Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

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

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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
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,545 13.3% 8.9%
Lift Greensward
Hockley, SS5 5HG
Secondary 1,614 15% 10.9%
Highworth Grammar School
Ashford, TN24 8UD
Secondary 1,543 7.5% 7.9%
The Ecclesbourne School
Belper, DE56 4GS
Secondary 1,576 10.7% 6.5%
Weydon School
Farnham, GU9 8UG
Secondary 1,666 12.6% 7.4%
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,528 7.4% 9.6%
Bullers Wood School
Chislehurst, BR7 5LJ
Secondary 1,571 13.9% 10.6%
Backwell School
Bristol, BS48 3BX
Secondary 1,600 9.5% 8%
West Hatch High School
Chigwell, IG7 5BT
Secondary 1,565 13.6% 12%
Howard of Effingham School
Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Secondary 1,504 10.3% 8.2%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529 13.1% 11.2%
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB
Secondary 1,509 15.6% 9.8%
Mayflower High School
Billericay, CM12 0RT
Secondary 1,622 14.1% 8.7%
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471 15.1% 9.7%
Vyners School
Uxbridge, UB10 8AB
Secondary 1,518 15.3% 10.5%
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490 11.6% 8.6%
Rosebery School
Epsom, KT18 7NQ
Secondary 1,476 10.6% 5.7%
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Stevenage, SG1 4AE
Secondary 1,605 14.3% 8.5%
Notre Dame High School, Norwich
Norwich, NR1 3PB
Secondary 1,573 11.4% 11.1%
Lutterworth College
Lutterworth, LE17 4EW
Secondary 1,560 12.4% 10.2%
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,443 14.7% 11.1%
Didcot Girls' School
Didcot, OX11 7AJ
Secondary 1,643 15.2% 11.2%
Tomlinscote School
Camberley, GU16 8PY
Secondary 1,502 14.1% 6.9%
Bishop Luffa School, Chichester
Chichester, PO19 3HP
Secondary 1,583 15.6% 8.7%
Egglescliffe School
Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 0LA
Secondary 1,511 15.8% 11.1%
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking
Woking, GU22 9AL
Secondary 1,543 16.6% 5.6%
Edgbarrow School
Crowthorne, RG45 7HZ
Secondary 1,482 11.2% 5.6%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489 15.5% 11.4%
Ponteland High School
Ponteland, NE20 9EG
Secondary 1,545 11.3% 11%
Poynton High School
Stockport, SK12 1PU
Secondary 1,500 12.9% 8.2%