Sydenham School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

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  • number of pupils
  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  • pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Sydenham School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,508 15.7% 25.7%
Eltham Hill School
London, SE9 5EE
Secondary 1,313 22.6% 22%
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Dagenham, RM8 1JT
Secondary 1,354 14% 24.8%
St James' Catholic High School
London, NW9 5PE
Secondary 1,255 12.8% 27.7%
Villiers High School
Southall, UB1 3BT
Secondary 1,445 12.3% 34%
The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls
London, W3 0HW
Secondary 1,292 11.7% 31.6%
Winchmore School
London, N21 3HS
Secondary 1,790 14.9% 26.6%
Highgate Wood Secondary School
London, N8 8RN
Secondary 1,556 20% 19.7%
Whitmore High School
Harrow, HA2 0AD
Secondary 1,776 8.5% 29.1%
Ricards Lodge High School
London, SW19 7HB
Secondary 1,477 18.5% 24.9%
Rutlish School
London, SW20 9AD
Secondary 1,491 21.2% 21.3%
Wanstead High School
London, E11 2JZ
Secondary 1,436 18.5% 17.2%
Valentines High School
Ilford, IG2 6HX
Secondary 1,331 9.3% 25%
Thornleigh Salesian College
Bolton, BL1 6PQ
Secondary 1,579 15% 27%
Saddleworth School
Oldham, OL3 5NU
Secondary 1,417 14.3% 22.1%
The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College
Wigan, WN1 1HQ
Secondary 1,374 14.7% 28.6%
Titus Salt School
Bradford, BD17 5RH
Secondary 1,436 23.9% 24.8%
Kettlethorpe High School
Wakefield, WF2 7EL
Secondary 1,673 12.2% 23.6%
The Grange School
Aylesbury, HP21 7NH
Secondary 1,430 18.7% 22.7%
The Whitby High School
Ellesmere Port, CH66 2NU
Secondary 1,482 11.7% 25.9%
Northfield School and Sports College
Billingham, TS22 5EG
Secondary 1,544 15.8% 29.2%
Redruth School
Redruth, TR15 1TA
Secondary 1,466 22.7% 27%
Dorothy Stringer School
Brighton, BN1 6PZ
Secondary 1,634 16.9% 23.9%
Blatchington Mill School
Hove, BN3 7BW
Secondary 1,637 15.7% 21%
Marriotts School
Stevenage, SG2 8UT
Secondary 1,410 22.6% 28.9%
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Gravesend, DA12 2JW
Secondary 1,326 14.2% 24.1%
Crown Hills Community College
Leicester, LE5 5FT
Secondary 1,497 13.6% 25.7%
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley
Crawley, RH11 8JE
Secondary 1,361 19% 27.2%
Elthorne Park High School
London, W7 2AH
Secondary 1,582 20.6% 20.1%
Oaks Park High School
Ilford, IG2 7PQ
Secondary 1,786 10% 22.1%