Brine Leas 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.
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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
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                        Brine Leas School
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Secondary | 1,441 | 13% | 11.6% | 
| 
                        The Fallibroome Academy
                         Macclesfield, SK10 4AF  | 
                    Secondary | 1,542 | 9.2% | 12% | 
| 
                        The Cotswold Academy
                         Cheltenham, GL54 2BD  | 
                    Secondary | 1,473 | 13.8% | 13.2% | 
| 
                        Hele's School
                         Plymouth, PL7 4LT  | 
                    Secondary | 1,387 | 16.2% | 12.5% | 
| 
                        The Mountbatten School
                         Romsey, SO51 5SY  | 
                    Secondary | 1,461 | 16.7% | 12.3% | 
| 
                        West Hatch High School
                         Chigwell, IG7 5BT  | 
                    Secondary | 1,507 | 14.9% | 12.2% | 
| 
                        Highcliffe School
                         Christchurch, BH23 4QD  | 
                    Secondary | 1,509 | 12.1% | 12.2% | 
| 
                        Chipping Campden School
                         Chipping Campden, GL55 6HU  | 
                    Secondary | 1,481 | 14.2% | 13.4% | 
| 
                        Great Marlow School
                         Marlow, SL7 1JE  | 
                    Secondary | 1,447 | 13.6% | 13.9% | 
| 
                        Hayesfield Girls School
                         Bath, BA2 3LA  | 
                    Secondary | 1,497 | 10.8% | 11% | 
| 
                        The London Oratory School
                         London, SW6 1RX  | 
                    Secondary | 1,393 | 11.1% | 10.1% | 
| 
                        Oaklands Catholic School
                         Waterlooville, PO7 7BW  | 
                    Secondary | 1,379 | 11.2% | 12.2% | 
| 
                        Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
                         Accrington, BB5 4AY  | 
                    Secondary | 1,315 | 12.1% | 11.9% | 
| 
                        Sandbach School
                         Sandbach, CW11 3NS  | 
                    Secondary | 1,520 | 13.7% | 11.7% | 
| 
                        Deyes High School
                         Liverpool, L31 6DE  | 
                    Secondary | 1,355 | 13.9% | 12.6% | 
| 
                        Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
                         Grays, RM16 6SA  | 
                    Secondary | 1,468 | 11.5% | 10.9% | 
| 
                        Moulton School and Science College
                         Northampton, NN3 7SD  | 
                    Secondary | 1,411 | 11.1% | 13.8% | 
| 
                        Churchdown School
                         Gloucester, GL3 2RB  | 
                    Secondary | 1,480 | 13.9% | 14% | 
| 
                        Vyners School
                         Uxbridge, UB10 8AB  | 
                    Secondary | 1,489 | 16.7% | 10.9% | 
| 
                        Birchwood High School
                         Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD  | 
                    Secondary | 1,425 | 11.3% | 13.9% | 
| 
                        The King Edward VI School
                         Morpeth, NE61 1DN  | 
                    Secondary | 1,374 | 12.5% | 10.1% | 
| 
                        Impington Village College
                         Cambridge, CB24 9LX  | 
                    Secondary | 1,435 | 13.6% | 12.4% | 
| 
                        Clevedon School
                         Clevedon, BS21 6AH  | 
                    Secondary | 1,391 | 14.2% | 11.8% | 
| 
                        The Stanway School
                         Colchester, CO3 0QA  | 
                    Secondary | 1,397 | 13.7% | 11.5% | 
| 
                        Burford School
                         Burford, OX18 4PL  | 
                    Secondary | 1,461 | 14.6% | 10.5% | 
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                        Silverdale School
                         Sheffield, S11 9QH  | 
                    Secondary | 1,469 | 10% | 11% | 
| 
                        The Castle School
                         Bristol, BS35 1HT  | 
                    Secondary | 1,472 | 12.3% | 11.3% | 
| 
                        Tytherington School
                         Macclesfield, SK10 2EE  | 
                    Secondary | 1,425 | 16.2% | 14.5% | 
| 
                        Waingels
                         Reading, RG5 4RF  | 
                    Secondary | 1,422 | 9.9% | 10.8% | 
| 
                        Wollaston School
                         Wellingborough, NN29 7PH  | 
                    Secondary | 1,431 | 14.5% | 12.7% |