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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 1480 1335 - 1631
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 5.6% 1.6% - 9.6%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.5% 0% - 5.5%
Pupils with English as an additional language 11.7% 7.7% - 15.7%
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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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
Invicta Grammar School
Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DS
1620 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.83
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Chesham Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5HA
1358 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.72
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Didcot Girls' School
Manor Crescent, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7AJ
1562 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2015
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.71
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Warwick Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5NJ
1463 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.62
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Beaumont School
Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
1496 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.60
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Moulsham High School
Brian Close, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9ES
1578 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.59
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE
1338 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2016
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.59
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir John Lawes School
Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
1335 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.58
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
1464 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.53
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Redland Green School
Redland Court Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7EH
1631 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.53
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Northampton School for Boys
Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5RT
1606 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.52
Well above average
Progress 8 score
St Clement Danes School
Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6EW
1594 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 October 2011
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.48
Above average
Progress 8 score
Tomlinscote School index school
Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
1480 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
1571 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
The Castle School
Park Road, Thornbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS35 1HT
1538 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Invicta Grammar School
Address Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 5DS
Pupils 1620 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 September 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.83 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Address Chesham Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5HA
Pupils 1358 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.72 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Didcot Girls' School
Address Manor Crescent, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7AJ
Pupils 1562 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2015
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.71 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Address Warwick Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5NJ
Pupils 1463 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
0.62 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Beaumont School
Address Austen Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0XB
Pupils 1496 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 20 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.60 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Moulsham High School
Address Brian Close, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9ES
Pupils 1578 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.59 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Address Oxford Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PE
Pupils 1338 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 29 January 2016
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.59 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir John Lawes School
Address Manland Way, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP
Pupils 1335 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
0.58 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Address Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
Pupils 1464 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
0.53 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Redland Green School
Address Redland Court Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7EH
Pupils 1631 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 16 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.53 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Northampton School for Boys
Address Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 5RT
Pupils 1606 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.52 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name St Clement Danes School
Address Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6EW
Pupils 1594 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 October 2011
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.48 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Tomlinscote School index school
Address Tomlinscote Way, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey, GU16 8PY
Pupils 1480 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
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Address Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
Pupils 1571 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Castle School
Address Park Road, Thornbury, Bristol, Gloucestershire, BS35 1HT
Pupils 1538 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 25 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.10 Average Progress 8 score
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