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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.

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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
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,059 21.3% 12.3%
The John Fisher School
Purley, CR8 3YP
Secondary 1,134 23.2% 14%
Summerhill School
Kingswinford, DY6 9XE
Secondary 1,094 16.9% 10.4%
St Hilda's Church of England High School
Liverpool, L17 3AL
Secondary 1,132 25.1% 14%
St Peter's Catholic High School
Wigan, WN5 8NU
Secondary 1,033 15.7% 11.2%
Marden High School
North Shields, NE30 3RZ
Secondary 943 15.3% 16.4%
Brimsham Green School
Bristol, BS37 7LB
Secondary 1,052 21% 18.5%
Saint Gregory's Catholic College
Bath, BA2 8PA
Secondary 1,007 14.8% 16.8%
The Willink School
Reading, RG7 3XJ
Secondary 1,233 19.5% 11.4%
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Reading, RG30 3EP
Secondary 1,046 16.9% 17.8%
The Cottesloe School
Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
Secondary 1,141 19.1% 13.8%
The Nelson Thomlinson School
Wigton, CA7 9PX
Secondary 1,161 16.7% 12.8%
St Peter's Church of England Aided School
Exeter, EX2 5AP
Secondary 1,307 18.2% 12.7%
The Woodroffe School
Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX
Secondary 978 12.1% 16.6%
St Richard's Catholic College
Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1SE
Secondary 1,035 11.7% 12.7%
St Benedict's Catholic College
Colchester, CO3 3US
Secondary 895 19.4% 9.1%
Rednock School
Dursley, GL11 4BY
Secondary 1,232 18.8% 17.2%
Court Moor School
Fleet, GU52 7RY
Secondary 1,133 17.5% 8.9%
The Wavell School
Farnborough, GU14 6BH
Secondary 1,029 18.9% 14.1%
Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School
Basingstoke, RG22 6SR
Secondary 891 22.5% 9.9%
Testbourne Community School
Whitchurch, RG28 7JF
Secondary 940 14.6% 14.4%
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat School
Hereford, HR1 1UU
Secondary 1,091 16.2% 14.5%
Holy Cross Catholic High School
Chorley, PR7 3LS
Secondary 980 18.2% 12.3%
Spalding High School
Spalding, PE11 2PJ
Secondary 948 14.8% 10.3%
Codsall Community High School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1PQ
Secondary 1,068 14.4% 16.7%
The Forest School
Horsham, RH13 5NT
Secondary 1,095 18.5% 11.4%
Millais School
Horsham, RH13 5HR
Secondary 1,055 24.3% 11.3%
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley
Crawley, RH11 8PG
Secondary 1,175 20.3% 14.5%
St Oscar Romero Catholic School
Worthing, BN12 5AF
Secondary 1,077 20.1% 13.2%
The Stonehenge School
Amesbury, SP4 7PW
Secondary 1,080 24.8% 16.1%