Bolder Academy
        
        
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.
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:
- school phase or type
 - region
 - 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
 
| School | Type | Number of pupils | Pupils with special educational needs | Pupils eligible for free school meals | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
                        Bolder Academy
                         (Your chosen school)  | 
                    Secondary | 919 | 17.5% | 29.4% | 
| 
                        Pyrland School
                         Taunton, TA2 7QP  | 
                    Secondary | 959 | 18.7% | 27.3% | 
| 
                        Rossington All Saints Academy
                         Not Yet Obtained, DN11 0BZ  | 
                    Secondary | 880 | 14.7% | 28.4% | 
| 
                        Lightcliffe Academy
                         Halifax, HX3 8TL  | 
                    Secondary | 920 | 17.9% | 28.9% | 
| 
                        Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
                         Brighton, BN41 2WS  | 
                    Secondary | 979 | 19.3% | 30.2% | 
| 
                        Harrow High School
                         Harrow, HA1 2JG  | 
                    Secondary | 1,007 | 15.6% | 26.6% | 
| 
                        Forest Academy
                         Ilford, IG6 3TN  | 
                    Secondary | 832 | 17% | 29.2% | 
| 
                        Ash Green School
                         Coventry, CV7 9AH  | 
                    Secondary | 991 | 14.4% | 29% | 
| 
                        The Thomas Lord Audley School
                         Colchester, CO2 8NJ  | 
                    Secondary | 898 | 18.6% | 27.4% | 
| 
                        Bellerive FCJ Catholic College
                         Liverpool, L17 3AA  | 
                    Secondary | 917 | 18% | 29.4% | 
| 
                        Wykham Park
                         Banbury, OX16 9HY  | 
                    Secondary | 913 | 17.2% | 29.6% | 
| 
                        Cleeve Park School
                         Sidcup, DA14 4JN  | 
                    Secondary | 1,012 | 20.6% | 31% | 
| 
                        Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
                         Sunderland, SR2 0SX  | 
                    Secondary | 890 | 15% | 30.7% | 
| 
                        Kingsley Academy
                         Hounslow, TW3 1AX  | 
                    Secondary | 939 | 14.7% | 30.6% | 
| 
                        St Michael's Catholic Academy
                         Billingham, TS23 3DX  | 
                    Secondary | 1,009 | 18.2% | 28% | 
| 
                        Birchwood Community High School
                         Warrington, WA3 7PT  | 
                    Secondary | 915 | 19.6% | 30.9% | 
| 
                        Hall Park Academy
                         Nottingham, NG16 3EA  | 
                    Secondary | 887 | 14.4% | 28.2% | 
| 
                        Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
                         Sheffield, S13 9HJ  | 
                    Secondary | 1,003 | 18.4% | 30.2% | 
| 
                        Kempston Academy
                         Bedford, MK42 7EB  | 
                    Secondary | 835 | 16.9% | 29.1% | 
| 
                        Hampton High
                         Hampton, TW12 3HB  | 
                    Secondary | 874 | 19.3% | 26% | 
| 
                        Thorns Collegiate Academy
                         Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU  | 
                    Secondary | 953 | 18.9% | 31.8% | 
| 
                        Unsworth Academy
                         Bury, BL9 8LP  | 
                    Secondary | 965 | 15.1% | 29.7% | 
| 
                        Ashington Academy
                         Ashington, NE63 8DH  | 
                    Secondary | 956 | 16.3% | 31.4% | 
| 
                        Outwood Academy Freeston
                         Normanton, WF6 1HZ  | 
                    Secondary | 1,013 | 17% | 28.6% | 
| 
                        Haberdashers' Borough Academy
                         London, SE1 0EX  | 
                    Secondary | 864 | 19% | 27.6% | 
| 
                        Perryfields Academy
                         Oldbury, B68 0RG  | 
                    Secondary | 952 | 18.1% | 31.8% | 
| 
                        Outwood Academy Hasland Hall
                         Chesterfield, S41 0LP  | 
                    Secondary | 825 | 16.7% | 30% | 
| 
                        Outwood Academy Hindley
                         Wigan, WN2 4LG  | 
                    Secondary | 927 | 14.7% | 30.9% | 
| 
                        Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
                         Ellesmere Port, CH65 7AQ  | 
                    Secondary | 953 | 20.5% | 30.5% | 
| 
                        Meols Cop High School
                         Southport, PR8 6JS  | 
                    Secondary | 902 | 17.4% | 27.2% |