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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 1547 1423 - 1669
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 9.6% 7.6% - 11.6%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3% 1% - 5%
Pupils with English as an additional language 5.4% 3.4% - 7.4%
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

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 2021 / 2022
Comparison schools
School Pupils Phase of education Ofsted rating Key stage 2 progress Progress 8
Hayesfield Girls School
Upper Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3LA
1461 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.55
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY
1503 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.49
Progress 8 score
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Middlewich Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3NT
1398 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.41
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Blue School
Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2NR
1464 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 May 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Bridgewater High School index school
Broomfields Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3AE
1609 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Egglescliffe School
Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
1525 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Collingwood College
Kingston Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4AE
1686 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
King Alfred's
Portway, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BY
1705 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.00
Average
Progress 8 score
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JE
1434 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
Sandbach School
Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3NS
1504 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.06
Average
Progress 8 score
Sheldon School
Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ
1640 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
Ely College
Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2SH
1556 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.10
Average
Progress 8 score
Shenfield High School
Alexander Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8RY
1535 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.22
Below average
Progress 8 score
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1WY
1343 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.38
Below average
Progress 8 score
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Ratby Road, Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE6 0FP
1426 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 February 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Hayesfield Girls School
Address Upper Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3LA
Pupils 1461 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.55 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Vandyke Upper School
Address Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3DY
Pupils 1503 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 03 May 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.49 Progress 8 score
School name Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Address Middlewich Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3NT
Pupils 1398 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.41 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Blue School
Address Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2NR
Pupils 1464 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
0.13 Average Progress 8 score
School name Bridgewater High School index school
Address Broomfields Road, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 3AE
Pupils 1609 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name Egglescliffe School
Address Urlay Nook Road, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
Pupils 1525 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
0.09 Average Progress 8 score
School name Collingwood College
Address Kingston Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4AE
Pupils 1686 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name King Alfred's
Address Portway, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BY
Pupils 1705 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.00 Average Progress 8 score
School name Great Marlow School
Address Bobmore Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1JE
Pupils 1434 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name Sandbach School
Address Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3NS
Pupils 1504 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 28 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.06 Average Progress 8 score
School name Sheldon School
Address Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ
Pupils 1640 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
-0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name Ely College
Address Downham Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2SH
Pupils 1556 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.10 Average Progress 8 score
School name Shenfield High School
Address Alexander Lane, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8RY
Pupils 1535 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.22 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Address Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1WY
Pupils 1343 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 12 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.38 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Address Ratby Road, Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE6 0FP
Pupils 1426 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 06 February 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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