Thorns Collegiate Academy

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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
Thorns Collegiate Academy (Your chosen school)	Secondary	899	16.7%	34.5%
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich London, SE22 0AT	Secondary	909	20%	35.1%
Landau Forte Academy, Amington Tamworth, B77 4FF	Secondary	937	15.6%	36.9%
Hammersmith Academy London, W12 9JD	Secondary	951	14.3%	33.3%
Cleethorpes Academy Cleethorpes, DN35 9NX	Secondary	843	15.1%	32.6%
De Aston School Market Rasen, LN8 3RF	Secondary	998	16.3%	34.3%
Walton Academy Grantham, NG31 7JR	Secondary	904	16.8%	35.8%
George Eliot Academy Nuneaton, CV11 4QP	Secondary	850	20.6%	36%
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet Swanscombe, DA10 0BZ	Secondary	831	14%	33.9%
Ash Green School Coventry, CV7 9AH	Secondary	912	15.1%	31.5%
The Bolsover School Chesterfield, S44 6XA	Secondary	909	18.1%	37.1%
Colne Primet Academy Colne, BB8 8JF	Secondary	863	18.9%	36.7%
Harris Church of England Academy Rugby, CV22 6EA	Secondary	881	20.3%	37.6%
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton Wolverhampton, WV4 6AP	Secondary	771	13%	33.9%
Baxter College Kidderminster, DY11 5PQ	Secondary	782	19.8%	35.9%
Ashington Academy Ashington, NE63 8DH	Secondary	966	19.4%	33.6%
Frederick Gent School Alfreton, DE55 2ER	Secondary	803	17.2%	33.7%
Leigh Academy Halley London, SE3 8EP	Secondary	954	17.4%	36%
Dixons Cottingley Academy Bingley, BD16 1TZ	Secondary	867	13.3%	35%
Trinity Academy Bristol, BS7 9BY	Secondary	949	18.1%	34%
King's Leadership Academy Bolton Bolton, BL3 3HL	Secondary	900	13.8%	32.7%
West Bromwich Collegiate Academy West Bromwich, B70 7LE	Secondary	783	16.3%	35.9%
Poltair School St Austell, PL25 4BZ	Secondary	878	19%	32.6%
The Giles Academy Boston, PE22 9LD	Secondary	832	15.8%	34%
Birches Head Academy Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8DD	Secondary	954	15.3%	36.6%
Perryfields Academy Oldbury, B68 0RG	Secondary	822	21.7%	35.7%
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College Peterlee, SR8 1DE	Secondary	937	17.2%	35.2%
Outwood Academy Hindley Wigan, WN2 4LG	Secondary	922	16%	34%
The Blue Coat School Basingstoke Basingstoke, RG22 6HA	Secondary	896	18%	33%
Philips High School Manchester, M45 7PH	Secondary	873	16.4%	37%