Sir Thomas Wharton Academy

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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.

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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
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,109 14.7% 28.8%
Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
Darwen, BB3 3HD
Secondary 1,081 12.2% 27.5%
Future Academies Watford
Watford, WD25 7HW
Secondary 1,082 15.7% 28.7%
Haberdashers' Crayford Academy
Dartford, DA1 4RS
Secondary 1,076 13.5% 29.7%
Denbigh High School
Luton, LU3 1HE
Secondary 1,125 14.9% 27.3%
The Academy at Shotton Hall
Peterlee, SR8 1AU
Secondary 1,170 13.5% 29.1%
Welling School
Welling, DA16 1LB
Secondary 1,147 16.2% 28.6%
Crofton Academy
Wakefield, WF4 1NF
Secondary 1,044 19.4% 27.9%
Retford Oaks Academy
Retford, DN22 7NJ
Secondary 1,159 15.4% 26.9%
Norbury High School for Girls
Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT
Secondary 1,186 16.4% 29%
Etone College
Nuneaton, CV11 6AA
Secondary 1,090 14.2% 26.8%
King Charles I School
Kidderminster, DY10 1XA
Secondary 1,106 15.6% 26.6%
Thistley Hough Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5JJ
Secondary 1,091 18.2% 31.6%
St George's Catholic School
London, W9 1RB
Secondary 1,111 17.3% 29.8%
Carleton High School
Pontefract, WF8 3NW
Secondary 1,021 15.1% 28.4%
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy
Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 6LZ
Secondary 1,164 15% 31%
Oakwood High School
Rotherham, S60 2UH
Secondary 1,065 17.5% 28.7%
Darwen Vale High School
Darwen, BB3 0AL
Secondary 1,082 18.3% 29.5%
Little Lever School
Bolton, BL3 1BT
Secondary 1,055 17.1% 27.4%
Moorside High School
Manchester, M27 0AP
Secondary 1,165 18.5% 27.1%
Goole Academy
Goole, DN14 6AN
Secondary 1,172 12.9% 28.2%
Outwood Academy Freeston
Normanton, WF6 1HZ
Secondary 1,013 17% 28.6%
Colne Park High School
Colne, BB8 7DP
Secondary 1,061 13.7% 29.2%
Marsden Heights Community College
Nelson, BB9 0PR
Secondary 1,044 18.5% 27.4%
Northallerton School & Sixth Form College
Northallerton, DL6 1ED
Secondary 1,081 18% 26.4%
Stopsley High School
Luton, LU2 7UX
Secondary 1,085 14.8% 28.8%
The Abbey School
Faversham, ME13 8RZ
Secondary 1,114 14.8% 30.9%