Plume 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

We chose these schools based on:

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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
Plume School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,789 19.4% 21.9%
Northampton Academy
Northampton, NN3 8NH
Secondary 1,719 15.7% 23.7%
Westlands School
Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Secondary 1,751 19.4% 26.4%
Wales High School
Sheffield, S26 5QQ
Secondary 1,821 20.6% 23.3%
Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College
Ossett, WF5 0DG
Secondary 1,732 17.3% 18.6%
Camborne Science and International Academy
Camborne, TR14 7PP
Secondary 1,785 13.3% 24.8%
Newquay Tretherras
Newquay, TR7 3BH
Secondary 1,653 19% 18.9%
Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy
York, YO10 5ZA
Secondary 1,820 13.5% 21.3%
Stratford Upon Avon School
Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 9DH
Secondary 1,905 15.7% 21.1%
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry, CV1 2BA
Secondary 1,751 18.1% 25.4%
Whickham School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Secondary 1,729 17.3% 20.3%
Trinity School
Carlisle, CA1 1JB
Secondary 1,678 24.8% 18.3%
Rastrick High School
Brighouse, HD6 3XB
Secondary 1,783 12.8% 21.2%
Chesterfield High School
Liverpool, L23 9YB
Secondary 1,631 15.5% 24.6%
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,666 17.5% 23.2%
Coundon Court
Coventry, CV6 2AJ
Secondary 1,882 20.1% 23.3%
Rodillian Academy
Wakefield, WF3 3PS
Secondary 1,658 16.9% 17.4%
Cheney School
Oxford, OX3 7QH
Secondary 1,707 22.3% 23.8%
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,606 20% 19.4%
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
Norwich, NR4 6PP
Secondary 1,709 15.1% 23%
Ryburn Valley High School
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF
Secondary 1,647 14.8% 24%
Thomas Gainsborough School
Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Secondary 1,615 16.9% 18%
Rushey Mead Academy
Leicester, LE4 7AN
Secondary 1,782 12% 22.1%
Malet Lambert
Hull, HU8 0JD
Secondary 1,657 19.7% 21.4%
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Luton, LU2 7AE
Secondary 1,645 15.6% 17.1%
Immanuel College
Bradford, BD10 9AQ
Secondary 1,727 18.4% 27.2%
Sprowston Community Academy
Norwich, NR7 8NE
Secondary 1,739 22.8% 20.8%
Philip Morant School and College
Colchester, CO3 4QS
Secondary 1,835 10.3% 24.1%
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Secondary 1,798 20.9% 24.6%
Poole High School
Poole, BH15 2BW
Secondary 1,875 21.8% 18.5%