Birkdale High 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
Birkdale High School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 938 18% 20.1%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 1,032 18.4% 21%
Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College
Cottingham, HU16 5PX
Secondary 926 19.4% 21.3%
Flixton Girls School
Manchester, M41 5DR
Secondary 947 16.9% 16.8%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 985 15.6% 21.9%
West Hill School
Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
Secondary 847 17.4% 22.3%
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 981 14.3% 19.3%
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
Redditch, B98 8HB
Secondary 946 16% 22.6%
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Secondary 969 16.6% 22%
Caldew School
Carlisle, CA5 7NN
Secondary 980 16.8% 16.8%
Christ's College Finchley
London, N2 0SE
Secondary 957 17.9% 22.4%
Wootton Upper School
Bedford, MK43 9HT
Secondary 890 16.1% 18.1%
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA
Secondary 1,008 17.2% 18.8%
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
Secondary 918 16.9% 20%
Redmoor Academy
Hinckley, LE10 0EP
Secondary 919 20.9% 19.7%
St Columba's Catholic Boys' School
Bexleyheath, DA6 7QB
Secondary 839 19.5% 20.6%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 1,029 17.2% 20.5%
The Catholic High School, Chester
Chester, CH4 7HS
Secondary 806 19.1% 19.7%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 964 19% 19.7%
The Cedars Academy
Leicester, LE4 4GH
Secondary 998 18.3% 21.1%
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Stafford, ST17 9AB
Secondary 954 15.8% 20.3%
Scalby School
Scarborough, YO12 6TH
Secondary 960 19% 21.7%
Chertsey High School
Addlestone, KT15 2EP
Secondary 896 20.8% 18.4%
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Secondary 901 15.8% 20.3%
Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU12 8UZ
Secondary 1,014 16.7% 19.9%
Mercia School
Sheffield, S7 2DY
Secondary 913 15.6% 19.7%
The Swan School
Oxford, OX2 7WP
Secondary 862 15.3% 21.2%
King Edward VI Community College
Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Secondary 912 20.5% 18.1%
King's Academy Easthampstead Park
Bracknell, RG12 8FS
Secondary 979 19.4% 22.5%
Sidmouth College
Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
Secondary 872 17.1% 19.6%