Verulam School

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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.

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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
Verulam School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,023 16.5% 11.9%
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL
Secondary 1,063 15.2% 11.5%
Lincroft Academy
Bedford, MK43 7RE
Secondary 962 14.9% 12.2%
Cirencester Deer Park School
Cirencester, GL7 1XB
Secondary 1,013 16.4% 13.6%
Kirkbie Kendal School
Kendal, LA9 7EQ
Secondary 1,055 15.6% 12.8%
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,062 14% 12.8%
Robert Bloomfield Academy
Shefford, SG17 5BU
Secondary 985 20.7% 13.6%
Birmingham Ormiston Academy
Birmingham, B4 7QD
Secondary 987 15.3% 10.9%
Freman College
Buntingford, SG9 9BT
Secondary 996 17.1% 9.1%
Ormiston Rivers Academy
Burnham-on-Crouch, CM0 8QB
Secondary 1,106 17.4% 14.3%
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Colchester, CO5 0EW
Secondary 1,144 16.7% 12.9%
St Augustine's Catholic College
Trowbridge, BA14 9EN
Secondary 966 17.3% 11.1%
Cedars Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Secondary 948 12.7% 13.3%
Etonbury Academy
Arlesey, SG15 6XS
Secondary 1,109 15.7% 13.7%
Chenderit School
Banbury, OX17 2QR
Secondary 1,076 15.8% 12.9%
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
Watford, WD25 0SS
Secondary 1,108 12.4% 12.4%
St Bede's Inter-Church School
Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Secondary 925 16.7% 13.1%
Chipping Norton School
Chipping Norton, OX7 5DY
Secondary 1,002 14.4% 11.7%
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
St Albans, AL4 0TT
Secondary 1,067 14.4% 10.7%
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR
Secondary 998 11.7% 11%
Kings Langley School
Kings Langley, WD4 9HN
Secondary 1,085 17.5% 13.9%
Alec Hunter Academy
Braintree, CM7 3NR
Secondary 1,060 17.1% 15%
The Windsor Boys' School
Windsor, SL4 5EH
Secondary 966 16.9% 11.6%
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
London, W14 8BZ
Secondary 1,023 13.2% 12.3%
Thomas Alleyne's High School
Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU
Secondary 1,001 17.6% 10.7%
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Secondary 1,089 17.5% 10.4%
Great Western Academy
Swindon, SN25 2PP
Secondary 952 15.2% 11.3%
Sandhurst School
Sandhurst, GU47 0SD
Secondary 1,034 18.3% 13.8%
St Benedict's Catholic School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RH
Secondary 976 15.2% 10.9%
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
Secondary 1,100 12.6% 10.5%