The Downs 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
The Downs School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,437 11.9% 9%
Guiseley School
Leeds, LS20 8DT
Secondary 1,427 18.9% 10.7%
The Willink School
Reading, RG7 3XJ
Secondary 1,233 19.5% 11.4%
Garth Hill College
Bracknell, RG42 2AD
Secondary 1,474 13.6% 18.9%
Bishop Heber High School
Malpas, SY14 8JD
Secondary 1,282 11.1% 10.8%
Heathfield Community College
Heathfield, TN21 8RJ
Secondary 1,438 9.4% 12.9%
Uckfield College
Uckfield, TN22 3DJ
Secondary 1,602 14.2% 13.2%
Beauchamps High School
Wickford, SS11 8LY
Secondary 1,471 15.3% 11.4%
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY
Secondary 1,133 17.5% 8.9%
Swanmore College
Southampton, SO32 2RB
Secondary 1,334 12.1% 17.3%
Yateley School
Yateley, GU46 6NW
Secondary 1,331 14.3% 10.9%
Calthorpe Park School
Fleet, GU51 5JA
Secondary 1,645 12% 10.3%
Ashlyns School
Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH
Secondary 1,535 16.9% 10.2%
Maidstone Grammar School
Maidstone, ME15 7BT
Secondary 1,416 2.3% 6.6%
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Maidstone, ME16 0SF
Secondary 1,274 5.3% 9.7%
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School
Canterbury, CT1 3EW
Secondary 1,256 10% 6.8%
The Judd School
Tonbridge, TN9 2PN
Secondary 1,499 5% 2.2%
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys
Canterbury, CT4 7AS
Secondary 1,226 4.3% 6.9%
King Edward VI School
Lichfield, WS14 9EE
Secondary 1,627 12.2% 10.1%
Oakwood School
Horley, RH6 9AE
Secondary 1,600 15.8% 15.4%
St Andrew's Catholic School
Leatherhead, KT22 7JP
Secondary 1,597 10.2% 4.8%
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Woking, GU21 8TL
Secondary 1,471 14.1% 18.5%
Tanbridge House School
Horsham, RH12 1SR
Secondary 1,525 27.2% 9.8%
Oathall Community College
Haywards Heath, RH16 2AQ
Secondary 1,303 22.1% 14.2%
Downlands Community School
Hassocks, BN6 8LP
Secondary 1,251 22.6% 7.9%
Imberhorne School
East Grinstead, RH19 1QY
Secondary 1,575 18.1% 9.9%
Sackville School
East Grinstead, RH19 3TY
Secondary 1,603 25.1% 11.8%
Davison Church of England High School for Girls, Worthing
Worthing, BN11 2JX
Secondary 1,331 20.9% 13.6%
Oriel High School
Crawley, RH10 7XW
Secondary 1,479 19.3% 12.7%
JCoSS
New Barnet, EN4 9GE
Secondary 1,381 8.6% 4.1%