Highams Park 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.

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
Highams Park School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,558 13.4% 23.2%
Ashcroft Technology Academy
London, SW15 2UT
Secondary 1,511 14.6% 27.2%
Redhill Academy
Nottingham, NG5 8GX
Secondary 1,577 9.1% 21.9%
The Ravensbourne School
Bromley, BR2 9EH
Secondary 1,535 13.5% 26.3%
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford, TN24 9AL
Secondary 1,561 11.9% 26.4%
Queensmead School
Ruislip, HA4 0LS
Secondary 1,500 13.9% 20.3%
Carshalton High School for Girls
Carshalton, SM5 2QX
Secondary 1,441 10.3% 25.1%
Carshalton Boys Sports College
Carshalton, SM5 1RW
Secondary 1,522 15.1% 27.8%
Barr Beacon School
Walsall, WS9 0RF
Secondary 1,504 11.6% 20.4%
Christopher Whitehead Language College
Worcester, WR2 4AF
Secondary 1,599 11.6% 21.1%
St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre
Gloucester, GL4 0DD
Secondary 1,535 10.8% 22%
Longsands Academy
St Neots, PE19 1LQ
Secondary 1,555 13.1% 20.9%
Park High School
Stanmore, HA7 1PL
Secondary 1,473 15% 24.5%
Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Leeds, LS16 5EA
Secondary 1,617 11.8% 21.2%
Lift Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath, DA6 7DA
Secondary 1,489 17.6% 24.9%
Chesterfield High School
Liverpool, L23 9YB
Secondary 1,631 15.5% 24.6%
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,573 14.3% 20.7%
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,505 12.6% 20.3%
St Thomas More Catholic High School
North Shields, NE29 8LF
Secondary 1,622 13.1% 22.9%
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Gateshead, NE9 6RZ
Secondary 1,500 9.4% 22.8%
Aldridge School - A Science College
Walsall, WS9 0BG
Secondary 1,593 14.3% 26.3%
Burntwood School
London, SW17 0AQ
Secondary 1,474 16.2% 26.1%
St Mary's Catholic School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Secondary 1,459 15.4% 22.4%
Forge Valley School
Sheffield, S6 5HG
Secondary 1,542 16.3% 25.6%
Colne Valley High School
Huddersfield, HD7 5SP
Secondary 1,442 14.2% 24.6%
Thorp Academy
Ryton, NE40 3AH
Secondary 1,502 17.2% 23.2%
North Chadderton School
Oldham, OL9 0BN
Secondary 1,569 13.9% 23.6%
Ryburn Valley High School
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF
Secondary 1,647 14.8% 24%
Rivington and Blackrod High School
Bolton, BL6 7RU
Secondary 1,585 14.5% 23.8%
Watling Academy
Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP
Secondary 1,504 12.5% 22.8%