The Joseph Whitaker 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
The Joseph Whitaker School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,328 14.2% 22%
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Northampton, NN2 6JW
Secondary 1,307 12.8% 24.4%
Holyrood Academy
Chard, TA20 1JL
Secondary 1,321 15.8% 23.6%
Fulston Manor School
Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG
Secondary 1,331 15.1% 21.4%
Orion Coopers
Chislehurst, BR7 5PS
Secondary 1,319 12.6% 23%
Brighouse High School
Brighouse, HD6 2NY
Secondary 1,320 16.4% 20.5%
The Mirfield Free Grammar
Mirfield, WF14 9EZ
Secondary 1,324 12% 22.5%
Droitwich Spa High School and Sixth Form Centre
Droitwich Spa, WR9 0AA
Secondary 1,300 14.9% 22.3%
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy
Lincoln, LN6 9AF
Secondary 1,314 16.2% 18.5%
Severn Vale School
Gloucester, GL2 4PR
Secondary 1,353 16.5% 21.7%
Bishopshalt School
Uxbridge, UB8 3RF
Secondary 1,294 15.3% 24.4%
The Earls High School
Halesowen, B63 3SL
Secondary 1,295 12.8% 20.3%
The Maplesden Noakes School
Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Secondary 1,423 13.2% 21.5%
Salendine Nook High School Academy
Huddersfield, HD3 4GN
Secondary 1,405 11.8% 21.9%
Wigston Academy
Wigston, LE18 2DT
Secondary 1,314 16.7% 23.7%
The Westgate School
Slough, SL1 5AH
Secondary 1,284 11.4% 23.5%
The Elizabethan Academy
Retford, DN22 7PY
Secondary 1,205 16.1% 23.5%
The Parker E-ACT Academy
Daventry, NN11 0QE
Secondary 1,218 13.2% 24.3%
Abbeyfield School
Northampton, NN4 8BU
Secondary 1,360 16.7% 23.2%
Kingsthorpe College
Northampton, NN2 7HR
Secondary 1,395 12.8% 21.1%
Launceston College
Launceston, PL15 9JR
Secondary 1,280 10.7% 21.5%
Mildenhall College Academy
Mildenhall, IP28 7JX
Secondary 1,340 17.2% 23.5%
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Hebburn, NE31 2ET
Secondary 1,358 16.8% 19.8%
Pleckgate High School
Blackburn, BB1 8QA
Secondary 1,354 16% 23.3%
Hampton Gardens Secondary School
Peterborough, PE7 8HR
Secondary 1,264 14% 20.9%
Driffield School and Sixth Form
Driffield, YO25 5HR
Secondary 1,404 15.7% 23.5%
Wyvern St Edmund's Academy
Salisbury, SP1 1RE
Secondary 1,336 16.8% 20.7%
Colne Community School
Colchester, CO7 0QL
Secondary 1,283 14.8% 19.8%
Honley High School
Holmfirth, HD9 6QJ
Secondary 1,289 16.6% 22.2%
Highfields School
Matlock, DE4 5NA
Secondary 1,295 12.4% 21.9%