The Open Academy

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:

  • school phase or type
  • region
  • 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 Open Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 560 32.5% 38.6%
All Saints Academy Dunstable
Dunstable, LU5 5AB
Secondary 564 26.8% 33%
Sarum Academy
Salisbury, SP2 9HS
Secondary 783 30.2% 36.4%
Coleridge Community College
Cambridge, CB1 3RJ
Secondary 575 20.3% 36.8%
Dyson Perrins CofE Academy
Malvern, WR14 1WD
Secondary 616 30.4% 35.4%
Woodfield Academy
Redditch, B98 7HH
Secondary 572 24.6% 41.9%
The Featherstone Academy
Pontefract, WF7 5AJ
Secondary 525 29% 40.3%
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy
Lincoln, LN6 7SX
Secondary 606 27.2% 32.8%
Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR31 6TA
Secondary 808 27.9% 40.7%
Aureus School
Didcot, OX11 6FF
Secondary 485 29.5% 32.8%
The Barnes Wallis Academy
Lincoln, LN4 4PN
Secondary 509 28.9% 41.7%
St Edmund's Catholic School
Dover, CT16 2QB
Secondary 648 28% 40.2%
Caister Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5LS
Secondary 635 26% 39.4%
The Grange School
Christchurch, BH23 3AU
Secondary 472 31.3% 41.1%
Stalham High School
Norwich, NR12 9DG
Secondary 484 28.9% 33.1%
Beckfoot Upper Heaton
Bradford, BD9 6AL
Secondary 693 32.7% 43.3%
Sewell Park Academy
Norwich, NR3 4BX
Secondary 790 25% 40.9%
Hewett Academy
Norwich, NR1 2PL
Secondary 489 35.7% 35.5%
Church Hill Middle School
Redditch, B98 9LR
Secondary 451 25.6% 37.6%
Canary Wharf College Crossharbour
London, E14 9GL
Secondary 462 29% 33.8%
The Winstanley School
Leicester, LE3 3BD
Secondary 639 33% 41.8%
Goffs - Churchgate Academy
Waltham Cross, EN8 9LY
Secondary 599 30.6% 33.6%
The Pedmore High School
Stourbridge, DY9 7HS
Secondary 663 24% 41.3%
Birchensale Middle School
Redditch, B97 6HT
Secondary 536 25.1% 37%
Pakefield High School
Lowestoft, NR33 7AQ
Secondary 702 23.5% 38.9%
Broadoak Academy
Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP
Secondary 739 39.7% 39%
Trinity Catholic School
Leamington Spa, CV32 6NB
Secondary 405 29.4% 42.4%
St Josephs Catholic High School, Workington
Workington, CA14 3EE
Secondary 517 25% 42.9%
Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Peterborough, PE4 7EP
Secondary 446 24.2% 41%
Mercia Academy
Swadlincote, DE11 0TL
Secondary 580 23.8% 41.3%