The Castle 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
The Castle School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,453 10% 12.5%
The Fallibroome Academy
Macclesfield, SK10 4AF
Secondary 1,551 10.6% 12.8%
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School
Ramsgate, CT11 7PS
Secondary 1,388 8.9% 13.8%
The Broxbourne School
Broxbourne, EN10 7FU
Secondary 1,415 9.6% 10.5%
Highcliffe School
Christchurch, BH23 4QD
Secondary 1,566 12.8% 13.2%
Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA
Secondary 1,529 13.1% 11.2%
Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
Winscombe, BS25 5QN
Secondary 1,547 7.4% 11.6%
Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form
Surbiton, KT6 7EY
Secondary 1,487 8.3% 15.2%
The London Oratory School
London, SW6 1RX
Secondary 1,398 10.7% 10.3%
Vandyke Upper School
Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Secondary 1,507 9.9% 12.7%
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%
Churchdown School
Gloucester, GL3 2RB
Secondary 1,448 15.2% 14.8%
Birchwood High School
Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD
Secondary 1,454 12.9% 14.6%
Higham Lane School
Nuneaton, CV10 0BJ
Secondary 1,479 11.5% 14.4%
The Boswells School
Chelmsford, CM1 6LY
Secondary 1,411 12.5% 14.5%
Clevedon School
Clevedon, BS21 6AH
Secondary 1,367 15.3% 12.1%
Blenheim High School
Epsom, KT19 9BH
Secondary 1,394 10.8% 14.2%
The Stanway School
Colchester, CO3 0QA
Secondary 1,385 12.6% 13.6%
Blackfen School for Girls
Sidcup, DA15 9NU
Secondary 1,403 10% 13.1%
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NH
Secondary 1,413 7.4% 12.4%
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Leicester, LE6 0FP
Secondary 1,431 9.5% 11.9%
Notre Dame High School
Sheffield, S10 3BT
Secondary 1,494 9.4% 15.2%
Silverdale School
Sheffield, S11 9QH
Secondary 1,452 11.2% 11.4%
Downend School
Bristol, BS16 6XA
Secondary 1,430 12.2% 10.1%
Alsager School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2HR
Secondary 1,521 9% 13.4%
South Bromsgrove High
Bromsgrove, B60 3NL
Secondary 1,355 9.7% 11.7%
Ponteland High School
Ponteland, NE20 9EG
Secondary 1,545 11.3% 11%
The Bulmershe School
Reading, RG5 3EU
Secondary 1,506 9.1% 14.8%