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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
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 763 19.1% 26.5%
Carlton Keighley
Keighley, BD20 6EB
Secondary 795 20.3% 29.7%
Gosforth Junior High Academy
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1EE
Secondary 713 17% 26.6%
West Somerset College
Minehead, TA24 6AY
Secondary 760 17.1% 24.3%
Bury St Edmunds County High School
Bury St Edmunds, IP32 6RF
Secondary 739 18.3% 24.1%
West Hill School
Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
Secondary 854 18.3% 25.8%
Outwood Academy Ripon
Ripon, HG4 2DE
Secondary 662 17.4% 27.5%
Witchford Village College
Ely, CB6 2JA
Secondary 768 22.4% 25.9%
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Ilkeston, DE7 4HX
Secondary 679 17.1% 25.1%
Castle Manor Academy
Haverhill, CB9 9JE
Secondary 757 20.2% 29.2%
Ark Bolingbroke Academy
London, SW11 6BF
Secondary 770 19.4% 28.7%
Ivanhoe School
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1HX
Secondary 803 17.5% 25.5%
Albany Academy
Chorley, PR7 3AY
Secondary 723 20.9% 28.4%
Waseley Hills High School
Birmingham, B45 9EL
Secondary 743 20.8% 27.1%
Alderman White School
Nottingham, NG9 3DU
Secondary 762 16.6% 24.2%
St John's Church of England Middle School Academy
Bromsgrove, B61 7DH
Secondary 677 18.5% 26%
Jubilee High School
Addlestone, KT15 1TE
Secondary 667 20% 25%
Bishop Milner Catholic College
Dudley, DY1 3BY
Secondary 839 16.4% 26.9%
The Cornelius Vermuyden School
Canvey Island, SS8 9QS
Secondary 731 21.5% 27.6%
St Clement's High School
King's Lynn, PE34 4LZ
Secondary 709 15.5% 26.8%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 864 20.5% 25.9%
The Bishop David Brown School
Woking, GU21 5RF
Secondary 806 22.2% 27.2%
Upper Batley High School
Batley, WF17 0BJ
Secondary 793 17.6% 28%
Five Acres High School
Coleford, GL16 7QW
Secondary 809 16.1% 27.1%
Merstham Park School
Redhill, RH1 3PU
Secondary 669 19.2% 27.7%
The Grove School
Market Drayton, TF9 1HF
Secondary 831 18.3% 26.4%
Thames Park Secondary School
Grays, RM17 5FP
Secondary 743 21.6% 29.1%
Mark Hall Academy
Harlow, CM17 9LR
Secondary 851 16.7% 27.4%
Greenacre School
Chatham, ME5 0LP
Secondary 862 17.2% 27.3%
Carr Hill High School
Preston, PR4 2ST
Secondary 841 20% 25.3%