Discovery 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
Discovery Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,439 21.4% 48.6%
North Liverpool Academy
Liverpool, L5 0SQ
Secondary 1,286 17.5% 47.8%
Great Academy Ashton
Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF
Secondary 1,304 22.2% 47%
Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Walsall, WS4 1BW
Secondary 1,444 25.3% 43.4%
Lift Clacton
Clacton on Sea, CO15 3JL
Secondary 1,535 26.4% 51.3%
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4LD
Secondary 1,248 20.1% 51%
Sidney Stringer Academy
Coventry, CV1 5LY
Secondary 1,502 21.7% 46.8%
King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy
Birmingham, B26 2RZ
Secondary 1,195 18.1% 49.1%
Ninestiles, an Academy
Birmingham, B27 7QG
Secondary 1,500 19.2% 56.3%
Oldbury Academy
Oldbury, B68 8NE
Secondary 1,353 14.4% 50.7%
Heath Park
Wolverhampton, WV11 1RD
Secondary 1,187 19.8% 45.7%
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walsall, WS5 4PG
Secondary 1,522 15.9% 49.6%
Sirius Academy North
Hull, HU6 9BP
Secondary 1,245 20.5% 49.6%
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Walsall, WS2 9UA
Secondary 1,195 18.3% 52.7%
Aldersley High School
Wolverhampton, WV8 1RT
Secondary 1,293 15.6% 44.6%
Winifred Holtby Academy
Hull, HU7 4PW
Secondary 1,329 23.4% 44.4%
Broadway Academy
Birmingham, B20 3DP
Secondary 1,271 16.8% 55%
The Ruth Gorse Academy
Leeds, LS10 1HW
Secondary 1,276 19.1% 51.2%
Saltley Academy
Birmingham, B9 5RX
Secondary 1,395 19.1% 53.9%
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
Wolverhampton, WV10 8BL
Secondary 1,191 17.6% 52.7%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Birmingham, B38 8AP
Secondary 1,196 15.4% 44.9%
Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy
Bradford, BD6 3PX
Secondary 1,420 23.5% 44%
Babington Academy
Leicester, LE4 0SZ
Secondary 1,349 22.1% 46.5%
Fortis Academy
Birmingham, B44 8NU
Secondary 1,301 20.9% 49.7%
Co-op Academy Failsworth
Manchester, M35 9HA
Secondary 1,436 20% 44.2%
Ormiston SWB Academy
Bilston, WV14 0LN
Secondary 1,177 18.3% 51.7%
Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School
Birmingham, B27 7XY
Secondary 1,167 16.3% 46.8%
Q3 Academy Tipton
Tipton, DY4 7NR
Secondary 1,572 11.6% 44.2%
Co-op Academy Grange
Bradford, BD5 9ET
Secondary 1,434 20.2% 52.6%
Kingsway Park High School
Rochdale, OL16 4XA
Secondary 1,323 17.4% 47.9%