Aston 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

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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
Aston Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,597 18.8% 17.5%
Rainham School for Girls
Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Secondary 1,630 13.6% 16%
The Polesworth School
Tamworth, B78 1QT
Secondary 1,468 17.3% 17%
Newquay Tretherras
Newquay, TR7 3BH
Secondary 1,728 16.3% 18.4%
Plymstock School
Plymouth, PL9 9AZ
Secondary 1,672 15.6% 16%
The Hazeley Academy
Milton Keynes, MK8 0PT
Secondary 1,595 14.9% 15.3%
Barr Beacon School
Walsall, WS9 0RF
Secondary 1,561 13.6% 17.6%
Christopher Whitehead Language College
Worcester, WR2 4AF
Secondary 1,529 16% 19.7%
Fairfax
Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
Secondary 1,570 14.5% 17.2%
Nunnery Wood High School
Worcester, WR5 2LT
Secondary 1,495 17.9% 18%
King Alfred's
Wantage, OX12 9BY
Secondary 1,682 18.9% 14.9%
Whickham School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Secondary 1,675 16.1% 19.8%
Trinity School
Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Secondary 1,695 21.3% 16.5%
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,520 15% 18.9%
Ridgewood School
Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Secondary 1,484 12.5% 17.4%
Rawlins
Loughborough, LE12 8DY
Secondary 1,566 21.1% 17.5%
Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
Secondary 1,530 14.8% 15.8%
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,606 16.3% 20.9%
Rodillian Academy
Wakefield, WF3 3PS
Secondary 1,642 26.2% 16%
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,492 17.7% 17.3%
Caludon Castle School
Coventry, CV2 5BD
Secondary 1,556 17.7% 15.6%
The Sweyne Park School
Rayleigh, SS6 9BZ
Secondary 1,502 17.1% 15.8%
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,608 17.6% 18%
Ryburn Valley High School
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF
Secondary 1,654 15% 21.6%
Leigh Stationers' Academy
London, SE9 2PT
Secondary 1,650 17% 15.3%
Thomas Gainsborough School
Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Secondary 1,584 17.8% 18.2%
Malet Lambert
Hull, HU8 0JD
Secondary 1,680 17.6% 19.2%
The Warriner School
Banbury, OX15 4LJ
Secondary 1,557 16.3% 14.9%
Sprowston Community Academy
Norwich, NR7 8NE
Secondary 1,659 20.9% 20.2%
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU10 6HB
Secondary 1,441 14.7% 17.1%