Great Western 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.

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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

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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
Great Western Academy
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,025 15.1% 14.3%
Hartismere School
Eye, IP23 7BL
Secondary 1,051 15.3% 12.6%
Uffculme School
Cullompton, EX15 3AG
Secondary 1,085 16.9% 17.1%
Lincroft Academy
Bedford, MK43 7RE
Secondary 931 14.5% 14.1%
The Hayfield School
Doncaster, DN9 3HG
Secondary 1,084 15.3% 13.3%
The King's School
Ottery St Mary, EX11 1RA
Secondary 1,108 14.4% 12.5%
Woodrush High School
Wythall, B47 5JW
Secondary 1,023 11.6% 13.2%
Verulam School
St Albans, AL1 4PR
Secondary 984 17.3% 12.7%
Hanley Castle High School
Worcester, WR8 0BL
Secondary 1,100 16% 12.9%
Welland Park Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 9DR
Secondary 988 16% 13.2%
St Augustine's Catholic College
Trowbridge, BA14 9EN
Secondary 952 16.8% 12.6%
Chenderit School
Banbury, OX17 2QR
Secondary 1,093 15.2% 12.6%
St Bede's Inter-Church School
Cambridge, CB1 3TD
Secondary 940 14.8% 15.2%
Loreto College
St Albans, AL1 3RQ
Secondary 930 15% 13.7%
The County High School, Leftwich
Northwich, CW9 8EZ
Secondary 1,050 13.2% 14.5%
Worthing High School
Worthing, BN14 7AR
Secondary 1,057 16.5% 15.4%
Alec Hunter Academy
Braintree, CM7 3NR
Secondary 1,068 18.8% 13.9%
Wombourne High School
Wolverhampton, WV5 8BJ
Secondary 1,005 16.7% 15.5%
Stokesley School
Stokesley, TS9 5AL
Secondary 1,052 14.5% 15.2%
The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School
London, W14 8BZ
Secondary 1,024 16.3% 14.5%
The Burgess Hill Academy
Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
Secondary 1,020 13.1% 15.8%
Elizabeth Woodville School
Roade, NN7 2LP
Secondary 1,098 17.2% 14.4%
Croxley Danes School
Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
Secondary 1,082 18.4% 13.6%
Brentwood County High School
Brentwood, CM14 4JF
Secondary 1,106 14.6% 14.5%
Katherine Warington School
Harpenden, AL5 5FH
Secondary 1,017 19.2% 14.5%
Bradfield School
Sheffield, S35 0AE
Secondary 1,024 16.9% 15.8%
Woodhey High School
Bury, BL0 9QZ
Secondary 1,103 15.9% 14.7%
Blythe Bridge High School
Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9PW
Secondary 1,035 13% 12.9%
Park House School
Newbury, RG14 6NQ
Secondary 984 14.1% 13.1%
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
Secondary 1,079 14.6% 12.3%