Downend 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
Downend School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,430 12.2% 10.1%
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,411 15% 12.4%
The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU
Secondary 1,415 9.6% 10.5%
Howard of Effingham School
Leatherhead, KT24 5JR
Secondary 1,504 10.3% 8.2%
The Petersfield School
Petersfield, GU32 3LU
Secondary 1,385 13.9% 12.6%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529 13.1% 11.2%
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB
Secondary 1,509 15.6% 9.8%
Leventhorpe
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
Secondary 1,471 15.1% 9.7%
The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX
Secondary 1,398 10.7% 10.3%
Malmesbury School
Malmesbury, SN16 0DF
Secondary 1,465 17.8% 12%
St Albans Girls' School
St Albans, AL3 6DB
Secondary 1,428 13.5% 9.8%
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH
Secondary 1,327 11.5% 11.6%
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA
Secondary 1,383 12.4% 13.1%
St Bede's Catholic College
Bristol, BS11 0SU
Secondary 1,315 10.7% 10.3%
Vyners School
Uxbridge, UB10 8AB
Secondary 1,518 15.3% 10.5%
Anglo European School
Ingatestone, CM4 0DJ
Secondary 1,490 11.6% 8.6%
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN
Secondary 1,342 15% 10.9%
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,367 15.3% 12.1%
Burford School
Burford, OX18 4PL
Secondary 1,443 14.7% 11.1%
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP
Secondary 1,431 9.5% 11.9%
Orleans Park School
Twickenham, TW1 3BB
Secondary 1,394 11.8% 7.1%
Magdalen College School
Brackley, NN13 6FB
Secondary 1,358 11.6% 9.6%
Silverdale School
Sheffield, S11 9QH
Secondary 1,452 11.2% 11.4%
The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT
Secondary 1,453 10% 12.5%
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,355 9.7% 11.7%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,489 15.5% 11.4%
Ponteland High School
Ponteland, NE20 9EG
Secondary 1,545 11.3% 11%
Poynton High School
Stockport, SK12 1PU
Secondary 1,500 12.9% 8.2%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,366 13.5% 10.8%
All Saints Catholic School York
York, YO24 1BJ
Secondary 1,416 12.6% 9.7%