The Whitstable 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 Whitstable School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,127 12.8% 21.8%
Landau Forte College
Derby, DE1 2LF
Secondary 1,240 12.3% 21.6%
Q3 Academy Great Barr
Birmingham, B43 7SD
Secondary 1,173 11.8% 21.3%
The Langley Academy
Slough, SL3 7EF
Secondary 1,150 11.8% 19.4%
Penair School
Truro, TR1 1TN
Secondary 1,190 14.3% 20.2%
Haygrove School
Bridgwater, TA6 7HW
Secondary 1,066 11.5% 19.7%
Lode Heath School
Solihull, B91 2HW
Secondary 1,164 15% 21.7%
Upper Shirley High School
Southampton, SO15 7QU
Secondary 1,063 13.3% 25.2%
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Ilford, IG3 8EU
Secondary 1,170 8.7% 22.5%
The St Marylebone CofE School
London, W1U 5BA
Secondary 1,182 13% 20.9%
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Peterborough, PE7 1XB
Secondary 1,094 16.3% 21.9%
The Elizabethan Academy
Retford, DN22 7PY
Secondary 1,202 15.4% 22.6%
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Bournemouth, BH7 6NY
Secondary 1,116 16.1% 22%
Crawshaw Academy
Pudsey, LS28 9HU
Secondary 1,123 11.5% 20.4%
The Grey Coat Hospital
London, SW1P 2DY
Secondary 1,132 10.3% 20.7%
Ratton School
Eastbourne, BN21 2XR
Secondary 1,177 16.7% 23.2%
The King's School
Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Secondary 1,038 13.2% 23.3%
Redhill School
Stourbridge, DY8 1JX
Secondary 1,215 14.3% 22.2%
Jane Austen College
Norwich, NR3 1DD
Secondary 1,066 10.2% 23.2%
Ditton Park Academy
Slough, SL3 7UX
Secondary 1,126 13% 21%
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 0QH
Secondary 1,047 14.5% 22.7%
Mangotsfield School
Bristol, BS16 9LH
Secondary 1,122 14.8% 23.2%
St Catherine's College
Eastbourne, BN23 7BL
Secondary 1,086 9.7% 23.1%
Springfield School
Portsmouth, PO6 1QY
Secondary 1,103 16.5% 23.9%
The Newark Academy
Newark, NG24 3AL
Secondary 1,147 11.3% 23.4%
Judgemeadow Community College
Leicester, LE5 6HP
Secondary 1,109 9.6% 20.9%
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School
Coventry, CV3 6BH
Secondary 1,143 12.2% 20.1%
Watling Academy
Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP
Secondary 1,205 11% 21.5%
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Bury, BL9 0TZ
Secondary 1,063 12.6% 20%
Buxton Community School
Buxton, SK17 9EA
Secondary 1,069 13.2% 23.3%