The Canterbury 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 Canterbury Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,993 19.3% 25.5%
Westlands School
Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Secondary 1,751 19.4% 26.4%
Wales High School
Sheffield, S26 5QQ
Secondary 1,821 20.6% 23.3%
Camborne Science and International Academy
Camborne, TR14 7PP
Secondary 1,785 13.3% 24.8%
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
York, YO10 5ZA
Secondary 1,820 13.5% 21.3%
Wildern School
Southampton, SO30 4EJ
Secondary 1,800 13.9% 16.9%
Shenley Brook End School
Milton Keynes, MK5 7ZT
Secondary 1,885 12.2% 17%
Greenshaw High School
Sutton, SM1 3DY
Secondary 1,966 11.5% 26.1%
Stratford Upon Avon School
Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9DH
Secondary 1,905 15.7% 21.1%
Hazelwick School
Crawley, RH10 1SX
Secondary 1,893 16.1% 16.7%
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry, CV1 2BA
Secondary 1,751 18.1% 25.4%
Cramlington Learning Village
Cramlington, NE23 6BN
Secondary 2,021 14.5% 21.5%
Hinchingbrooke School
Huntingdon, PE29 3BN
Secondary 2,110 14.3% 19.6%
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Tenterden, TN30 6LT
Secondary 1,863 12.9% 27.5%
Kingsbury High School
London, NW9 9JR
Secondary 2,000 11.7% 29.1%
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,666 17.5% 23.2%
Plume School
Maldon, CM9 6AB
Secondary 1,789 19.4% 21.9%
King's Academy Bay House
Gosport, PO12 2QP
Secondary 2,012 19.1% 20.2%
Hall Cross Academy
Doncaster, DN1 2HY
Secondary 2,045 9.7% 26.4%
The Cherwell School
Oxford, OX2 7EE
Secondary 2,008 17.2% 14.7%
Coundon Court
Coventry, CV6 2AJ
Secondary 1,882 20.1% 23.3%
Clacton County High School
Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6DZ
Secondary 1,870 16.3% 30.3%
Cheney School
Oxford, OX3 7QH
Secondary 1,707 22.3% 23.8%
Highfields School
Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
Secondary 1,783 19.7% 30.2%
Immanuel College
Bradford, BD10 9AQ
Secondary 1,727 18.4% 27.2%
Parrs Wood High School
Manchester, M20 5PG
Secondary 1,869 13.4% 29.4%
Wath Academy
Rotherham, S63 7NW
Secondary 2,040 14.5% 23.2%
Horizon Community College
Barnsley, S70 6PD
Secondary 1,916 12.9% 27.6%
Philip Morant School and College
Colchester, CO3 4QS
Secondary 1,835 10.3% 24.1%
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Secondary 1,798 20.9% 24.6%