St James 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 27 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 James School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 982 28.2% 22.3%
Skinners' Kent Academy
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4PY
Secondary 1,039 24.4% 23.6%
Somervale Secondary School
Radstock, BA3 2JD
Secondary 775 29.8% 22.8%
Teign School
Newton Abbot, TQ12 3JG
Secondary 1,048 26.4% 18.2%
Bishop Fox's School
Taunton, TA1 3HQ
Secondary 1,081 24.2% 19.6%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 1,032 18.4% 21%
Westfield Academy
Yeovil, BA21 3EP
Secondary 1,038 31% 19.6%
Great Torrington School
Torrington, EX38 7DJ
Secondary 876 23.9% 21.5%
Kingsbury Green Academy
Calne, SN11 8YH
Secondary 1,033 27.7% 21.7%
Wadebridge School
Wadebridge, PL27 6BU
Secondary 1,074 20% 23.1%
Long Field Spencer Academy
Melton Mowbray, LE13 0BN
Secondary 929 25.7% 20.1%
Devizes School
Devizes, SN10 3AG
Secondary 1,140 22.1% 19.5%
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre
Newent, GL18 1QF
Secondary 1,115 23.7% 20.2%
Tabor Academy
Braintree, CM7 5XP
Secondary 971 23.8% 23%
Isca Academy
Exeter, EX2 6AP
Secondary 988 21.7% 24%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 964 19% 19.7%
Shaftesbury School
Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
Secondary 868 20.6% 24.2%
Outwood Academy Newbold
Chesterfield, S41 8BA
Secondary 1,011 21.7% 17.4%
The Sir John Colfox Academy
Bridport, DT6 3DT
Secondary 818 20.5% 23%
Saint Cecilia's Church of England School
London, SW18 5JR
Secondary 1,080 24.7% 23.7%
Carrington School
Redhill, RH1 4AD
Secondary 1,002 28.4% 26.6%
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 917 23.5% 22.2%
Brannel School
St Austell, PL26 7RN
Secondary 929 23.9% 27.8%
Ercall Wood Academy
Telford, TF1 2DT
Secondary 944 22.6% 21.6%
Leigh Academy Blackheath
London, SE3 8SY
Secondary 965 23% 22.6%
Stone Lodge School
Dartford, DA2 6FY
Secondary 935 29.2% 25.5%
Aylesford School
Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Secondary 903 21.9% 22.5%