Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

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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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  • 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
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,072 14.8% 30.4%
Future Academies Watford
Watford, WD25 7HW
Secondary 1,021 15.4% 32.4%
Furness Academy
Barrow-in-Furness, LA13 9BB
Secondary 1,188 17.4% 29.5%
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Dartford, DA1 4RS
Secondary 1,081 16.3% 31.8%
Pyrland School
Taunton, TA2 7QP
Secondary 996 13.2% 28.9%
Denbigh High School
Luton, LU3 1HE
Secondary 1,125 16.2% 30.7%
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,164 14.7% 31.9%
Bishop Justus CofE School
Bromley, BR2 8HZ
Secondary 1,173 14.9% 29.7%
Rivers Academy West London
Feltham, TW14 9PE
Secondary 1,045 12.3% 32%
Upper Shirley High School
Southampton, SO15 7QU
Secondary 1,082 13.3% 29.3%
Retford Oaks Academy
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Secondary 1,125 17.4% 29.4%
Harrow High School
Harrow, HA1 2JG
Secondary 1,015 16% 29.8%
Lynn Grove Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR31 8AP
Secondary 1,109 16.5% 32.7%
Mulberry Academy Woodside
London, N22 5QJ
Secondary 1,157 16.6% 29.7%
St Helena School
Colchester, CO3 3LE
Secondary 1,001 16.7% 29.2%
Parklands High School
Chorley, PR7 1LL
Secondary 1,107 17.9% 27.6%
The Clarendon Academy
Trowbridge, BA14 0DJ
Secondary 1,109 15% 27.7%
St George's Catholic School
London, W9 1RB
Secondary 1,154 15.2% 31.8%
Carleton High School
Pontefract, WF8 3NW
Secondary 1,024 16.5% 29.8%
St George's School A Church of England Academy
Blackpool, FY4 4PH
Secondary 1,032 12.2% 32.8%
Little Lever School
Bolton, BL3 1BT
Secondary 1,068 18.1% 29.6%
Unsworth Academy
Bury, BL9 8LP
Secondary 971 16.4% 30.4%
Challney High School for Girls
Luton, LU4 9FJ
Secondary 1,046 13% 29.6%
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Doncaster, DN12 1HH
Secondary 1,171 16.3% 30.7%
Penketh High School
Warrington, WA5 2BY
Secondary 1,023 17.2% 27.8%
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Leicester, LE2 6FU
Secondary 1,152 13.1% 29%
Colne Park High School
Colne, BB8 7DP
Secondary 1,036 15% 30.9%
Stone Lodge School
Dartford, DA2 6FY
Secondary 1,055 14.8% 29.8%
Stopsley High School
Luton, LU2 7UX
Secondary 1,078 16.8% 29.6%
Eckington School
Sheffield, S21 4GN
Secondary 1,152 14.3% 29.5%