Birkdale High School

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.

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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 926 19.2% 21.6%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 976 18.4% 21.7%
Cottingham High School
Cottingham, HU16 5PX
Secondary 876 19.9% 21.4%
Flixton Girls School
Manchester, M41 5DR
Secondary 964 18.5% 19.5%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 997 17% 22.5%
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Secondary 894 17% 22.4%
Caldew School
Carlisle, CA5 7NN
Secondary 992 18.1% 18.5%
Greenbank High School
Southport, PR8 2LT
Secondary 1,039 17.1% 19.6%
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA
Secondary 967 17.3% 21.1%
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
Secondary 925 16% 21.5%
Southborough High School
Surbiton, KT6 5AS
Secondary 928 18.6% 19.8%
The Matthew Arnold School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 1PF
Secondary 961 19.1% 21.1%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 994 19.5% 21.9%
The Wilnecote School
Tamworth, B77 5LF
Secondary 915 21.6% 23%
The Beaconsfield School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1SJ
Secondary 871 17.8% 20.9%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
Glenmoor Academy
Bournemouth, BH10 4EX
Secondary 892 17.3% 22.8%
The Thomas Alleyne Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3BE
Secondary 987 21.2% 21.4%
John Mason School
Abingdon, OX14 1JB
Secondary 995 20.2% 20.6%
The Cedars Academy
Leicester, LE4 4GH
Secondary 985 19.5% 21.6%
Stanley High School
Southport, PR9 9TF
Secondary 837 21.9% 23.8%
Barclay Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3RB
Secondary 992 18.6% 21.3%
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 903 18.6% 22.5%
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Secondary 898 18.1% 21.5%
Patchway Community School
Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
Secondary 953 18.9% 21.7%
The Swan School
Oxford, OX2 7WP
Secondary 953 19.1% 19.2%
Bury Church of England High School
Bury, BL9 0TS
Secondary 828 23.2% 21.4%
King Edward VI Community College
Totnes, TQ9 5JX
Secondary 909 23.1% 21.3%
Aylesford School
Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Secondary 909 22.2% 23%
Sidmouth College
Sidmouth, EX10 9LG
Secondary 854 20.8% 22.2%