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Characteristic Default school value Comparison criteria
Finance type Academy Academies
Number of pupils 1303.0 1152 - 1448
School phase Secondary Secondary
Urban / rural location Urban and city Urban and city
Percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals 13.0% 11.0% - 15.0%
Pupils with special educational needs who have statements or education and health care plans 1.8% 0% - 3.8%
Pupils with English as an additional language 2.8% 0.8% - 4.8%
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

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  • interest received

Special facilities total

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  • 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

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  • 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
The Chauncy School
Park Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0DP
 1365 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.54
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Penrice Academy
Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3NR
 1428 pupils Secondary phase 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2014
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.54
Well above average
Progress 8 score
Devizes School
The Green, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3AG
 1211 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.22
Average
Progress 8 score
Sir John Leman High School
Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG
 1391 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.18
Average
Progress 8 score
Brigshaw High School
Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 2HR
 1406 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 June 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.14
Average
Progress 8 score
Highfields School index school
Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5NA
 1303 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.09
Average
Progress 8 score
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Moor Lane, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 9AF
 1297 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2019
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
0.07
Average
Progress 8 score
John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Ledbury Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7ET
 1425 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.12
Average
Progress 8 score
Plympton Academy
Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2RS
 1152 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 March 2020
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.21
Average
Progress 8 score
The Park Community School
Park Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9AX
 1448 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 25 January 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.25
Below average
Progress 8 score
Hummersknott Academy
Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8AR
 1259 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.26
Below average
Progress 8 score
The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, West Sussex, BN15 9QZ
 1380 pupils Secondary phase 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.30
Below average
Progress 8 score
Tavistock College
Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8DD
 1322 pupils Secondary phase 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 26 May 2022
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.32
Below average
Progress 8 score
Ormskirk School
Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2AT
 1230 pupils Secondary phase Not rated ofsted rating
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.43
Below average
Progress 8 score
Fulston Manor School
Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
 1340 pupils Secondary phase 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
N/A
Key stage 2 progress score
-0.67
Well below average
Progress 8 score
Comparison schools
School name The Chauncy School
Address Park Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0DP
Pupils 1365 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 21 June 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.54 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Penrice Academy
Address Charlestown Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3NR
Pupils 1428 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 1 Outstanding ofsted rating
Inspected 14 March 2014
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.54 Well above average Progress 8 score
School name Devizes School
Address The Green, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3AG
Pupils 1211 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 March 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.22 Average Progress 8 score
School name Sir John Leman High School
Address Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG
Pupils 1391 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 12 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.18 Average Progress 8 score
School name Brigshaw High School
Address Brigshaw Lane, Allerton Bywater, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 2HR
Pupils 1406 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 19 June 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.14 Average Progress 8 score
School name Highfields School index school
Address Upper Lumsdale, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5NA
Pupils 1303 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 Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Address Moor Lane, North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 9AF
Pupils 1297 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 13 November 2019
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
0.07 Average Progress 8 score
School name John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy
Address Ledbury Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7ET
Pupils 1425 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 23 March 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.12 Average Progress 8 score
School name Plympton Academy
Address Moorland Road, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 2RS
Pupils 1152 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 11 March 2020
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.21 Average Progress 8 score
School name The Park Community School
Address Park Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9AX
Pupils 1448 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 25 January 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.25 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Hummersknott Academy
Address Edinburgh Drive, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8AR
Pupils 1259 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 29 September 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.26 Below average Progress 8 score
School name The Sir Robert Woodard Academy
Address Upper Boundstone Lane, Sompting, West Sussex, BN15 9QZ
Pupils 1380 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 2 Good ofsted rating
Inspected 20 October 2021
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.30 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Tavistock College
Address Crowndale Road, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 8DD
Pupils 1322 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 4 Inadequate ofsted rating
Inspected 26 May 2022
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.32 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Ormskirk School
Address Wigan Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L39 2AT
Pupils 1230 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
-0.43 Below average Progress 8 score
School name Fulston Manor School
Address Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
Pupils 1340 pupils
Phase of education Secondary phase
Ofsted rating 3 Requires improvement ofsted rating
Inspected 15 November 2023
Key stage 2 progress
N/A Key stage 2 progress score
Progress 8
-0.67 Well below average Progress 8 score
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