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 1,411 10.1% 9.5%
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, CW5 7DY
Secondary 1,441 13% 11.6%
John Taylor High School
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8AZ
Secondary 1,512 9.2% 8.5%
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Clitheroe, BB7 2DJ
Secondary 1,441 6.2% 8.4%
The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU
Secondary 1,358 8.9% 9.9%
Balcarras School
Cheltenham, GL53 8QF
Secondary 1,423 8.2% 5.9%
Christleton High School
Chester, CH3 7AD
Secondary 1,397 6.6% 10.4%
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Rochester, ME1 3EL
Secondary 1,507 10.2% 8.4%
Highcliffe School
Christchurch, BH23 4QD
Secondary 1,509 12.1% 12.2%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,497 10.8% 11%
Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB
Secondary 1,517 13.9% 9.3%
The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX
Secondary 1,393 11.1% 10.1%
Oaklands Catholic School
Waterlooville, PO7 7BW
Secondary 1,379 11.2% 12.2%
Wellsway School
Bristol, BS31 1PH
Secondary 1,319 10.9% 10.7%
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Grays, RM16 6SA
Secondary 1,468 11.5% 10.9%
St Bede's Catholic College
Bristol, BS11 0SU
Secondary 1,303 10.3% 9.9%
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, NE61 1DN
Secondary 1,374 12.5% 10.1%
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,391 14.2% 11.8%
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH
Secondary 1,379 6.2% 9.9%
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP
Secondary 1,415 8.2% 11%
Orleans Park School
Twickenham, TW1 3BB
Secondary 1,375 11.6% 6.9%
Painsley Catholic College
Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 1LH
Secondary 1,325 8.5% 10.4%
Silverdale School
Sheffield, S11 9QH
Secondary 1,469 10% 11%
The Castle School
Bristol, BS35 1HT
Secondary 1,472 12.3% 11.3%
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,345 9.1% 10.2%
Waingels
Reading, RG5 4RF
Secondary 1,422 9.9% 10.8%
St Crispin's School
Wokingham, RG40 1SS
Secondary 1,457 12.6% 8.9%
St John Fisher Catholic Academy
Harrogate, HG2 8PT
Secondary 1,329 11.7% 8.2%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,334 12.7% 10.5%
All Saints Catholic School York
York, YO24 1BJ
Secondary 1,413 11.1% 9.3%