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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 482 394 - 574
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 22.8% 17.8% - 27.8%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 3.5% 0% - 8.5%
Pupils with English as an additional language 2.9% 0% - 7.9%
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
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Palace Fields, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AF
437 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.36
Above average
Progress 8 score
The Cheadle Academy
Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1LH
470 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.32
Below average
Progress 8 score
Pool Academy
Church Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3PZ
562 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.39
Below average
Progress 8 score
Ludlow Church of England School
Bromfield Road, Burway, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1GJ
584 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.46
Below average
Progress 8 score
Berwick Academy
Adams Drive, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2JF
545 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.55
Progress 8 score
The Sele School
Welwyn Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2DG
423 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.55
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Academy, Selsey
School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 9EH
477 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.57
Well below average
Progress 8 score
The Deanes
Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD
507 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.79
Well below average
Progress 8 score
UTC South Durham
Long Tens Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 6AP
429 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-1.15
Progress 8 score
Churnet View Middle School index school
Churnet View, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6PU
470 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
-2.00
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Westley Middle School
Oliver Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JB
295 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 December 2016
-2.33
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Sandymoor Orminston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1QU
601 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
North Walsham High School
Spenser Avenue, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9HZ
578 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Highfield Middle School
Highfield Lane, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6EY
398 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU
646 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 29 June 2023
-1.67
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Address Palace Fields, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AF
Pupils 437 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.36 Above average Progress 8 score
School name The Cheadle Academy
Address Station Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 1LH
Pupils 470 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 15 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.32 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Pool Academy
Address Church Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3PZ
Pupils 562 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.39 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Ludlow Church of England School
Address Bromfield Road, Burway, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1GJ
Pupils 584 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 February 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.46 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Berwick Academy
Address Adams Drive, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2JF
Pupils 545 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 13 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.55 Progress 8 score
School name The Sele School
Address Welwyn Road, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2DG
Pupils 423 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 19 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.55 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Academy, Selsey
Address School Lane, Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 9EH
Pupils 477 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 01 May 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.57 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name The Deanes
Address Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD
Pupils 507 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 27 September 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.79 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name UTC South Durham
Address Long Tens Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 6AP
Pupils 429 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 10 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-1.15 Progress 8 score
School name Churnet View Middle School index school
Address Churnet View, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6PU
Pupils 470 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 February 2019
Key stage 2 progress
-2.00 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Westley Middle School
Address Oliver Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3JB
Pupils 295 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 December 2016
Key stage 2 progress
-2.33 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Sandymoor Ormiston Academy
Address Sandymoor Orminston Academy, Wharford Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1QU
Pupils 601 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
N/A Progress 8 score
School name North Walsham High School
Address Spenser Avenue, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9HZ
Pupils 578 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 14 December 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Highfield Middle School
Address Highfield Lane, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6EY
Pupils 398 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
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Address Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU
Pupils 646 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 29 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
-1.67 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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