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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 1283.0 1199 - 1375
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 12.4% 9.4% - 15.4%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 0.8% 0% - 3.8%
Pupils with English as an additional language 12.0% 9.0% - 15.0%
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

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
Dane Court Grammar School
Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
1236 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 11 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.67
Well above average
Progress 8 score
The Folkestone School for Girls
Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3RB
1217 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2012
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.34
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Castle School
Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
1199 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.21
Above average
Progress 8 score
Nene Park Academy
Oundle Road, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 7EA
1375 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
All Hallows Catholic College
Brooklands Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8LB
1235 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 December 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
Ashton Park School
Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JL
1238 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 09 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.13
Average
Progress 8 score
Chosen Hill School
Brookfield Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2PL
1328 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 October 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.05
Average
Progress 8 score
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
West Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6DF
1286 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2019
-0.17
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.15
Average
Progress 8 score
The Marlborough Science Academy
Watling Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2QA
1290 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
The Cooper School
Churchill Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS
1296 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.20
Average
Progress 8 score
The Deepings School
Park Road, Deeping St James, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, PE6 8NF
1344 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.23
Below average
Progress 8 score
Samuel Ward Academy
Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
1219 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.23
Below average
Progress 8 score
Wigston Academy
Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DT
1311 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.49
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Bicester School index school
Queen's Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 2NS
1283 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 June 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.51
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
1359 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 November 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name Dane Court Grammar School
Address Broadstairs Road, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RT
Pupils 1236 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
0.67 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name The Folkestone School for Girls
Address Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3RB
Pupils 1217 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2012
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.34 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Castle School
Address Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Pupils 1199 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.21 Above average Progress 8 score
School name Nene Park Academy
Address Oundle Road, Orton Longueville, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 7EA
Pupils 1375 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name All Hallows Catholic College
Address Brooklands Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8LB
Pupils 1235 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 04 December 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name Ashton Park School
Address Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JL
Pupils 1238 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 Chosen Hill School
Address Brookfield Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 2PL
Pupils 1328 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 October 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.05 Average Progress 8 score
School name Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Address West Park Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 6DF
Pupils 1286 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 26 September 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-0.17 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.15 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Marlborough Science Academy
Address Watling Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2QA
Pupils 1290 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Cooper School
Address Churchill Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS
Pupils 1296 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 30 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.20 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Deepings School
Address Park Road, Deeping St James, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, PE6 8NF
Pupils 1344 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.23 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Samuel Ward Academy
Address Chalkstone Way, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 0LD
Pupils 1219 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 02 November 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.23 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Wigston Academy
Address Station Road, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 2DT
Pupils 1311 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
-0.49 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Bicester School index school
Address Queen's Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 2NS
Pupils 1283 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 06 June 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.51 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Maplesden Noakes School
Address Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0TJ
Pupils 1359 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
-0.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
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