Smithills School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

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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.

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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
Smithills School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,201 14.3% 40.4%
Haberdashers' Abraham Darby
Telford, TF7 5HX
Secondary 1,063 15.4% 40.5%
Gospel Oak School
Tipton, DY4 0BZ
Secondary 1,215 14.9% 42.8%
Drapers' Academy
Romford, RM3 9XR
Secondary 1,207 17% 40.1%
The Victory Academy
Chatham, ME4 5JB
Secondary 1,224 16.2% 40.2%
Shire Oak Academy
Walsall, WS9 9PA
Secondary 1,301 15.4% 37.8%
Stoke Damerel Community College
Plymouth, PL3 4BD
Secondary 1,285 13.6% 40.2%
Clapton Girls' Academy
London, E5 0RB
Secondary 1,186 19.1% 38.9%
Don Valley Academy
Doncaster, DN5 9DD
Secondary 1,104 13.4% 39.2%
Hendon School
London, NW4 2HP
Secondary 1,223 18.9% 38.4%
Montgomery Academy
Blackpool, FY2 0AZ
Secondary 1,184 17.4% 36.9%
Neale-Wade Academy
March, PE15 9PX
Secondary 1,222 13.5% 36.8%
Heartlands High School
London, N22 7ST
Secondary 1,181 17% 37.4%
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Wolverhampton, WV3 9DU
Secondary 1,130 14.8% 43.4%
The Holgate Academy
Nottingham, NG15 6HB
Secondary 1,187 14.1% 36.5%
Ark Elvin Academy
London, HA9 7DU
Secondary 1,305 15.2% 39.4%
Trinity Catholic College
Middlesbrough, TS4 3JW
Secondary 1,304 13.9% 40.5%
Cockburn School
Leeds, LS11 5TT
Secondary 1,279 16% 38.4%
Pool Hayes Academy
Willenhall, WV12 4QZ
Secondary 1,152 12.4% 39.8%
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
Thamesmead, SE28 8RF
Secondary 1,187 14% 38.4%
Harper Green School
Bolton, BL4 0DH
Secondary 1,128 11.9% 45%
The Charles Dickens School
Broadstairs, CT10 2RL
Secondary 1,117 19.1% 40.1%
Chiltern Academy
Luton, LU1 3GF
Secondary 1,192 13.2% 36.8%
Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Pontefract, WF9 4AB
Secondary 1,111 13.4% 40.1%
Grace College
Gateshead, NE9 6LE
Secondary 1,149 19.6% 39.4%
Matthew Moss High School
Rochdale, OL11 3LU
Secondary 1,224 17.7% 41.4%
St Edmund Campion Catholic School
Birmingham, B23 5XA
Secondary 1,156 12.9% 43.4%
Dixons Broadgreen Academy
Liverpool, L13 5UQ
Secondary 1,232 16.5% 42.9%
Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Rochdale, OL11 5EF
Secondary 1,171 15.3% 35.3%
Leigh Academy Minster
Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
Secondary 1,072 12.6% 39.9%