St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

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 26 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

We chose these schools based on:

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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 Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,164 15% 31%
Madeley Academy
Telford, TF7 5FB
Secondary 1,271 14.9% 30.8%
Park Hall Academy
Birmingham, B36 9HF
Secondary 1,269 16% 31%
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy
Oldbury, B69 2HE
Secondary 1,164 17.2% 30.8%
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,170 13.5% 29.1%
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,147 16.2% 28.6%
The Heath School
Runcorn, WA7 4SY
Secondary 1,189 16.8% 31.6%
Rooks Heath School
Harrow, HA2 9AH
Secondary 1,204 13.5% 31.2%
Cannock Chase High School
Cannock, WS11 1JT
Secondary 1,110 13% 31.7%
Lynn Grove Academy
Great Yarmouth, NR31 8AP
Secondary 1,157 15.7% 31.9%
Campion School
Leamington Spa, CV31 1QH
Secondary 1,170 15.5% 30.7%
Bishop Perowne CofE College
Worcester, WR3 8LE
Secondary 1,117 19.1% 32.9%
Thomas Bennett Community College
Crawley, RH10 5AD
Secondary 1,272 17.5% 32.6%
Thistley Hough Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Secondary 1,091 18.2% 31.6%
Hamstead Hall Academy
Birmingham, B20 1HL
Secondary 1,188 20.3% 32.8%
St Thomas More Catholic Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 2NJ
Secondary 1,169 20.5% 32.1%
The University of Birmingham School
Birmingham, B29 6QU
Secondary 1,186 14.6% 31.7%
Lyndon School
Solihull, B92 8EJ
Secondary 1,173 16.7% 32.1%
Greatfields School
Barking, IG11 7QG
Secondary 1,169 16.2% 31.9%
The Elmgreen School
London, SE27 9BZ
Secondary 1,137 16.2% 32.2%
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
Doncaster, DN12 1HH
Secondary 1,109 14.7% 28.8%
Arena Academy
Birmingham, B42 2PY
Secondary 1,109 13.4% 33%
Stopsley High School
Luton, LU2 7UX
Secondary 1,085 14.8% 28.8%
The North School
Ashford, TN24 8AL
Secondary 1,298 13.1% 30.4%
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Rochdale, OL11 5EF
Secondary 1,185 12.8% 31.9%
The Abbey School
Faversham, ME13 8RZ
Secondary 1,114 14.8% 30.9%