Cove 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
Cove School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,013 30.8% 27.2%
The Norwood School
London, SE19 3NY
Secondary 1,073 20.4% 28.7%
Forest Hill School
London, SE23 2XN
Secondary 1,073 26.9% 25.1%
Frederick Bremer School
London, E17 4EY
Secondary 881 31.3% 30.9%
Willowfield School
London, E17 6ND
Secondary 1,005 24.3% 31.5%
Queensbridge School
Birmingham, B13 8QB
Secondary 907 26.7% 27.2%
St Paul's School for Girls
Birmingham, B16 9SL
Secondary 1,047 21.9% 29.1%
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Liverpool, L9 7BF
Secondary 1,160 23.8% 26.9%
St Ambrose Barlow RC High School
Manchester, M27 9QP
Secondary 1,073 22.7% 27.4%
Cansfield High School
Wigan, WN4 9TP
Secondary 1,036 23.8% 25.9%
Longbenton High School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8ER
Secondary 953 29.3% 30.7%
Buckingham School
Buckingham, MK18 1AT
Secondary 1,073 27% 19.9%
Cressex Community School
High Wycombe, HP12 4QA
Secondary 763 20.7% 29%
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
High Peak, SK23 0TQ
Secondary 943 22% 23.6%
The Spires College
Torquay, TQ1 3PE
Secondary 1,131 25.5% 28.9%
Priory School
Lewes, BN7 2XN
Secondary 1,163 28.4% 18.7%
Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre
Hove, BN3 7BN
Secondary 953 30% 35.4%
Patcham High School
Brighton, BN1 8PB
Secondary 1,105 28.3% 23.8%
The Hamble School
Southampton, SO31 4NE
Secondary 1,100 28.3% 25.2%
Crookhorn College
Waterlooville, PO7 5UD
Secondary 916 33.1% 26.9%
Harrow Way Community School
Andover, SP10 3RH
Secondary 998 17.8% 26.8%
Cranbourne
Basingstoke, RG21 3NP
Secondary 988 21.7% 27.1%
Warblington School
Havant, PO9 2RR
Secondary 765 23.4% 31.7%
The Astley Cooper School
Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7HL
Secondary 947 28.8% 31.9%
The Malling School
West Malling, ME19 6DH
Secondary 1,049 25.6% 27.8%
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Rochester, ME1 2FA
Secondary 1,105 17.8% 30.9%
Northfleet Technology College
Gravesend, DA11 8BG
Secondary 967 25.3% 33.1%
Ifield Community College
Crawley, RH11 0DB
Secondary 1,205 19.6% 28.7%
St Andrew's CofE High School
Worthing, BN14 8BG
Secondary 742 31.7% 24.8%
Christ The King College
Newport, PO30 5QT
Secondary 1,047 17.7% 24.7%