Ridgewood 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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Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
Ridgewood School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,484 12.5% 17.4%
The Morley Academy
Leeds, LS27 0PD
Secondary 1,432 14.8% 19.5%
Soham Village College
Ely, CB7 5AA
Secondary 1,413 13.3% 16.7%
The Mirfield Free Grammar
Mirfield, WF14 9EZ
Secondary 1,449 10.3% 20.7%
Fernwood School
Nottingham, NG8 2FT
Secondary 1,433 10.1% 18.1%
Barr Beacon School
Walsall, WS9 0RF
Secondary 1,561 13.6% 17.6%
Priory Community School
Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 6BP
Secondary 1,505 11.5% 16.8%
Tuxford Academy
Newark, NG22 0JH
Secondary 1,483 13% 16.7%
Bourne Academy
Bourne, PE10 9DT
Secondary 1,520 15% 18.9%
The Streetly Academy
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2EX
Secondary 1,510 11.2% 19.2%
Furze Platt Senior School
Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
Secondary 1,530 14.8% 15.8%
The Maplesden Noakes School
Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Secondary 1,411 11.6% 18.3%
Coombe Girls' School
New Malden, KT3 3TU
Secondary 1,559 10.8% 17.6%
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 4BQ
Secondary 1,454 9.2% 16.4%
Allestree Woodlands School
Derby, DE22 2LW
Secondary 1,416 14.9% 17.7%
The Douay Martyrs Catholic School
Uxbridge, UB10 8QY
Secondary 1,506 11.2% 15.1%
The Gryphon School
Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
Secondary 1,514 10% 16.4%
Seaford Head School
Seaford, BN25 4LX
Secondary 1,408 11.9% 16.1%
King Ecgbert School
Sheffield, S17 3QU
Secondary 1,454 11% 17.3%
Nunthorpe Academy
Middlesbrough, TS7 0LA
Secondary 1,480 13.7% 19.4%
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy
Pontefract, WF7 6BD
Secondary 1,492 17.7% 17.3%
St Mary's Catholic School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Secondary 1,442 13.3% 19.5%
The Howard School
Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Secondary 1,539 13.1% 15.5%
Kingsmead School
Cannock, WS12 1DH
Secondary 1,409 12.7% 16.2%
Southgate School
Barnet, EN4 0BL
Secondary 1,459 10.2% 18.6%
Brigshaw High School
Castleford, WF10 2HR
Secondary 1,372 16.7% 17.8%
Wolfreton School and Sixth Form College
Hull, HU10 6HB
Secondary 1,441 14.7% 17.1%
Roding Valley High School
Loughton, IG10 3JA
Secondary 1,478 13.2% 16.7%
Boston Spa Academy
Wetherby, LS23 6RW
Secondary 1,429 8.9% 18.7%
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
Secondary 1,557 10.7% 16.6%