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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 862 724 - 1007
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 15.4% 12.4% - 18.4%
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 10.2% 7.2% - 13.2%
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
946 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
1.16
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Winton Academy
Winton Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 4HT
929 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 December 2018
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.70
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Attleborough Academy
9 Norwich Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AJ
884 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
Coombe Dean School
Charnhill Way, Elburton, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 8ES
1026 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.02
Average
Progress 8 score
Diss High School
Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
948 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
890 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 16 June 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.08
Average
Progress 8 score
Bohunt School Worthing
65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
922 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.16
Average
Progress 8 score
The Roundhill Academy
997 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8GQ
824 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.17
Average
Progress 8 score
The Cedars Academy
Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4GH
999 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.25
Below average
Progress 8 score
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
900 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
Larkmead School
Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RF
866 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
Clayton Hall Academy index school
Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
832 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
Rushden Academy
Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
852 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.39
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Beaconsfield School
Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ
848 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.42
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Thomas Alleyne Academy
High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE
973 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 946 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
1.16 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Winton Academy
Address Winton Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 4HT
Pupils 929 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 12 December 2018
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.70 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Attleborough Academy
Address 9 Norwich Road, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 2AJ
Pupils 884 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 08 December 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.17 Average Progress 8 score
School name Coombe Dean School
Address Charnhill Way, Elburton, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 8ES
Pupils 1026 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.02 Average Progress 8 score
School name Diss High School
Address Walcot Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4DH
Pupils 948 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 890 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 Bohunt School Worthing
Address 65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
Pupils 922 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 04 October 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.16 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Roundhill Academy
Address 997 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8GQ
Pupils 824 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 04 July 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.17 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Cedars Academy
Address Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 4GH
Pupils 999 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 22 March 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.25 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Address Rowley Avenue, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST17 9AB
Pupils 900 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 Larkmead School
Address Faringdon Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1RF
Pupils 866 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 Clayton Hall Academy index school
Address Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
Pupils 832 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 Rushden Academy
Address Hayway, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 6AG
Pupils 852 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 September 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.39 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Beaconsfield School
Address Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1SJ
Pupils 848 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.42 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Thomas Alleyne Academy
Address High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 3BE
Pupils 973 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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