score
Westfield Academy
Stiby Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3EP
1029 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.55
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Thomas Alleyne Academy index school
High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE
947 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 October 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.59
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Magna Academy
Address Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8RE
Pupils 926 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.16 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Woodbrook Vale School
Address Grasmere Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2ST
Pupils 832 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
0.46 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Diss High School
Address Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
Pupils 919 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
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name Birkdale High School
Address Windy Harbour Road, Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT
Pupils 857 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
-0.08 Average Progress 8 score
School name Alec Hunter Academy
Address Stubbs Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3NR
Pupils 982 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Bohunt School Worthing
Address 65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
Pupils 914 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 September 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.16 Average Progress 8 score
School name Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Address Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
Pupils 914 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
-0.25 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Cedars Academy
Address Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4GH
Pupils 1000 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 January 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.25 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Larkmead School
Address Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RF
Pupils 825 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Farnham Heath End
Address Hale Reeds, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9BN
Pupils 1012 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.27 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Clayton Hall Academy
Address Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
Pupils 862 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
-0.29 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Mangotsfield School
Address Rodway Hill, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LH
Pupils 1050 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.35 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Arnewood School
Address Gore Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6RS
Pupils 1057 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.41 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Westfield Academy
Address Stiby Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3EP
Pupils 1029 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.55 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Thomas Alleyne Academy index school
Address High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE
Pupils 947 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
-0.59 Well below average Progress 8 score
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