The Cooper 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

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
The Cooper School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,272 22.6% 10.2%
Midhurst Rother College
Midhurst, GU29 9DT
Secondary 1,168 21.4% 13.1%
Queen Elizabeth School
LA6 2HJ
Secondary 1,185 19.9% 7%
Kingsbridge Academy
Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Secondary 1,292 19.3% 11%
Guilsborough Academy
Northampton, NN6 8QE
Secondary 1,327 17.3% 13.2%
The Corsham School
Corsham, SN13 9DF
Secondary 1,265 21.5% 13.1%
Fullbrook School
Addlestone, KT15 3HW
Secondary 1,404 23.6% 10%
St Laurence School
Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DZ
Secondary 1,374 23.1% 10.9%
John Colet School
Aylesbury, HP22 6HF
Secondary 1,108 18.2% 11.9%
Amersham School
Amersham, HP7 9HH
Secondary 1,063 19.8% 12%
Wallingford School
Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Secondary 1,411 19.1% 10.4%
The Beacon School
Banstead, SM7 1AG
Secondary 1,136 23.3% 13.3%
Denefield School
Reading, RG31 6XY
Secondary 1,120 21.1% 14%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,346 14.9% 8.2%
Faringdon Community College
Faringdon, SN7 7LB
Secondary 1,412 21.1% 14.2%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,226 17.9% 10%
St Birinus School
Didcot, OX11 8AZ
Secondary 1,166 23.2% 13.3%
The Marlborough Church of England School
Woodstock, OX20 1LP
Secondary 1,085 21.2% 10.4%
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Halstead, CO9 3QH
Secondary 1,140 22.7% 13.5%
Hitchin Boys' School
Hitchin, SG5 1JB
Secondary 1,317 18.3% 6.5%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,218 16.2% 7.5%
Trinity School
Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
Secondary 1,151 16.7% 12.8%
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,120 16.1% 12.6%
Wheatley Park School
Oxford, OX33 1QH
Secondary 1,141 21.1% 13.2%
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,239 16.1% 13.2%
Heathside School
Weybridge, KT13 8UZ
Secondary 1,262 16.6% 5.5%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,252 18.9% 9.3%
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,095 23.6% 10%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,169 17.8% 6.8%
Priestnall School
Stockport, SK4 3HP
Secondary 1,273 21% 12.2%