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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 444 394 - 534
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 17.8% 12.8% - 22.8%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 2% 0% - 7%
Pupils with English as an additional language 4.1% 0% - 9.1%
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
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy index school
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
Wyvern St Edmund's
Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1RE
1328 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.11
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
LeAF Studio
Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 9JW
431 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.42
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
Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
477 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.71
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Digitech Studio School
Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XQ
583 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.87
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
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School
Howe Lane, Verwood, BH31 6JF
451 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
-2.20
Below 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
Lockyer's Middle School
Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ
462 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2022
-2.43
Below average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Churnet View Middle 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
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
Kirkburton Middle School
Turnshaws Avenue, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0TJ
496 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
-1.43
Average
Key stage 2 progress score
N/A
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy index school
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 Wyvern St Edmund's
Address Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1RE
Pupils 1328 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 31 January 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.11 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 LeAF Studio
Address Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 9JW
Pupils 431 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 23 January 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.42 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 Leigh Academy Tonbridge
Address Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
Pupils 477 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 07 December 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.71 Well below average Progress 8 score
School name Digitech Studio School
Address Tower Road North, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 8XQ
Pupils 583 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 18 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.87 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 Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School
Address Howe Lane, Verwood, BH31 6JF
Pupils 451 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-2.20 Below 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 Lockyer's Middle School
Address Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ
Pupils 462 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 05 October 2022
Key stage 2 progress
-2.43 Below average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
School name Churnet View Middle 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 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 Kirkburton Middle School
Address Turnshaws Avenue, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 0TJ
Pupils 496 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 17 November 2021
Key stage 2 progress
-1.43 Average Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
N/A Progress 8 score
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