The Blue Coat School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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 Blue Coat School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,252 8.1% 11.1%
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Sandbach, CW11 3NT
Secondary 1,391 5.5% 11.4%
The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU
Secondary 1,358 8.9% 9.9%
The King's (The Cathedral) School
Peterborough, PE1 2UE
Secondary 1,251 6.3% 10.2%
Prince Henry's High School
Evesham, WR11 4QH
Secondary 1,293 3.3% 11%
Swavesey Village College
Cambridge, CB24 4RS
Secondary 1,254 7.8% 14.1%
Christleton High School
Chester, CH3 7AD
Secondary 1,397 6.6% 10.4%
Congleton High School
Congleton, CW12 4NS
Secondary 1,270 9.6% 12.6%
Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Sutton Coldfield, B73 5PT
Secondary 1,204 5.9% 10.1%
Keswick School
Keswick, CA12 5QB
Secondary 1,206 10.2% 7.5%
The Castle School
Taunton, TA1 5AU
Secondary 1,204 11.5% 11%
St Thomas More High School
Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BW
Secondary 1,232 9.6% 12.3%
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
Accrington, BB5 4AY
Secondary 1,315 12.1% 11.9%
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Crewe, CW4 7DX
Secondary 1,311 8.6% 12.1%
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH
Secondary 1,319 10.9% 10.7%
Burnham Grammar School
Slough, SL1 7HG
Secondary 1,267 7% 10.1%
St Bede's Catholic College
Bristol, BS11 0SU
Secondary 1,303 10.3% 9.9%
The Folkestone School for Girls
Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Secondary 1,170 6.2% 11.9%
Harlington Upper School
Dunstable, LU5 6NX
Secondary 1,249 10.6% 9.3%
St Mark's Catholic School
Hounslow, TW3 3EJ
Secondary 1,216 10.4% 10.3%
Knutsford Academy
Knutsford, WA16 0EA
Secondary 1,235 13.8% 11.2%
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Secondary 1,300 9.7% 13.6%
Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College
Tarporley, CW6 0BL
Secondary 1,194 10.4% 9.5%
Painsley Catholic College
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
Secondary 1,325 8.5% 10.4%
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,345 9.1% 10.2%
Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Wolverhampton, WV6 0BY
Secondary 1,178 5.4% 12.2%
Idsall School
Shifnal, TF11 8PD
Secondary 1,238 10.5% 13.9%
Newlands Girls' School
Maidenhead, SL6 5JB
Secondary 1,201 5.6% 8.9%
Queen Elizabeth High School
Hexham, NE46 3JB
Secondary 1,289 4.3% 9.3%
The Emmbrook School
Wokingham, RG41 1JP
Secondary 1,277 5.7% 11.1%