Cheney 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

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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
Cheney School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,681 22% 22.6%
Northampton Academy
Northampton, NN3 8NH
Secondary 1,704 15.9% 22.7%
Shoreham Academy
Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6YT
Secondary 1,756 19.5% 15.5%
Westlands School
Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF
Secondary 1,776 14.8% 24.9%
Wales High School
Sheffield, S26 5QQ
Secondary 1,842 19.3% 22.3%
Bodmin College
Bodmin, PL31 1DD
Secondary 1,559 20.3% 26.8%
Herne Bay High School
Herne Bay, CT6 7NS
Secondary 1,586 14.6% 25.9%
Newquay Tretherras
Newquay, TR7 3BH
Secondary 1,728 16.3% 18.4%
Ryde Academy
Ryde, PO33 3LN
Secondary 1,480 25.5% 25.3%
Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College
Coventry, CV1 2BA
Secondary 1,728 16.9% 22.1%
Whickham School
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Secondary 1,675 16.1% 19.8%
Highams Park School
London, E4 9PJ
Secondary 1,541 16% 22.5%
The Regis School
West Sussex, PO21 5LH
Secondary 1,606 16.3% 20.9%
Plume School
Maldon, CM9 6AB
Secondary 1,738 16.7% 20.6%
Aldridge School - A Science College
Walsall, WS9 0BG
Secondary 1,599 13.6% 22.3%
Burntwood School
London, SW17 0AQ
Secondary 1,541 16.2% 21.6%
Durrington High School
Worthing, BN13 1JX
Secondary 1,608 17.6% 18%
Woolwich Polytechnic School
London, SE28 8AT
Secondary 1,547 21.3% 25.5%
North Chadderton School
Oldham, OL9 0BN
Secondary 1,580 14.3% 21%
City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
Norwich, NR4 6PP
Secondary 1,739 13.5% 21.6%
Ryburn Valley High School
Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1DF
Secondary 1,654 15% 21.6%
Malet Lambert
Hull, HU8 0JD
Secondary 1,680 17.6% 19.2%
Highfields School
Wolverhampton, WV4 4NT
Secondary 1,736 18.9% 27%
Immanuel College
Bradford, BD10 9AQ
Secondary 1,705 17.5% 25.6%
Kelvin Hall School
Hull, HU5 4QH
Secondary 1,615 17.8% 27.2%
Sprowston Community Academy
Norwich, NR7 8NE
Secondary 1,659 20.9% 20.2%
Three Rivers Academy
Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5EJ
Secondary 1,457 17.4% 22.2%
Ecclesfield School
Sheffield, S35 9WD
Secondary 1,736 21.8% 27.1%
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Bradford, BD9 4BQ
Secondary 1,786 20.5% 23.4%
The City of Leicester College
Leicester, LE5 6LN
Secondary 1,635 14.7% 22.9%