Valley Gardens Middle 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.
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:
- school phase or type
- region
- 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
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Valley Gardens Middle School
(Your chosen school) |
Secondary | 773 | 13.6% | 6.3% |
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St Michael's Catholic Grammar School
London, N12 7NJ |
Secondary | 891 | 8.5% | 9.4% |
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Old Swinford Hospital
Stourbridge, DY8 1QX |
Secondary | 947 | 12.7% | 5.4% |
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St James' Catholic High School
Cheadle, SK8 6PZ |
Secondary | 825 | 10.7% | 14.3% |
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St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU |
Secondary | 1,033 | 15.7% | 11.2% |
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Gosforth Central Middle School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1UN |
Secondary | 601 | 15.8% | 18.1% |
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Gosforth East Middle School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 5JT |
Secondary | 556 | 15.1% | 18% |
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Marden High School
North Shields, NE30 3RZ |
Secondary | 943 | 15.3% | 16.4% |
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Leighton Middle School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EX |
Secondary | 601 | 15.2% | 12.8% |
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St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor
Windsor, SL4 5EN |
Secondary | 481 | 14.4% | 9.8% |
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Chailey School
Lewes, BN8 4PU |
Secondary | 855 | 15.6% | 12.9% |
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St Richard's Catholic College
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE |
Secondary | 1,035 | 11.7% | 12.7% |
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St Benedict's Catholic College
Colchester, CO3 3US |
Secondary | 895 | 19.4% | 9.1% |
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Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Basingstoke, RG22 6SR |
Secondary | 891 | 22.5% | 9.9% |
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Testbourne Community School
Whitchurch, RG28 7JF |
Secondary | 940 | 14.6% | 14.4% |
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Aston Fields Middle School
Bromsgrove, B60 2ET |
Secondary | 595 | 12.6% | 15.1% |
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St Mary's RC High School
Hereford, HR1 4DR |
Secondary | 749 | 21% | 11.2% |
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Broughton High School
Preston, PR3 5JJ |
Secondary | 928 | 11.5% | 9.4% |
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Balshaw's Church of England High School
Leyland, PR25 3AH |
Secondary | 936 | 9% | 12.9% |
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St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Lytham St Annes, FY8 4JL |
Secondary | 831 | 7.6% | 13.4% |
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Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP |
Secondary | 837 | 11.7% | 15.3% |
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St Bede's Catholic High School
Ormskirk, L39 4TA |
Secondary | 707 | 11.5% | 6.2% |
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Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Preston, PR4 5SN |
Secondary | 823 | 9.1% | 12% |
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All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN |
Secondary | 911 | 8.9% | 9.8% |
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Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS |
Secondary | 980 | 18.2% | 12.3% |
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Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Preston, PR2 8RA |
Secondary | 838 | 10.6% | 11.7% |
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Spalding High School
Spalding, PE11 2PJ |
Secondary | 948 | 14.8% | 10.3% |
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Ripon Grammar School
Ripon, HG4 2DG |
Secondary | 942 | 5.3% | 3.6% |
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Ermysted's Grammar School
Skipton, BD23 1PL |
Secondary | 818 | 6.9% | 6.5% |
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The Community College, Bishop's Castle
Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY |
Secondary | 526 | 13.7% | 12.9% |