The Lakes 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 27 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 Lakes School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 440 14.1% 13%
St James' Catholic High School
Cheadle, SK8 6PZ
Secondary 825 10.7% 14.3%
Mossley Hollins High School
Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
Secondary 890 21.5% 17.1%
Gosforth Central Middle School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1UN
Secondary 601 15.8% 18.1%
Gosforth East Middle School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 5JT
Secondary 556 15.1% 18%
Wellfield Middle School
Whitley Bay, NE25 9QW
Secondary 354 14.7% 14.4%
Leighton Middle School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EX
Secondary 601 15.2% 12.8%
St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor
Windsor, SL4 5EN
Secondary 481 14.4% 9.8%
Millom School
Millom, LA18 5AB
Secondary 469 10.2% 22%
Aston Fields Middle School
Bromsgrove, B60 2ET
Secondary 595 12.6% 15.1%
Parkside Middle School
Bromsgrove, B61 0AH
Secondary 603 20.7% 21.6%
Edwinstree Church of England Middle School
Buntingford, SG9 9AW
Secondary 485 21% 15.5%
Whitworth Community High School
ROCHDALE, OL12 8TS
Secondary 651 22.3% 23.3%
Penwortham Girls' High School
Preston, PR1 0SR
Secondary 800 10.8% 16.5%
Our Lady's Catholic High School
Preston, PR2 3SQ
Secondary 902 10.8% 18%
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Preston, PR5 6PB
Secondary 761 12.9% 22.9%
St Bede's Catholic High School, Lytham
Lytham St Annes, FY8 4JL
Secondary 831 7.6% 13.4%
Saint Aidan's Church of England High School
Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 0NP
Secondary 837 11.7% 15.3%
St Bede's Catholic High School
Ormskirk, L39 4TA
Secondary 707 11.5% 6.2%
Hutton Church of England Grammar School
Preston, PR4 5SN
Secondary 823 9.1% 12%
All Hallows Catholic High School
Preston, PR1 0LN
Secondary 911 8.9% 9.8%
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Preston, PR2 8RA
Secondary 838 10.6% 11.7%
Upper Wharfedale School
Skipton, BD23 5BS
Secondary 363 15.4% 13.5%
The Community College, Bishop's Castle
Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
Secondary 526 13.7% 12.9%
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
Heywood, OL10 2AA
Secondary 767 15.6% 21.5%
Preston Muslim Girls High School
Preston, PR1 5BY
Secondary 608 14.5% 23.2%
Menorah High School for Girls
London, NW2 7BZ
Secondary 403 18.4% 3.2%